Tetracerus
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Tetracerus is a small genus of Asian antelopes best known for the four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis), a rare species distinguished by its unique four-horned skull.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tetracerus quadricornis | 2 |
| Tetracerus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3834454 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tetracerus Context triple: [Bovinae, includesTaxon, Tetracerus]
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A.
Nasalis
Nasalis is a genus of Old World monkeys best known for the proboscis monkey, a large-nosed, arboreal primate native to the mangrove forests of Borneo.
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B.
Dicerorhinus
Dicerorhinus is a genus of rhinoceros that includes the critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros, the smallest and most primitive living rhino species.
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C.
Aepyceros melampus
Aepyceros melampus, commonly known as the impala, is a medium-sized African antelope renowned for its agility, leaping ability, and prominence in savanna ecosystems.
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D.
Nasalis larvatus
Nasalis larvatus is a large, long-nosed Old World monkey species native to the mangrove forests and coastal areas of Borneo.
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E.
Tragelaphus
Tragelaphus is a genus of spiral-horned African antelopes that includes species such as kudus, bushbucks, and nyalas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tetracerus Target entity description: Tetracerus is a small genus of Asian antelopes best known for the four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis), a rare species distinguished by its unique four-horned skull.
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A.
Nasalis
Nasalis is a genus of Old World monkeys best known for the proboscis monkey, a large-nosed, arboreal primate native to the mangrove forests of Borneo.
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B.
Dicerorhinus
Dicerorhinus is a genus of rhinoceros that includes the critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros, the smallest and most primitive living rhino species.
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C.
Aepyceros melampus
Aepyceros melampus, commonly known as the impala, is a medium-sized African antelope renowned for its agility, leaping ability, and prominence in savanna ecosystems.
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D.
Nasalis larvatus
Nasalis larvatus is a large, long-nosed Old World monkey species native to the mangrove forests and coastal areas of Borneo.
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E.
Tragelaphus
Tragelaphus is a genus of spiral-horned African antelopes that includes species such as kudus, bushbucks, and nyalas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | Ruminantia ⓘ |
| characteristic |
cryptic coloration
ⓘ
relatively short limbs ⓘ slender body ⓘ small antelope ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | four-horned antelope genus ⓘ |
| conservationConcern |
habitat loss
ⓘ
hunting pressure ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Tetracerus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Tetracerus quadricornis
|
| diet |
browser
ⓘ
herbivorous ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy | presence of four horns in males of Tetracerus quadricornis ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | medium-sized browser in forest and woodland ecosystems ⓘ |
| family | Bovidae ⓘ |
| firstDescribedAsGenusBy | Brian Houghton Hodgson ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 1838 ⓘ |
| habitat |
dry deciduous forest
ⓘ
grassland with scattered trees ⓘ open woodland ⓘ |
| hasHoofType | cloven hooves ⓘ |
| hasSexualDimorphism | only males bear horns ⓘ |
| hasSkullCharacteristic | frontal bones bearing horn cores ⓘ |
| hasStomachType | ruminant multi-chambered stomach ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | unguligrade ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Greek words for "four" and "horn" ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Asia
ⓘ
India ⓘ South Asia ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
Nepal ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductiveStrategy | viviparous ⓘ |
| socialStructure | generally solitary or in small groups ⓘ |
| subfamily | Bovinae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tribe | Boselaphini ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Tetracerus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Tetracerus quadricornis
|
| usesHabitatFeature | dense undergrowth for cover ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tetracerus Description of subject: Tetracerus is a small genus of Asian antelopes best known for the four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis), a rare species distinguished by its unique four-horned skull.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tetracerus quadricornis
this entity surface form:
Tetracerus quadricornis