Javan tiger
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The Javan tiger was a small, now-extinct tiger subspecies that once inhabited the Indonesian island of Java, disappearing in the 20th century due to habitat loss and hunting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Javan tiger canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4092555 — 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: Javan tiger Context triple: [Tiger, hasExtinctSubspecies, Javan tiger]
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A.
Sumatran tiger
The Sumatran tiger is a critically endangered, small-bodied subspecies of tiger native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, known for its dark, closely spaced stripes and unique adaptation to dense tropical forests.
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B.
Javan leopard
The Javan leopard is a critically endangered leopard subspecies endemic to the Indonesian island of Java, known for its elusive behavior and highly threatened forest habitat.
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C.
Indochinese tiger
The Indochinese tiger is a critically endangered tiger subspecies native to the forests of Southeast Asia, known for its relatively small size and darker, closely spaced stripes.
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D.
Caspian tiger
The Caspian tiger was a large, now-extinct subspecies of tiger that once inhabited regions around the Caspian Sea, including parts of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and northern Iran.
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E.
South China tiger
The South China tiger is a critically endangered and possibly extinct-in-the-wild subspecies of tiger once native to southern China, known for its relatively small size and historical role in Chinese culture and folklore.
- 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: Javan tiger Target entity description: The Javan tiger was a small, now-extinct tiger subspecies that once inhabited the Indonesian island of Java, disappearing in the 20th century due to habitat loss and hunting.
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A.
Sumatran tiger
The Sumatran tiger is a critically endangered, small-bodied subspecies of tiger native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, known for its dark, closely spaced stripes and unique adaptation to dense tropical forests.
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B.
Javan leopard
The Javan leopard is a critically endangered leopard subspecies endemic to the Indonesian island of Java, known for its elusive behavior and highly threatened forest habitat.
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C.
Indochinese tiger
The Indochinese tiger is a critically endangered tiger subspecies native to the forests of Southeast Asia, known for its relatively small size and darker, closely spaced stripes.
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D.
Caspian tiger
The Caspian tiger was a large, now-extinct subspecies of tiger that once inhabited regions around the Caspian Sea, including parts of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and northern Iran.
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E.
South China tiger
The South China tiger is a critically endangered and possibly extinct-in-the-wild subspecies of tiger once native to southern China, known for its relatively small size and historical role in Chinese culture and folklore.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
carnivore
ⓘ
extinct animal ⓘ mammal ⓘ tiger subspecies ⓘ |
| biogeographicRealm | Indomalayan realm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodySizeRelativeToOtherTigers | small ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | Javan tiger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conservationSignificance | symbol of extinction due to human impact ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| culturalRole | part of Javan folklore ⓘ |
| describedBy | Coenraad Jacob Temminck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1844 ⓘ |
| diet |
banteng
ⓘ
deer ⓘ wild boar ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Java NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extinctionCause |
habitat loss
ⓘ
human activities ⓘ hunting ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| family | Felidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus | Panthera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalConservationIssues |
agricultural expansion
ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ persecution as pest ⓘ |
| historicRange |
coastal forests of Java
ⓘ
lowland forests of Java ⓘ montane forests of Java ⓘ |
| island | Java NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Extinct ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lastStronghold | Meru Betiri National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Indonesia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Java NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Panthera tigris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pelageColor | deep orange ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bali tiger
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sumatran tiger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| scientificName | Panthera tigris sondaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| species | Panthera tigris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stripePattern | numerous narrow dark stripes ⓘ |
| subspeciesGroup | Sunda Island tigers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subspecies ⓘ |
| thermoregulation | endothermic ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | apex predator ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Javan tiger Description of subject: The Javan tiger was a small, now-extinct tiger subspecies that once inhabited the Indonesian island of Java, disappearing in the 20th century due to habitat loss and hunting.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tiger