Capricornis
E462986
Capricornis is a genus of goat-antelopes known as serows, medium-sized, shaggy-coated bovids native to mountainous forests of Asia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Capricornis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4668271 — 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: Capricornis Context triple: [Caprini, includesTaxon, Capricornis]
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A.
Capra hircus
Capra hircus is the domestic goat, a widely kept livestock species valued for its milk, meat, fiber, and companionship.
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B.
Capra aegagrus
Capra aegagrus is the wild goat species native to parts of Asia and the Middle East, recognized as the wild ancestor of domestic goats.
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C.
Pseudoryx
Pseudoryx is a rare, primitive-looking bovine genus best known for the saola, a critically endangered and elusive forest-dwelling ungulate native to the Annamite Range of Vietnam and Laos.
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D.
Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae is a family of North American hoofed mammals best known for the pronghorn, a swift, antelope-like species with distinctive forked horns.
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E.
Dicerorhinus
Dicerorhinus is a genus of rhinoceros that includes the critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros, the smallest and most primitive living rhino species.
- 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: Capricornis Target entity description: Capricornis is a genus of goat-antelopes known as serows, medium-sized, shaggy-coated bovids native to mountainous forests of Asia.
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A.
Capra hircus
Capra hircus is the domestic goat, a widely kept livestock species valued for its milk, meat, fiber, and companionship.
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B.
Capra aegagrus
Capra aegagrus is the wild goat species native to parts of Asia and the Middle East, recognized as the wild ancestor of domestic goats.
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C.
Pseudoryx
Pseudoryx is a rare, primitive-looking bovine genus best known for the saola, a critically endangered and elusive forest-dwelling ungulate native to the Annamite Range of Vietnam and Laos.
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D.
Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae is a family of North American hoofed mammals best known for the pronghorn, a swift, antelope-like species with distinctive forked horns.
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E.
Dicerorhinus
Dicerorhinus is a genus of rhinoceros that includes the critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros, the smallest and most primitive living rhino species.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern |
crepuscular
ⓘ
diurnal ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | serows ⓘ |
| describedAs | goat-antelopes ⓘ |
| family | Bovidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundInCountry |
Bhutan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
China NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
East Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Himalayas NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
montane forests
ⓘ
rocky slopes ⓘ steep terrain ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
medium-sized
ⓘ
shaggy-coated ⓘ |
| hasDiet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| hasHorn | yes ⓘ |
| hornType | permanent horns ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Capricornis crispus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Capricornis milneedwardsii NERFINISHED ⓘ Capricornis rubidus NERFINISHED ⓘ Capricornis sumatraensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Capricornis swinhoei NERFINISHED ⓘ Capricornis thar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
mountainous forests ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Bovidae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caprinae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductiveMode | viviparous ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | slight ⓘ |
| subfamily | Caprinae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Capricornis sumatraensis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalDiet |
grasses
ⓘ
leaves ⓘ shoots ⓘ twigs ⓘ |
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: Capricornis Description of subject: Capricornis is a genus of goat-antelopes known as serows, medium-sized, shaggy-coated bovids native to mountainous forests of Asia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.