Capra
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Capra is a genus of mammals that includes goats and wild goat-like species such as ibexes, known for their sure-footedness in mountainous terrain.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Capra canonical | 4 |
| Capra pyrenaica | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5690386 — 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: Capra Context triple: [Siberian ibex, genus, Capra]
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A.
Capra walie
Capra walie, commonly known as the Walia ibex, is an endangered wild goat species endemic to the highlands of Ethiopia.
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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.
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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D.
Capricornis
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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E.
Ovis
Ovis is a genus of hoofed mammals that includes domestic sheep and several wild sheep species found across Eurasia, North Africa, and North America.
- 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: Capra Target entity description: Capra is a genus of mammals that includes goats and wild goat-like species such as ibexes, known for their sure-footedness in mountainous terrain.
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A.
Capra walie
Capra walie, commonly known as the Walia ibex, is an endangered wild goat species endemic to the highlands of Ethiopia.
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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.
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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D.
Capricornis
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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E.
Ovis
Ovis is a genus of hoofed mammals that includes domestic sheep and several wild sheep species found across Eurasia, North Africa, and North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade |
Bovidae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caprini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | goats ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of mammals that includes goats and wild goat-like species such as ibexes ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| digitigrade | true ⓘ |
| domesticatedRepresentative | Capra hircus ⓘ |
| family | Bovidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eurasia NERFINISHED ⓘ introduced worldwide ⓘ |
| habitat |
mountainous regions
ⓘ
rocky terrain ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
adapted to steep rocky slopes
ⓘ
agile climbers ⓘ sexual dimorphism in horn size and shape ⓘ |
| hasHornType | permanent horns ⓘ |
| hornComposition | keratin ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Capra aegagrus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Capra caucasica NERFINISHED ⓘ Capra cylindricornis ⓘ Capra falconeri NERFINISHED ⓘ Capra hircus ⓘ Capra ibex NERFINISHED ⓘ Capra nubiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Capra pyrenaica NERFINISHED ⓘ Capra sibirica ⓘ Capra walie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| knownFor | sure-footedness in mountainous terrain ⓘ |
| locomotion | sure-footed climbing ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| ruminant | true ⓘ |
| socialStructure | often forms herds ⓘ |
| stomachType | four-chambered stomach ⓘ |
| subfamily | Caprinae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Capra aegagrus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedByHumansFor |
fiber
ⓘ
hides ⓘ meat ⓘ milk ⓘ pack animals ⓘ |
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: Capra Description of subject: Capra is a genus of mammals that includes goats and wild goat-like species such as ibexes, known for their sure-footedness in mountainous terrain.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Capra pyrenaica
subject surface form:
Cretan wild goat