takin
E645513
The takin is a large, muscular goat-antelope native to the eastern Himalayas and surrounding mountain ranges, known for its thick golden coat and distinctive Roman-nosed profile.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| takin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7164777 — 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: takin Context triple: [Hengduan Mountains, faunaIncludes, takin]
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A.
TAK
TAK is a Kurdish militant organization known for carrying out urban terrorist attacks in Turkey, often seen as a hardline offshoot or affiliate of the PKK.
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B.
Takanot
Takanot are rabbinic enactments or decrees established to address communal needs and clarify or safeguard Jewish law within Rabbinic Judaism.
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C.
Tigak
Tigak is an Austronesian language of the Meso-Melanesian subgroup spoken primarily in parts of Papua New Guinea.
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D.
Takmak Tok
Takmak Tok is a prominent cliff-edge viewpoint on Raigad Fort in Maharashtra, known for its steep drop and panoramic views of the surrounding Sahyadri mountains.
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E.
Takaro
Takaro is a residential suburb located within the city of Palmerston North in New Zealand.
- 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: takin Target entity description: The takin is a large, muscular goat-antelope native to the eastern Himalayas and surrounding mountain ranges, known for its thick golden coat and distinctive Roman-nosed profile.
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A.
TAK
TAK is a Kurdish militant organization known for carrying out urban terrorist attacks in Turkey, often seen as a hardline offshoot or affiliate of the PKK.
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B.
Takanot
Takanot are rabbinic enactments or decrees established to address communal needs and clarify or safeguard Jewish law within Rabbinic Judaism.
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C.
Tigak
Tigak is an Austronesian language of the Meso-Melanesian subgroup spoken primarily in parts of Papua New Guinea.
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D.
Takmak Tok
Takmak Tok is a prominent cliff-edge viewpoint on Raigad Fort in Maharashtra, known for its steep drop and panoramic views of the surrounding Sahyadri mountains.
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E.
Takaro
Takaro is a residential suburb located within the city of Palmerston North in New Zealand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bovid
ⓘ
goat-antelope ⓘ mammal ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| binomialName | Budorcas taxicolor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | takin ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Vulnerable ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| eats |
bark
ⓘ
buds ⓘ grasses ⓘ leaves ⓘ shoots ⓘ |
| family | Bovidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formsGroupType | herds ⓘ |
| foundInHabitat |
alpine meadows
ⓘ
shrublands ⓘ subalpine forests ⓘ |
| genus | Budorcas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givesBirthTo | single calf ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
broad hooves
ⓘ
large sinus cavities ⓘ short stout legs ⓘ thick oily coat ⓘ |
| hasBodyShape | large and muscular ⓘ |
| hasCoatColor | golden ⓘ |
| hasFacialProfile | Roman-nosed ⓘ |
| hasFurType | long shaggy coat ⓘ |
| hasHornType |
short horns
ⓘ
thick horns ⓘ |
| hornOrientation | sweep backward ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| livesAtAltitude | high mountains ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Bhutan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
China NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Himalayas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductionType | viviparous ⓘ |
| socialStructure | gregarious ⓘ |
| subfamily | Caprinae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
habitat loss
ⓘ
hunting ⓘ |
| usedFor | national animal of Bhutan ⓘ |
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: takin Description of subject: The takin is a large, muscular goat-antelope native to the eastern Himalayas and surrounding mountain ranges, known for its thick golden coat and distinctive Roman-nosed profile.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.