Fossa fossana
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Fossa fossana, commonly known as the Malagasy civet, is a small, nocturnal carnivorous mammal endemic to Madagascar, noted for its elongated body, banded coat, and solitary forest-dwelling habits.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fossa fossana canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7414474 — 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: Fossa fossana Context triple: [Eupleridae, containsTaxon, Fossa fossana]
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A.
Nattier
Nattier is a French surname most famously associated with Jean-Marc Nattier, an 18th-century painter known for his portraits of the ladies of Louis XV’s court.
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B.
Hydropotes inermis
Hydropotes inermis, commonly known as the water deer, is a small East Asian deer species notable for its lack of antlers and prominent tusk-like canine teeth.
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C.
Volpe
Volpe is an Italian surname borne by various notable individuals in politics, sports, and the arts.
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D.
Pecari
Pecari is a genus of New World peccaries, medium-sized pig-like mammals native to the Americas.
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E.
Hyaena
Hyaena is a 1984 studio album by British post-punk band Siouxsie and the Banshees, noted for its dark, atmospheric sound and the brief tenure of guitarist Robert Smith of The Cure.
- 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: Fossa fossana Target entity description: Fossa fossana, commonly known as the Malagasy civet, is a small, nocturnal carnivorous mammal endemic to Madagascar, noted for its elongated body, banded coat, and solitary forest-dwelling habits.
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A.
Nattier
Nattier is a French surname most famously associated with Jean-Marc Nattier, an 18th-century painter known for his portraits of the ladies of Louis XV’s court.
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B.
Hydropotes inermis
Hydropotes inermis, commonly known as the water deer, is a small East Asian deer species notable for its lack of antlers and prominent tusk-like canine teeth.
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C.
Volpe
Volpe is an Italian surname borne by various notable individuals in politics, sports, and the arts.
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D.
Pecari
Pecari is a genus of New World peccaries, medium-sized pig-like mammals native to the Americas.
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E.
Hyaena
Hyaena is a 1984 studio album by British post-punk band Siouxsie and the Banshees, noted for its dark, atmospheric sound and the brief tenure of guitarist Robert Smith of The Cure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
carnivoran
ⓘ
mammal ⓘ nocturnal animal ⓘ species ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| belongsToBiogeographicRealm | Afrotropical realm ⓘ |
| bodyShape | elongated body ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatPattern | banded coat ⓘ |
| commonName | Malagasy civet ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem | IUCN Red List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBy | Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet |
carnivorous
ⓘ
invertebrates ⓘ small vertebrates ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| endemicTo | Madagascar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Eupleridae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundInEcoregion |
Madagascar lowland forests
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Madagascar subhumid forests ⓘ |
| genus | Fossa ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
eastern Madagascar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Madagascar ⓘ |
| habitat |
humid forest
ⓘ
rainforest ⓘ tropical forest ⓘ |
| hasFur | true ⓘ |
| hasMammaryGlands | true ⓘ |
| hasTail | long tail ⓘ |
| hasVertebralColumn | true ⓘ |
| hasWarmBlood | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion |
arboreal
ⓘ
terrestrial ⓘ |
| nativeRange | Madagascar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nocturnalBehavior | forages at night ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| reproductiveMode | viviparous ⓘ |
| restingBehavior | rests in dense vegetation ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | solitary ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
deforestation
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1833 ⓘ |
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: Fossa fossana Description of subject: Fossa fossana, commonly known as the Malagasy civet, is a small, nocturnal carnivorous mammal endemic to Madagascar, noted for its elongated body, banded coat, and solitary forest-dwelling habits.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.