Xenogale naso
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Xenogale naso, commonly known as the long-nosed mongoose, is a small African carnivorous mammal characterized by its elongated snout and semi-aquatic habits.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xenogale naso canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7764300 — 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: Xenogale naso Context triple: [Herpestidae, includes, Xenogale naso]
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A.
Simalia kinghorni
Simalia kinghorni is a large, non-venomous python species native to Australia, commonly known as the Australian scrub python and noted for being one of the longest snakes in the world.
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B.
Gymnobelideus leadbeateri
Gymnobelideus leadbeateri, commonly known as Leadbeater's possum, is a small, nocturnal, critically endangered Australian marsupial notable for its arboreal lifestyle in montane ash forests of Victoria.
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C.
Okapia johnstoni
Okapia johnstoni, commonly known as the okapi, is a forest-dwelling mammal from central Africa that resembles a cross between a giraffe and a zebra and is the only living relative of the giraffe.
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D.
Belopoeica
Belopoeica is an ancient Greek treatise by Philo of Byzantium that systematically examines the design and construction of war machines and artillery.
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E.
Hypsiprymnodon moschatus
Hypsiprymnodon moschatus is a small, ground-dwelling Australian marsupial known as the musky rat-kangaroo, notable for its primitive kangaroo-like features and forest-dwelling habits.
- 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: Xenogale naso Target entity description: Xenogale naso, commonly known as the long-nosed mongoose, is a small African carnivorous mammal characterized by its elongated snout and semi-aquatic habits.
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A.
Simalia kinghorni
Simalia kinghorni is a large, non-venomous python species native to Australia, commonly known as the Australian scrub python and noted for being one of the longest snakes in the world.
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B.
Gymnobelideus leadbeateri
Gymnobelideus leadbeateri, commonly known as Leadbeater's possum, is a small, nocturnal, critically endangered Australian marsupial notable for its arboreal lifestyle in montane ash forests of Victoria.
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C.
Okapia johnstoni
Okapia johnstoni, commonly known as the okapi, is a forest-dwelling mammal from central Africa that resembles a cross between a giraffe and a zebra and is the only living relative of the giraffe.
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D.
Belopoeica
Belopoeica is an ancient Greek treatise by Philo of Byzantium that systematically examines the design and construction of war machines and artillery.
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E.
Hypsiprymnodon moschatus
Hypsiprymnodon moschatus is a small, ground-dwelling Australian marsupial known as the musky rat-kangaroo, notable for its primitive kangaroo-like features and forest-dwelling habits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
carnivore
ⓘ
mammal ⓘ mongoose ⓘ species ⓘ |
| activityPattern |
crepuscular
ⓘ
nocturnal ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Herpestidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodyColoration | dark fur ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | long-nosed mongoose ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem | IUCN Red List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBy | Oldfield Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1929 ⓘ |
| diet |
carnivorous
ⓘ
invertebrates ⓘ small vertebrates ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| family | Herpestidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Congo Basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
riparian habitats ⓘ tropical rainforest habitats ⓘ |
| genus | Xenogale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
forested wetlands
ⓘ
river edges ⓘ |
| hasBinomialAuthority | Thomas, 1929 ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
elongated snout
ⓘ
semi-aquatic habits ⓘ small body size ⓘ |
| hasScientificName | Xenogale naso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSnoutShape | long ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion |
semi-aquatic
ⓘ
terrestrial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| tailCharacteristic | bushy tail ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
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: Xenogale naso Description of subject: Xenogale naso, commonly known as the long-nosed mongoose, is a small African carnivorous mammal characterized by its elongated snout and semi-aquatic habits.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.