white-naped crane
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The white-naped crane is a large, migratory East Asian crane species known for its distinctive white nape and reliance on wetlands and grasslands for breeding and wintering.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| white-naped crane canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8053062 — 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: white-naped crane Context triple: [Poyang Lake, habitatFor, white-naped crane]
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A.
Siberian crane
The Siberian crane is a critically endangered, long-distance migratory crane species known for its striking white plumage and reliance on East Asian wetlands for wintering.
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B.
sandhill crane
The sandhill crane is a tall, long-legged North American crane species known for its bugling calls, elaborate courtship dances, and large migratory flocks that gather in wetlands and refuges.
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C.
Oriental white stork
The Oriental white stork is a large, endangered wading bird native to East Asia, known for its striking white plumage with black wing feathers and its reliance on wetland habitats for breeding and feeding.
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D.
whooping crane
The whooping crane is a large, endangered North American wading bird known for its striking white plumage, black wingtips, and long migratory journeys.
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E.
wattled crane
The wattled crane is a large, wetland-dwelling African crane species distinguished by its long legs, gray-and-white plumage, and characteristic facial wattles.
- 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: white-naped crane Target entity description: The white-naped crane is a large, migratory East Asian crane species known for its distinctive white nape and reliance on wetlands and grasslands for breeding and wintering.
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A.
Siberian crane
The Siberian crane is a critically endangered, long-distance migratory crane species known for its striking white plumage and reliance on East Asian wetlands for wintering.
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B.
sandhill crane
The sandhill crane is a tall, long-legged North American crane species known for its bugling calls, elaborate courtship dances, and large migratory flocks that gather in wetlands and refuges.
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C.
Oriental white stork
The Oriental white stork is a large, endangered wading bird native to East Asia, known for its striking white plumage with black wing feathers and its reliance on wetland habitats for breeding and feeding.
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D.
whooping crane
The whooping crane is a large, endangered North American wading bird known for its striking white plumage, black wingtips, and long migratory journeys.
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E.
wattled crane
The wattled crane is a large, wetland-dwelling African crane species distinguished by its long legs, gray-and-white plumage, and characteristic facial wattles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
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crane ⓘ migratory species ⓘ |
| averageHeight | approximately 130 cm ⓘ |
| binomialAuthority | (Pallas, 1811) ⓘ |
| breedingSystem | monogamous ⓘ |
| breedsIn |
northeastern China
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northeastern Mongolia ⓘ southeastern Russia ⓘ |
| class | Aves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clutchSize | usually 2 eggs ⓘ |
| conservationAction |
habitat protection
ⓘ
international cooperation along flyways ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbolic bird in parts of East Asia ⓘ |
| diet |
invertebrates
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plant material ⓘ roots ⓘ seeds ⓘ small vertebrates ⓘ |
| distinguishingFeature |
gray body plumage
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red facial skin patch ⓘ white nape ⓘ |
| family | Gruidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus | Antigone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
grasslands
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marshes ⓘ river floodplains ⓘ wet meadows ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| IUCNConservationStatus | Vulnerable ⓘ |
| IUCNRedListCategorySystem | IUCN 3.1 ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| migrationBehavior | long-distance migrant ⓘ |
| nativeTo | East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nestType | ground nest ⓘ |
| order | Gruiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| scientificName | Antigone vipio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
agricultural expansion
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human disturbance ⓘ water regime alteration ⓘ wetland loss ⓘ |
| usesHabitatFor |
breeding
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wintering ⓘ |
| wingspan | approximately 180–200 cm ⓘ |
| wintersIn |
Korean Peninsula
NERFINISHED
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Kyushu, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Yangtze River floodplain, China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: white-naped crane Description of subject: The white-naped crane is a large, migratory East Asian crane species known for its distinctive white nape and reliance on wetlands and grasslands for breeding and wintering.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.