Franklin’s ground squirrel
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Franklin’s ground squirrel is a medium-sized, gray-brown North American ground squirrel known for its bushy tail and preference for tall-grass prairie and brushy habitats.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Franklin’s ground squirrel canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8467509 — 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: Franklin’s ground squirrel Context triple: [Poliocitellus franklinii, commonName, Franklin’s ground squirrel]
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A.
Mojave ground squirrel
The Mojave ground squirrel is a small, burrowing rodent native to arid regions of the southwestern United States, adapted to desert life with seasonal dormancy and a diet of seeds and vegetation.
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B.
golden-mantled ground squirrel
The golden-mantled ground squirrel is a small North American rodent resembling a chipmunk, known for its striped back, golden-tinged shoulders, and burrowing, seed- and nut-eating habits in forested and mountainous areas.
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C.
Cynomys
Cynomys is a genus of burrowing rodents commonly known as prairie dogs, native to the grasslands of North America and noted for their complex social behavior and vocal communication.
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D.
Key Largo woodrat
The Key Largo woodrat is an endangered rodent species native to the hardwood hammocks of Key Largo in the Florida Keys, known for its stick nests and reliance on protected habitat for survival.
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E.
North American red squirrel
The North American red squirrel is a small, territorial tree squirrel known for its reddish fur, loud chattering calls, and habit of storing conifer cones in northern forests across much of 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: Franklin’s ground squirrel Target entity description: Franklin’s ground squirrel is a medium-sized, gray-brown North American ground squirrel known for its bushy tail and preference for tall-grass prairie and brushy habitats.
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A.
Mojave ground squirrel
The Mojave ground squirrel is a small, burrowing rodent native to arid regions of the southwestern United States, adapted to desert life with seasonal dormancy and a diet of seeds and vegetation.
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B.
golden-mantled ground squirrel
The golden-mantled ground squirrel is a small North American rodent resembling a chipmunk, known for its striped back, golden-tinged shoulders, and burrowing, seed- and nut-eating habits in forested and mountainous areas.
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C.
Cynomys
Cynomys is a genus of burrowing rodents commonly known as prairie dogs, native to the grasslands of North America and noted for their complex social behavior and vocal communication.
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D.
Key Largo woodrat
The Key Largo woodrat is an endangered rodent species native to the hardwood hammocks of Key Largo in the Florida Keys, known for its stick nests and reliance on protected habitat for survival.
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E.
North American red squirrel
The North American red squirrel is a small, territorial tree squirrel known for its reddish fur, loud chattering calls, and habit of storing conifer cones in northern forests across much of North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ground squirrel
ⓘ
species of rodent ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| behavior | hibernates in winter ⓘ |
| binomialAuthority | (Sabine, 1822) ⓘ |
| bodyColor | gray-brown ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
Franklin ground squirrel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Franklin’s ground squirrel ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| eats |
eggs
ⓘ
grasses ⓘ insects ⓘ seeds ⓘ small vertebrates ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
prey for carnivores
ⓘ
seed disperser ⓘ |
| family | Sciuridae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Canadian Prairies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ Midwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus | Poliocitellus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFur | dense fur ⓘ |
| hasTail | bushy tail ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sir John Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North America ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nestingSite | underground burrows ⓘ |
| offspringPerLitter | approximately 6 to 10 young ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relativeSize | medium-sized ground squirrel ⓘ |
| reproduction | gives birth once per year ⓘ |
| scientificName | Poliocitellus franklinii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | colonial tendencies ⓘ |
| tailFunction | used for balance and signaling ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
conversion of prairie to agriculture
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habitat loss ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
brushy habitats
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old fields ⓘ shrubby edges ⓘ tall-grass prairie ⓘ woodland edges ⓘ |
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: Franklin’s ground squirrel Description of subject: Franklin’s ground squirrel is a medium-sized, gray-brown North American ground squirrel known for its bushy tail and preference for tall-grass prairie and brushy habitats.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Poliocitellus franklinii