Niobe ground squirrel
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The Niobe ground squirrel (Lariscus niobe) is a small, terrestrial squirrel species in the family Sciuridae, native to forested regions of Southeast Asia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Niobe ground squirrel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9072787 — 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: Niobe ground squirrel Context triple: [Lariscus niobe, commonName, Niobe 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.
Hose’s ground squirrel
Hose’s ground squirrel is a small, ground-dwelling rodent species of the genus Lariscus that is endemic to the forests of Borneo.
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C.
Barbary ground squirrel
The Barbary ground squirrel is a small, diurnal rodent native to rocky and arid regions of North Africa and nearby Atlantic islands, recognizable by its striped back and highly social, burrow-dwelling behavior.
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D.
Franklin’s ground squirrel
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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E.
Harris's antelope squirrel
Harris's antelope squirrel is a small, ground-dwelling rodent native to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, known for its quick movements, bushy tail, and adaptation to hot, arid environments.
- 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: Niobe ground squirrel Target entity description: The Niobe ground squirrel (Lariscus niobe) is a small, terrestrial squirrel species in the family Sciuridae, native to forested regions of Southeast Asia.
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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.
Hose’s ground squirrel
Hose’s ground squirrel is a small, ground-dwelling rodent species of the genus Lariscus that is endemic to the forests of Borneo.
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C.
Barbary ground squirrel
The Barbary ground squirrel is a small, diurnal rodent native to rocky and arid regions of North Africa and nearby Atlantic islands, recognizable by its striped back and highly social, burrow-dwelling behavior.
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D.
Franklin’s ground squirrel
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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E.
Harris's antelope squirrel
Harris's antelope squirrel is a small, ground-dwelling rodent native to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, known for its quick movements, bushy tail, and adaptation to hot, arid environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ground squirrel
ⓘ
species of rodent ⓘ |
| belongsToSubfamily | Sciurinae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| breathes | air ⓘ |
| cellType | eukaryotic cells ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | Niobe ground squirrel ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| family | Sciuridae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus | Lariscus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
forests
ⓘ
terrestrial ecosystems ⓘ |
| hasBodyCovering | fur ⓘ |
| hasJaw | true ⓘ |
| hasNervousSystem | central nervous system ⓘ |
| hasNotochord | true ⓘ |
| hasSymmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| hasTeeth | true ⓘ |
| hasVertebralColumn | true ⓘ |
| isEndothermic | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | terrestrial ⓘ |
| locomotion | quadrupedal ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| scientificName | Lariscus niobe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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: Niobe ground squirrel Description of subject: The Niobe ground squirrel (Lariscus niobe) is a small, terrestrial squirrel species in the family Sciuridae, native to forested regions of Southeast Asia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lariscus niobe