Bos namadicus
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Bos namadicus is an extinct species of wild cattle known from Pleistocene fossil remains in the Indian subcontinent.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bos namadicus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9672325 — 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: Bos namadicus Context triple: [Bos, includesSpecies, Bos namadicus]
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A.
Bos javanicus
Bos javanicus, commonly known as the banteng, is a species of wild cattle native to Southeast Asia that has also been domesticated in some regions.
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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.
Atlantoxerus
Atlantoxerus is a genus of ground-dwelling squirrels native to North Africa, best known for the Barbary ground squirrel.
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D.
Babyrousa babyrussa
Babyrousa babyrussa is a wild pig species from Indonesian islands, notable for the males’ dramatically upward-curving tusks and its classification within the babirusas.
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E.
Hylochoerus meinertzhageni
Hylochoerus meinertzhageni, commonly known as the giant forest hog, is the largest wild pig species, native to forests and woodlands of central Africa.
- 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: Bos namadicus Target entity description: Bos namadicus is an extinct species of wild cattle known from Pleistocene fossil remains in the Indian subcontinent.
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A.
Bos javanicus
Bos javanicus, commonly known as the banteng, is a species of wild cattle native to Southeast Asia that has also been domesticated in some regions.
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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.
Atlantoxerus
Atlantoxerus is a genus of ground-dwelling squirrels native to North Africa, best known for the Barbary ground squirrel.
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D.
Babyrousa babyrussa
Babyrousa babyrussa is a wild pig species from Indonesian islands, notable for the males’ dramatically upward-curving tusks and its classification within the babirusas.
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E.
Hylochoerus meinertzhageni
Hylochoerus meinertzhageni, commonly known as the giant forest hog, is the largest wild pig species, native to forests and woodlands of central Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bovid
ⓘ
extinct species ⓘ wild cattle ⓘ |
| belongsTo | subfamily Bovinae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodySize | large ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coexistedWith | Pleistocene megafauna of South Asia ⓘ |
| describedAs | extinct wild cattle from the Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | large grazer ⓘ |
| family | Bovidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Pleistocene ⓘ |
| fossilRange | Pleistocene ⓘ |
| fossilsFoundIn |
alluvial plains of the Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
fluvial deposits ⓘ |
| genus | Bos ⓘ |
| habitat |
grasslands
ⓘ
riverine plains ⓘ savannas ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | Namadic ox ⓘ |
| hasHorns | true ⓘ |
| hasVertebralColumn | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indian subcontinent ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Pleistocene fossil remains ⓘ |
| lastAppearance | Late Pleistocene ⓘ |
| limbMorphology | adapted for open habitats ⓘ |
| livedIn |
South Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
river valleys of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| locomotion | quadrupedal ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bos gaurus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bos indicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Bos primigenius NERFINISHED ⓘ Bos taurus ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| skeletonType | internal skeleton ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| symmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| temporalContext | Quaternary period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thermoregulation | endothermic ⓘ |
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: Bos namadicus Description of subject: Bos namadicus is an extinct species of wild cattle known from Pleistocene fossil remains in the Indian subcontinent.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.