Cervinae
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Cervinae is a subfamily of deer that includes many of the larger, Old World species such as red deer, elk (wapiti), and fallow deer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cervinae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10106880 — 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: Cervinae Context triple: [sambar deer, subfamily, Cervinae]
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A.
Caprinae
Caprinae is a subfamily of hoofed mammals that includes goats, sheep, and related species adapted to rugged, often mountainous environments.
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B.
Capreolinae
Capreolinae is a subfamily of deer, often called the New World deer, that includes species such as white-tailed deer, moose, reindeer, and related relatives.
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C.
Tragulidae
Tragulidae is a family of small, primitive, deer-like mammals known as chevrotains or mouse deer, found in parts of Africa and Asia.
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D.
Cervidae
Cervidae is the biological family of hoofed ruminant mammals commonly known as deer, which includes species such as elk, moose, reindeer, and mule deer.
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E.
Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae is a family of North American hoofed mammals best known for the pronghorn, a swift, antelope-like species with distinctive forked horns.
- 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: Cervinae Target entity description: Cervinae is a subfamily of deer that includes many of the larger, Old World species such as red deer, elk (wapiti), and fallow deer.
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A.
Caprinae
Caprinae is a subfamily of hoofed mammals that includes goats, sheep, and related species adapted to rugged, often mountainous environments.
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B.
Capreolinae
Capreolinae is a subfamily of deer, often called the New World deer, that includes species such as white-tailed deer, moose, reindeer, and related relatives.
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C.
Tragulidae
Tragulidae is a family of small, primitive, deer-like mammals known as chevrotains or mouse deer, found in parts of Africa and Asia.
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D.
Cervidae
Cervidae is the biological family of hoofed ruminant mammals commonly known as deer, which includes species such as elk, moose, reindeer, and mule deer.
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E.
Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae is a family of North American hoofed mammals best known for the pronghorn, a swift, antelope-like species with distinctive forked horns.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
subfamily of mammals
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taxonomic subfamily ⓘ |
| characteristic |
antlers are typically shed and regrown annually
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includes many large-bodied deer species ⓘ most species have antlers in males ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | Old World deer subfamily ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| distribution |
Eurasia
NERFINISHED
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North Africa (historically) NERFINISHED ⓘ introduced populations in Australasia ⓘ introduced populations in North America ⓘ |
| family | Cervidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Axis axis
NERFINISHED
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Axis porcinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Asian red deer NERFINISHED ⓘ Cervus albirostris NERFINISHED ⓘ Cervus canadensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Cervus elaphus ⓘ Cervus hanglu NERFINISHED ⓘ Cervus nippon ⓘ Dama dama NERFINISHED ⓘ Dama mesopotamica ⓘ Elaphurus davidianus NERFINISHED ⓘ Eld's deer NERFINISHED ⓘ Javan rusa NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian fallow deer NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine deer NERFINISHED ⓘ Père David's deer NERFINISHED ⓘ Rucervus duvaucelii NERFINISHED ⓘ Rucervus eldii NERFINISHED ⓘ Rusa alfredi NERFINISHED ⓘ Rusa marianna NERFINISHED ⓘ Rusa timorensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Rusa unicolor NERFINISHED ⓘ Visayan spotted deer NERFINISHED ⓘ barasingha NERFINISHED ⓘ chital ⓘ elk ⓘ fallow deer ⓘ hog deer ⓘ red deer ⓘ sambar deer ⓘ sika deer ⓘ wapiti ⓘ white-lipped deer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| infraorder | Pecora ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Cervidae
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deer family ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| subdivision |
tribe Cervini
NERFINISHED
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tribe Muntiacini ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subfamily ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
forests
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grasslands ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Cervinae Description of subject: Cervinae is a subfamily of deer that includes many of the larger, Old World species such as red deer, elk (wapiti), and fallow deer.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.