Komodo dragon
E124635
The Komodo dragon is the world’s largest living lizard, a powerful carnivorous reptile native to a few Indonesian islands.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Komodo dragon canonical | 7 |
| Komodo dragons | 6 |
| Komodo | 2 |
| Komodo monitor | 1 |
| Varanus komodoensis | 1 |
| komodo dragon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1053771 — 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: Komodo dragon Context triple: [Komodo National Park, mainSpeciesProtected, Komodo dragon]
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A.
Komodo
Komodo is an Indonesian island best known as the natural habitat of the Komodo dragon and a key part of Komodo National Park.
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B.
Burmese python
The Burmese python is a large, nonvenomous constrictor snake native to Southeast Asia that has become a highly destructive invasive species in the Florida Everglades.
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C.
Nile crocodile
The Nile crocodile is a large and aggressive African crocodilian known for inhabiting rivers, lakes, and wetlands and being one of the continent’s most formidable predators.
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D.
Gila monster
The Gila monster is a large, slow-moving venomous lizard native to the arid regions of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
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E.
Echidna
Echidna is a monstrous figure in Greek mythology, often called the "Mother of Monsters," who is typically depicted as half-woman and half-serpent.
- 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: Komodo dragon Target entity description: The Komodo dragon is the world’s largest living lizard, a powerful carnivorous reptile native to a few Indonesian islands.
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A.
Komodo
Komodo is an Indonesian island best known as the natural habitat of the Komodo dragon and a key part of Komodo National Park.
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B.
Burmese python
The Burmese python is a large, nonvenomous constrictor snake native to Southeast Asia that has become a highly destructive invasive species in the Florida Everglades.
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C.
Nile crocodile
The Nile crocodile is a large and aggressive African crocodilian known for inhabiting rivers, lakes, and wetlands and being one of the continent’s most formidable predators.
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D.
Gila monster
The Gila monster is a large, slow-moving venomous lizard native to the arid regions of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
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E.
Echidna
Echidna is a monstrous figure in Greek mythology, often called the "Mother of Monsters," who is typically depicted as half-woman and half-serpent.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
carnivore
ⓘ
lizard ⓘ monitor lizard ⓘ reptile ⓘ species ⓘ vertebrate ⓘ |
| apexPredator | true ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Komodo dragon
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Varanus komodoensis
|
| bodyCovering | scales ⓘ |
| canExhibit | parthenogenesis ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| clutchSize | up to 30 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName |
Komodo dragon
self-link
ⓘ
Komodo dragon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Komodo monitor
|
| conservationStatus | Endangered ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
ⓘ
surface form:
IUCN Red List
|
| diet |
carnivorous
ⓘ
scavenger ⓘ |
| family | Varanidae ⓘ |
| foundIn | Komodo National Park ⓘ |
| genus | Varanus ⓘ |
| habitat |
dry open grassland
ⓘ
scrubland ⓘ tropical savanna forest ⓘ |
| hasReproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| hasSense | keen sense of smell ⓘ |
| hasVenom | yes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| largestLivingLizard | true ⓘ |
| lifespanInWild | around 30 years ⓘ |
| locomotion | quadrupedal ⓘ |
| maximumTotalLength |
10 feet
ⓘ
3.0 metres ⓘ |
| maximumWeight |
150 pounds
ⓘ
70 kilograms ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Flores
ⓘ
surface form:
Flores Island
Gili Motang ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Komodo Island ⓘ Padar ⓘ
surface form:
Padar Island
Rinca ⓘ
surface form:
Rinca Island
|
| order | Squamata ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| preysOn |
deer
ⓘ
smaller Komodo dragons ⓘ water buffalo ⓘ wild boar ⓘ |
| sexualMaturityAge | about 8 years ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usesOrgan | Jacobson’s organ ⓘ |
| venomEffect |
anticoagulant
ⓘ
hypotension ⓘ |
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: Komodo dragon Description of subject: The Komodo dragon is the world’s largest living lizard, a powerful carnivorous reptile native to a few Indonesian islands.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Komodo dragons
this entity surface form:
komodo dragon
this entity surface form:
Komodo dragons
this entity surface form:
Varanus komodoensis
this entity surface form:
Komodo monitor
this entity surface form:
Komodo dragons
this entity surface form:
Komodo dragons
this entity surface form:
Komodo dragons
this entity surface form:
Komodo
this entity surface form:
Komodo dragons
this entity surface form:
Komodo