Allen's rule
E1486528
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Allen's rule is a biological principle stating that endothermic animals in colder climates tend to have shorter limbs and appendages than those in warmer climates to minimize heat loss.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Allen's rule canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21465220 — 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: Allen's rule Context triple: [Joel Asaph Allen, knownFor, Allen's rule]
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A.
Gloger’s rule
Gloger’s rule is an ecogeographical principle stating that endothermic animals in more humid, warmer climates tend to have darker pigmentation than those in cooler, drier regions.
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B.
Bergmann
Bergmann is a German-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as science, philosophy, and the arts.
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C.
Cope’s rule
Cope’s rule is an evolutionary hypothesis proposing that animal lineages tend to increase in body size over geological time.
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D.
Kleiber
Kleiber is a German surname most famously associated with Carlos Kleiber, one of the 20th century’s most acclaimed orchestral conductors.
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E.
Osthoff's law
Osthoff's law is a sound change in Indo-European linguistics describing the shortening of long vowels before resonant consonants followed by another consonant.
- 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: Allen's rule Target entity description: Allen's rule is a biological principle stating that endothermic animals in colder climates tend to have shorter limbs and appendages than those in warmer climates to minimize heat loss.
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A.
Gloger’s rule
Gloger’s rule is an ecogeographical principle stating that endothermic animals in more humid, warmer climates tend to have darker pigmentation than those in cooler, drier regions.
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B.
Bergmann
Bergmann is a German-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as science, philosophy, and the arts.
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C.
Cope’s rule
Cope’s rule is an evolutionary hypothesis proposing that animal lineages tend to increase in body size over geological time.
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D.
Kleiber
Kleiber is a German surname most famously associated with Carlos Kleiber, one of the 20th century’s most acclaimed orchestral conductors.
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E.
Osthoff's law
Osthoff's law is a sound change in Indo-European linguistics describing the shortening of long vowels before resonant consonants followed by another consonant.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.