hoolock gibbon
E162721
The hoolock gibbon is an endangered arboreal ape native to the forests of Northeast India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, known for its loud territorial songs and distinctive white eyebrow markings.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hoolock gibbon | 3 |
| hoolock gibbon canonical | 3 |
| Hoolock hoolock | 1 |
| Skywalker hoolock gibbon | 1 |
| eastern hoolock gibbon | 1 |
| western hoolock gibbon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1418510 — 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: hoolock gibbon Context triple: [Northeast India, hasFlagshipSpecies, hoolock gibbon]
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A.
Thomas’s leaf monkey
Thomas’s leaf monkey is a distinctive, long-tailed colobine primate native to the forests of northern Sumatra, known for its striking facial markings and arboreal, leaf-eating lifestyle.
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B.
proboscis monkey
The proboscis monkey is a large, long-nosed Old World monkey native to the mangrove forests and riverine habitats of Borneo, known for its distinctive pendulous nose and strong swimming ability.
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C.
Bornean orangutan
The Bornean orangutan is a critically endangered great ape native to the rainforests of Borneo, known for its distinctive reddish-brown fur and highly intelligent, largely solitary arboreal lifestyle.
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D.
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Ailuropoda melanoleuca is the giant panda, a distinctive black-and-white bear native to China and known for its bamboo-based diet.
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E.
Pan troglodytes
Pan troglodytes, commonly known as the common chimpanzee, is a highly intelligent great ape native to the forests and savannas of central and West Africa and one of humans’ closest living relatives.
- 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: hoolock gibbon Target entity description: The hoolock gibbon is an endangered arboreal ape native to the forests of Northeast India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, known for its loud territorial songs and distinctive white eyebrow markings.
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A.
Thomas’s leaf monkey
Thomas’s leaf monkey is a distinctive, long-tailed colobine primate native to the forests of northern Sumatra, known for its striking facial markings and arboreal, leaf-eating lifestyle.
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B.
proboscis monkey
The proboscis monkey is a large, long-nosed Old World monkey native to the mangrove forests and riverine habitats of Borneo, known for its distinctive pendulous nose and strong swimming ability.
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C.
Bornean orangutan
The Bornean orangutan is a critically endangered great ape native to the rainforests of Borneo, known for its distinctive reddish-brown fur and highly intelligent, largely solitary arboreal lifestyle.
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D.
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Ailuropoda melanoleuca is the giant panda, a distinctive black-and-white bear native to China and known for its bamboo-based diet.
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E.
Pan troglodytes
Pan troglodytes, commonly known as the common chimpanzee, is a highly intelligent great ape native to the forests and savannas of central and West Africa and one of humans’ closest living relatives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ape
ⓘ
gibbon ⓘ mammal ⓘ primate ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| bodySize | medium-sized gibbon ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| countryOccurrence |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
India ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ |
| diet |
frugivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| distinctiveFeature | white eyebrow markings ⓘ |
| endemicTo |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
Myanmar ⓘ Northeast India ⓘ |
| family | Hylobatidae ⓘ |
| firstDescribedAsGenus | 2005 ⓘ |
| geographicRegion |
South Asia
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
hoolock gibbon
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Skywalker hoolock gibbon
hoolock gibbon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
eastern hoolock gibbon
western hoolock gibbon ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanInCaptivity | over 30 years ⓘ |
| lifespanInWild | about 25 years ⓘ |
| lifestyle | arboreal ⓘ |
| locomotion | brachiation ⓘ |
| nativeHabitat |
subtropical forests
ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ |
| order | Primates ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| previouslyClassifiedInGenus | Bunopithecus ⓘ |
| reproduction | single offspring per birth ⓘ |
| scientificName | Hoolock ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | present ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
monogamous pairs
ⓘ
small family groups ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| threat |
deforestation
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ hunting ⓘ |
| typicalCanopyLevel | upper canopy ⓘ |
| uses | seed dispersal in forests ⓘ |
| vocalization | loud territorial songs ⓘ |
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: hoolock gibbon Description of subject: The hoolock gibbon is an endangered arboreal ape native to the forests of Northeast India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, known for its loud territorial songs and distinctive white eyebrow markings.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hoolock gibbon
this entity surface form:
eastern hoolock gibbon
this entity surface form:
Skywalker hoolock gibbon
this entity surface form:
western hoolock gibbon
this entity surface form:
Hoolock hoolock
this entity surface form:
Hoolock gibbon
this entity surface form:
Hoolock gibbon