pronghorn
E182986
The pronghorn is a swift North American ungulate known for being one of the fastest land mammals in the Western Hemisphere, commonly found in open plains and grasslands.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| pronghorn canonical | 4 |
| American pronghorn | 1 |
| pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1607838 — 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: pronghorn Context triple: [Yellowstone National Park, hasWildlife, pronghorn]
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A.
Sonoran pronghorn
The Sonoran pronghorn is a critically endangered subspecies of pronghorn antelope adapted to the extreme heat and aridity of the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
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B.
Antelope
Antelope is a suburban community in Sacramento County, California, known primarily as a residential area near the city of Sacramento.
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C.
Bison
Bison is the official mascot of Howard University, symbolizing the institution’s strength, resilience, and historic legacy.
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D.
mule deer
The mule deer is a North American deer species known for its large, mule-like ears and adaptability to a wide range of habitats, from mountains and forests to deserts.
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E.
Bison bison
Bison bison is the American bison, a large, hump-shouldered grazing mammal native to North America and a prominent symbol of the Great Plains.
- 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: pronghorn Target entity description: The pronghorn is a swift North American ungulate known for being one of the fastest land mammals in the Western Hemisphere, commonly found in open plains and grasslands.
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A.
Sonoran pronghorn
The Sonoran pronghorn is a critically endangered subspecies of pronghorn antelope adapted to the extreme heat and aridity of the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
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B.
Antelope
Antelope is a suburban community in Sacramento County, California, known primarily as a residential area near the city of Sacramento.
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C.
Bison
Bison is the official mascot of Howard University, symbolizing the institution’s strength, resilience, and historic legacy.
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D.
mule deer
The mule deer is a North American deer species known for its large, mule-like ears and adaptability to a wide range of habitats, from mountains and forests to deserts.
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E.
Bison bison
Bison bison is the American bison, a large, hump-shouldered grazing mammal native to North America and a prominent symbol of the Great Plains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artiodactyl
ⓘ
mammal family ⓘ species of mammal ⓘ ungulate ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| adaptation | built for sustained high-speed running ⓘ |
| averageMass |
40–65 kg
ⓘ
90–145 lb ⓘ |
| averageShoulderHeight | about 80–100 cm ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Antilocapra
ⓘ
surface form:
Antilocapra americana
|
| breedingSystem | polygynous ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatColor |
reddish-brown
ⓘ
tan ⓘ |
| commonName |
American antelope
ⓘ
pronghorn ⓘ pronghorn antelope ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
ⓘ
surface form:
IUCN Red List
|
| culturalSignificance | symbol of the North American prairies ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| eats |
cacti
ⓘ
forbs ⓘ grasses ⓘ shrubs ⓘ |
| family | Antilocapridae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genus | Antilocapra ⓘ |
| gestationPeriod | about 7–8 months ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
distinctive black horns
ⓘ
large white rump patch ⓘ |
| historicalRange |
Great Plains
ⓘ
interior western North America ⓘ |
| hornComposition | bony core with keratinous sheath ⓘ |
| hornSheath | shed annually ⓘ |
| hornType | pronged horns ⓘ |
| isNot | true antelope ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| litterSize | usually 1–2 fawns ⓘ |
| maximumRunningSpeed |
about 55 mph
ⓘ
about 88.5 km/h ⓘ |
| nativeTo | North America ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the fastest land mammals in the Western Hemisphere ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| primarySense | excellent vision ⓘ |
| rumpColor | white ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | males have larger horns than females ⓘ |
| socialStructure | forms herds ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threats |
fencing barriers
ⓘ
habitat fragmentation ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
desert shrublands
ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ open plains ⓘ sagebrush steppe ⓘ |
| underpartsColor | white ⓘ |
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: pronghorn Description of subject: The pronghorn is a swift North American ungulate known for being one of the fastest land mammals in the Western Hemisphere, commonly found in open plains and grasslands.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
American pronghorn
this entity surface form:
pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)