tufted deer
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The tufted deer is a small, shy East Asian deer species known for its distinctive black forehead tuft and short, fang-like upper canines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| tufted deer canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1772309 — 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: tufted deer Context triple: [Elaphodus cephalophus, commonName, tufted deer]
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A.
Timor deer
The Timor deer is a medium-sized deer native to the islands of Indonesia and East Timor, known as a primary prey species for Komodo dragons.
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B.
Siberian musk deer
The Siberian musk deer is a small, fanged, antlerless deer native to forested regions of Northeast Asia, known for the valuable musk produced by males.
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C.
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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D.
Indian gazelle
The Indian gazelle, also known as the chinkara, is a small, slender antelope native to arid and semi-arid regions of the Indian subcontinent.
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E.
Hydropotes inermis
Hydropotes inermis, commonly known as the water deer, is a small East Asian deer species notable for its lack of antlers and prominent tusk-like canine teeth.
- 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: tufted deer Target entity description: The tufted deer is a small, shy East Asian deer species known for its distinctive black forehead tuft and short, fang-like upper canines.
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A.
Timor deer
The Timor deer is a medium-sized deer native to the islands of Indonesia and East Timor, known as a primary prey species for Komodo dragons.
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B.
Siberian musk deer
The Siberian musk deer is a small, fanged, antlerless deer native to forested regions of Northeast Asia, known for the valuable musk produced by males.
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C.
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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D.
Indian gazelle
The Indian gazelle, also known as the chinkara, is a small, slender antelope native to arid and semi-arid regions of the Indian subcontinent.
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E.
Hydropotes inermis
Hydropotes inermis, commonly known as the water deer, is a small East Asian deer species notable for its lack of antlers and prominent tusk-like canine teeth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal
ⓘ
species of deer ⓘ vertebrate ⓘ |
| activityPattern | crepuscular ⓘ |
| behavior | shy ⓘ |
| binomialName | Elaphodus cephalophus ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatColor | dark brown ⓘ |
| commonName | tufted deer self-link ⓘ |
| communication | barking calls ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | population declining in parts of its range ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| eats |
fruits
ⓘ
leaves ⓘ shoots ⓘ twigs ⓘ |
| family | Cervidae ⓘ |
| foundInElevation |
hill forests
ⓘ
mountain forests ⓘ |
| genus | Elaphodus ⓘ |
| habitat |
dense undergrowth
ⓘ
montane forests ⓘ subtropical forests ⓘ temperate forests ⓘ |
| hasDistinctiveFeature |
black forehead tuft
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short fang-like upper canines ⓘ small body size ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Near Threatened ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanInCaptivity | up to about 10–12 years ⓘ |
| movement | agile in steep terrain ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
China
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East Asia ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ |
| offspringPerBirth | usually one fawn ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | males have more prominent canines ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
occurs in pairs
ⓘ
solitary ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
hunting ⓘ |
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: tufted deer Description of subject: The tufted deer is a small, shy East Asian deer species known for its distinctive black forehead tuft and short, fang-like upper canines.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.