Sangai deer
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The Sangai deer is an endangered subspecies of brow-antlered deer found only in the floating marshes of Loktak Lake in Manipur, India, and is celebrated as the state's iconic and culturally significant animal.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cervus wallichii | 1 |
| Manipur brow-antlered deer | 1 |
| Sangai deer canonical | 1 |
| sangai deer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1822758 — 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: Sangai deer Context triple: [Manipur, hasAnimal, Sangai 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.
Nilgiri tahr
The Nilgiri tahr is an endangered wild mountain goat endemic to the high-altitude grasslands of southern India, known for its curved horns and rugged cliff-dwelling lifestyle.
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C.
Gaur
Gaur is a ruined medieval city on the India–Bangladesh border, historically a major capital of Bengal known for its Islamic architecture and archaeological remains.
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D.
Indian rhinoceros
The Indian rhinoceros is a large, single-horned rhinoceros native to the Indian subcontinent, known for its thick, armor-like skin and conservation-dependent populations in protected areas.
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E.
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.
- 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: Sangai deer Target entity description: The Sangai deer is an endangered subspecies of brow-antlered deer found only in the floating marshes of Loktak Lake in Manipur, India, and is celebrated as the state's iconic and culturally significant animal.
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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.
Nilgiri tahr
The Nilgiri tahr is an endangered wild mountain goat endemic to the high-altitude grasslands of southern India, known for its curved horns and rugged cliff-dwelling lifestyle.
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C.
Gaur
Gaur is a ruined medieval city on the India–Bangladesh border, historically a major capital of Bengal known for its Islamic architecture and archaeological remains.
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D.
Indian rhinoceros
The Indian rhinoceros is a large, single-horned rhinoceros native to the Indian subcontinent, known for its thick, armor-like skin and conservation-dependent populations in protected areas.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
endangered animal
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herbivore ⓘ mammal ⓘ subspecies of brow-antlered deer ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sangai deer
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surface form:
Manipur brow-antlered deer
dancing deer ⓘ |
| belongsTo | brow-antlered deer group ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonNameOf | Rucervus eldii eldii ⓘ |
| conservationMeasure |
anti-poaching efforts in Manipur
ⓘ
habitat protection in Keibul Lamjao National Park ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Endangered ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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surface form:
IUCN Red List
|
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
featured in Manipuri folklore
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iconic animal of Manipur ⓘ important to Meitei cultural identity ⓘ |
| diet |
aquatic plants
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grasses ⓘ herbs ⓘ |
| endemicTo |
Manipur
ⓘ
surface form:
Manipur, India
|
| family | Cervidae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Keibul Lamjao National Park
ⓘ
Loktak Lake ⓘ |
| genus | Rucervus ⓘ |
| habitat |
floating marshes
ⓘ
phumdi (floating biomass) of Loktak Lake ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| maleHas | brow antlers ⓘ |
| movementCharacteristic | appears to dance while walking on floating marshes ⓘ |
| nationalSymbolOf | Manipur ⓘ |
| nativeRange | Northeast India ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Rucervus eldii eldii
ⓘ
surface form:
Rucervus eldii
|
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| protectedIn | Keibul Lamjao National Park ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| sexuallyDimorphic | true ⓘ |
| stateAnimalOf | Manipur ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
conservation of Loktak Lake ecosystem
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fragility of wetland habitats ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subspecies ⓘ |
| threat |
degradation of phumdi
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habitat loss ⓘ human disturbance ⓘ poaching ⓘ |
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: Sangai deer Description of subject: The Sangai deer is an endangered subspecies of brow-antlered deer found only in the floating marshes of Loktak Lake in Manipur, India, and is celebrated as the state's iconic and culturally significant animal.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
sangai deer
this entity surface form:
Manipur brow-antlered deer
this entity surface form:
Cervus wallichii