quokka
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The quokka is a small, herbivorous marsupial from southwestern Australia, known for its friendly demeanor and seemingly “smiling” face that has made it popular in wildlife photography.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| quokka canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6634354 — 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: quokka Context triple: [Setonix, hasNotableSpecies, quokka]
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A.
Woppaburra
Woppaburra are an Aboriginal clan traditionally associated with the Keppel Islands region off the central coast of Queensland, Australia.
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B.
Koonch
Koonch is a town in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, historically notable as the site of a significant battle during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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C.
Qoquaq
Qoquaq is the central protagonist of Jon Anderson's concept album "Olias of Sunhillow," leading a mystical journey of migration and transformation.
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D.
Raki-warra
Raki-warra is a traditional clan group of the Darumbal Aboriginal people of central Queensland, Australia.
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E.
Kukulkan
Kukulkan is a major feathered serpent deity of the Maya, closely associated with wind, rain, and creation, and identified with the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl.
- 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: quokka Target entity description: The quokka is a small, herbivorous marsupial from southwestern Australia, known for its friendly demeanor and seemingly “smiling” face that has made it popular in wildlife photography.
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A.
Woppaburra
Woppaburra are an Aboriginal clan traditionally associated with the Keppel Islands region off the central coast of Queensland, Australia.
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B.
Koonch
Koonch is a town in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, historically notable as the site of a significant battle during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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C.
Qoquaq
Qoquaq is the central protagonist of Jon Anderson's concept album "Olias of Sunhillow," leading a mystical journey of migration and transformation.
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D.
Raki-warra
Raki-warra is a traditional clan group of the Darumbal Aboriginal people of central Queensland, Australia.
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E.
Kukulkan
Kukulkan is a major feathered serpent deity of the Maya, closely associated with wind, rain, and creation, and identified with the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
herbivore ⓘ mammal ⓘ marsupial ⓘ nocturnal animal ⓘ species ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| adaptation | can survive with limited free water ⓘ |
| assessedBy |
IUCN Red List
ⓘ
linked to:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
|
| averageBodyLength | 40–54 cm ⓘ |
| averageTailLength | 25–30 cm ⓘ |
| averageWeight | 2.5–5 kg ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatColor | brownish-grey ⓘ |
| commonName | quokka ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Vulnerable ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| eats |
grasses
ⓘ
leaves ⓘ shrubs ⓘ succulents ⓘ |
| family | Macropodidae ⓘ |
| foundIn | Western Australia ⓘ |
| genus | Setonix ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal heath
ⓘ
dense vegetation ⓘ scrubland ⓘ |
| hasPouch | true ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
short rounded ears
ⓘ
short tail ⓘ smiling facial appearance ⓘ stocky build ⓘ |
| introducedPredators |
feral cats
ⓘ
foxes ⓘ |
| isMacropod | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| knownFor |
friendly demeanor
ⓘ
popularity in wildlife photography ⓘ |
| legalProtection | protected species in Western Australia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Australia
ⓘ
Bald Island ⓘ Rottnest Island ⓘ southwestern Australia ⓘ
linked to:
Southwestern Australia
|
| order | Diprotodontia ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Setonix brachyurus ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
kangaroo
ⓘ
wallaby ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | gregarious ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
introduced predators ⓘ |
| tourismImpact | major wildlife attraction on Rottnest Island ⓘ |
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: quokka Description of subject: The quokka is a small, herbivorous marsupial from southwestern Australia, known for its friendly demeanor and seemingly “smiling” face that has made it popular in wildlife photography.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.