Eastern indigo snake
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The Eastern indigo snake is a large, nonvenomous, glossy blue-black snake native to the southeastern United States, known for its ecological importance as a top predator in longleaf pine and scrub habitats and its status as a federally threatened species.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eastern indigo snake canonical | 2 |
| Indigo snake | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7396486 — 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: Eastern indigo snake Context triple: [Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, protectsSpecies, Eastern indigo snake]
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A.
Crawling King Snake
"Crawling King Snake" is a classic blues song popularized by John Lee Hooker, known for its hypnotic groove, raw vocal delivery, and enduring influence on electric blues.
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B.
Burmese python
The Burmese python is a large, nonvenomous constrictor snake native to Southeast Asia that has become a highly destructive invasive species in the Florida Everglades.
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C.
American alligator
The American alligator is a large, semi-aquatic reptile native to the southeastern United States, known for inhabiting freshwater wetlands and playing a key role as an apex predator in its ecosystems.
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D.
Gila monster
The Gila monster is a large, slow-moving venomous lizard native to the arid regions of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
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E.
Indian python
The Indian python is a large, nonvenomous constrictor snake native to the Indian subcontinent, typically found in forests, grasslands, and wetlands.
- 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: Eastern indigo snake Target entity description: The Eastern indigo snake is a large, nonvenomous, glossy blue-black snake native to the southeastern United States, known for its ecological importance as a top predator in longleaf pine and scrub habitats and its status as a federally threatened species.
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A.
Crawling King Snake
"Crawling King Snake" is a classic blues song popularized by John Lee Hooker, known for its hypnotic groove, raw vocal delivery, and enduring influence on electric blues.
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B.
Burmese python
The Burmese python is a large, nonvenomous constrictor snake native to Southeast Asia that has become a highly destructive invasive species in the Florida Everglades.
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C.
American alligator
The American alligator is a large, semi-aquatic reptile native to the southeastern United States, known for inhabiting freshwater wetlands and playing a key role as an apex predator in its ecosystems.
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D.
Gila monster
The Gila monster is a large, slow-moving venomous lizard native to the arid regions of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
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E.
Indian python
The Indian python is a large, nonvenomous constrictor snake native to the Indian subcontinent, typically found in forests, grasslands, and wetlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colubrid
ⓘ
snake ⓘ vertebrate ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| behavior | generally non-aggressive toward humans ⓘ |
| bellyColor | bluish-black ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Drymarchon couperi
ⓘ
linked to:
Drymarchon
|
| breedingSeason | late fall to winter ⓘ |
| chinAndThroatColor |
cream
ⓘ
orange ⓘ reddish ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| clutchSize | about 4–12 eggs ⓘ |
| color | glossy blue-black ⓘ |
| commonName |
Eastern indigo snake
ⓘ
Indigo snake ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern indigo snake
|
| conservationStatus | Threatened (United States federal listing) ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem | U.S. Endangered Species Act ⓘ |
| diet |
birds
ⓘ
frogs ⓘ lizards ⓘ small alligators ⓘ small mammals ⓘ snakes ⓘ turtles ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | top predator ⓘ |
| family | Colubridae ⓘ |
| genus | Drymarchon ⓘ |
| habitat |
dry upland habitats
ⓘ
longleaf pine ecosystems ⓘ pine flatwoods ⓘ sandhill habitats ⓘ scrub habitats ⓘ |
| headShape | slightly flattened head ⓘ |
| historicalRangeIncludes | South Carolina ⓘ |
| homeRangeSize | large compared to many other snakes ⓘ |
| isVenomous | false ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanInWild | up to about 12–15 years ⓘ |
| maximumTotalLength |
about 2.4 meters
ⓘ
about 8 feet ⓘ |
| morphology | large, robust body ⓘ |
| movement | wide-ranging ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Alabama
ⓘ
Florida ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Mississippi ⓘ southeastern United States ⓘ |
| order | Squamata ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| preysOn |
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake
ⓘ
venomous snakes ⓘ |
| primaryThreat |
fragmentation of longleaf pine ecosystems
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ persecution by humans ⓘ road mortality ⓘ |
| protectedBy | U.S. Endangered Species Act ⓘ |
| rangeTrend | declining in much of historical range ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| scaleTexture | smooth scales ⓘ |
| subjectOf | captive breeding and reintroduction programs ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usesBurrowsOf | gopher tortoise ⓘ |
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: Eastern indigo snake Description of subject: The Eastern indigo snake is a large, nonvenomous, glossy blue-black snake native to the southeastern United States, known for its ecological importance as a top predator in longleaf pine and scrub habitats and its status as a federally threatened species.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Eastern indigo snake