Rattus
E740166
Rattus is a genus of rodents that includes several species of rats, many of which are widespread as commensal animals closely associated with human habitats.
All labels observed (39)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8519661 — 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: Rattus Context triple: [Rattus norvegicus, genus, Rattus]
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A.
Rat
Rat is a friendly, boat-loving water vole who serves as one of the central animal protagonists in Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s novel "The Wind in the Willows."
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B.
Petinomys
Petinomys is a genus of small flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
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C.
Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus)
The Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) is a widely distributed, medium-sized rodent that serves as a major biomedical model organism and a common commensal pest species associated with human environments.
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D.
Muridae
Muridae is the largest family of rodents, encompassing mice, rats, and many related small mammals found worldwide.
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E.
Rato
Rato is the central protagonist of the story "Trash," around whom the narrative and its events primarily revolve.
- 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: Rattus Target entity description: Rattus is a genus of rodents that includes several species of rats, many of which are widespread as commensal animals closely associated with human habitats.
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A.
Rat
Rat is a friendly, boat-loving water vole who serves as one of the central animal protagonists in Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s novel "The Wind in the Willows."
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B.
Petinomys
Petinomys is a genus of small flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
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C.
Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus)
The Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) is a widely distributed, medium-sized rodent that serves as a major biomedical model organism and a common commensal pest species associated with human environments.
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D.
Muridae
Muridae is the largest family of rodents, encompassing mice, rats, and many related small mammals found worldwide.
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E.
Rato
Rato is the central protagonist of the story "Trash," around whom the narrative and its events primarily revolve.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| associatedWith | human habitats ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | rats ⓘ |
| describedAs | a genus of rodents ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| family | Muridae ⓘ |
| hasEcologicalRole | commensal with humans ⓘ |
| hasUse | laboratory animal (especially Rattus norvegicus) ⓘ |
| impact |
agricultural pest
ⓘ
vector of diseases ⓘ |
| includes |
Rattus andamanensis
ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus argentiventer ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus baluensis ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus burrus ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus colletti ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus everetti ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus everetti group species ⓘ Rattus exulans ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus fuscipes ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus hainaldi ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus hoffmanni ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus korinchi ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus leucopus ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus losea ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus loseaoides ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus lugens ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus lutreolus ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus mindorensis ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus mordax ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus nikenii ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus niobe ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus nitidus ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus norvegicus ⓘ
linked to:
Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Rattus osgoodi ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus pelurus ⓘ Rattus pococki ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus praetor ⓘ Rattus pyctoris ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus ranjiniae ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus rattus ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus richardsoni ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus satarae ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus simalurensis ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus sordidus ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus steini ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus stoicus ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus tanezumi ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus tawitawiensis ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus tiomanicus ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus tunneyi ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus vandeuseni ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
Rattus verecundus ⓘ Rattus villosissimus ⓘ Rattus xanthurus ⓘ
linked to:
Rattus
|
| introducedTo |
Africa
ⓘ
North America ⓘ South America ⓘ many oceanic islands ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Latin word "rattus" for rat ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Australasia
ⓘ
linked to:
Oceania
Eurasia ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Murinae
ⓘ
linked to:
Muridae
|
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
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: Rattus Description of subject: Rattus is a genus of rodents that includes several species of rats, many of which are widespread as commensal animals closely associated with human habitats.
Referenced by (39)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus)