Muscardinus avellanarius
E741454
Muscardinus avellanarius, commonly known as the hazel dormouse, is a small, nocturnal rodent native to Europe and parts of Asia, recognized for its arboreal lifestyle and long hibernation period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Muscardinus avellanarius canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8551301 — 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: Muscardinus avellanarius Context triple: [Gliridae, notableSpecies, Muscardinus avellanarius]
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A.
Prunella atrogularis
Prunella atrogularis, commonly known as the black-throated accentor, is a small passerine bird found in mountainous and scrubby habitats across parts of Eurasia.
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B.
Pollachius virens
Pollachius virens is a commercially important North Atlantic fish species, commonly known as saithe or coalfish, valued for food and sport fishing.
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C.
Colinus cristatus
Colinus cristatus, commonly known as the crested bobwhite, is a small ground-dwelling New World quail species native to Central and South America, recognized by its distinctive head crest and mottled plumage.
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D.
Prunella immaculata
Prunella immaculata is a small passerine bird species of accentor found in high-altitude regions of Asia.
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E.
Penelope purpurascens
Penelope purpurascens, commonly known as the crested guan, is a large, arboreal game bird native to the tropical forests of Central and northern South America.
- 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: Muscardinus avellanarius Target entity description: Muscardinus avellanarius, commonly known as the hazel dormouse, is a small, nocturnal rodent native to Europe and parts of Asia, recognized for its arboreal lifestyle and long hibernation period.
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A.
Prunella atrogularis
Prunella atrogularis, commonly known as the black-throated accentor, is a small passerine bird found in mountainous and scrubby habitats across parts of Eurasia.
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B.
Pollachius virens
Pollachius virens is a commercially important North Atlantic fish species, commonly known as saithe or coalfish, valued for food and sport fishing.
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C.
Colinus cristatus
Colinus cristatus, commonly known as the crested bobwhite, is a small ground-dwelling New World quail species native to Central and South America, recognized by its distinctive head crest and mottled plumage.
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D.
Prunella immaculata
Prunella immaculata is a small passerine bird species of accentor found in high-altitude regions of Asia.
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E.
Penelope purpurascens
Penelope purpurascens, commonly known as the crested guan, is a large, arboreal game bird native to the tropical forests of Central and northern South America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | species of rodent ⓘ |
| activityPattern | primarily active in tree canopy ⓘ |
| activitySeason | mainly May to October ⓘ |
| averageLitterSize | 3 to 5 young ⓘ |
| binomialName | Muscardinus avellanarius ⓘ |
| bodyLength | approximately 6 to 9 cm ⓘ |
| breedingSeason | late spring to summer ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | hazel dormouse ⓘ |
| conservationMeasure | legal protection in several European countries ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| diet |
flowers
ⓘ
fruits ⓘ insects ⓘ nectar ⓘ nuts ⓘ pollen ⓘ |
| distribution |
Balkans
ⓘ
France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Italy ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ parts of Russia ⓘ |
| family | Gliridae ⓘ |
| flagshipStatus | indicator species for ancient woodland and hedgerow quality ⓘ |
| furColor | golden-brown ⓘ |
| genus | Muscardinus ⓘ |
| habitat |
deciduous woodland
ⓘ
hedgerows ⓘ scrub ⓘ |
| hibernationPeriod | up to about 6 months ⓘ |
| hibernationSeason | autumn to spring ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Near Threatened ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle |
arboreal
ⓘ
nocturnal ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Europe
ⓘ
western Asia ⓘ
linked to:
Western Asia
|
| nestType | spherical nest of leaves and grass ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| tailLength | approximately 5.7 to 7.5 cm ⓘ |
| tailType | bushy ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
hedgerow removal ⓘ |
| usesTorpor | yes ⓘ |
| weight | approximately 15 to 40 g ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1758 ⓘ |
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: Muscardinus avellanarius Description of subject: Muscardinus avellanarius, commonly known as the hazel dormouse, is a small, nocturnal rodent native to Europe and parts of Asia, recognized for its arboreal lifestyle and long hibernation period.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.