Canis edwardii
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Canis edwardii is an extinct North American canid species, thought to be a small to medium-sized early wolf-like dog that lived during the Pleistocene.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Canis edwardii canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8365122 — 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: Canis edwardii Context triple: [Canis, includesSpecies, Canis edwardii]
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A.
Canis adustus
Canis adustus, commonly known as the side-striped jackal, is a medium-sized African canid recognized for its grayish coat with distinctive pale side stripes and omnivorous, opportunistic feeding habits.
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B.
Canis
Canis is a genus of medium to large carnivorous mammals in the dog family that includes wolves, domestic dogs, coyotes, and closely related species.
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C.
Canis aureus
Canis aureus, commonly known as the golden jackal, is a medium-sized canid native to parts of Europe, Asia, and North Africa, known for its adaptability and omnivorous diet.
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D.
Canis lupus
Canis lupus is the gray wolf, a large social canid native to the Northern Hemisphere and the wild ancestor of the domestic dog.
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E.
Canis ferox
Canis ferox is an extinct species of canid, likely a prehistoric wild dog or wolf-like animal known only from paleontological and taxonomic records.
- 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: Canis edwardii Target entity description: Canis edwardii is an extinct North American canid species, thought to be a small to medium-sized early wolf-like dog that lived during the Pleistocene.
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A.
Canis adustus
Canis adustus, commonly known as the side-striped jackal, is a medium-sized African canid recognized for its grayish coat with distinctive pale side stripes and omnivorous, opportunistic feeding habits.
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B.
Canis
Canis is a genus of medium to large carnivorous mammals in the dog family that includes wolves, domestic dogs, coyotes, and closely related species.
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C.
Canis aureus
Canis aureus, commonly known as the golden jackal, is a medium-sized canid native to parts of Europe, Asia, and North Africa, known for its adaptability and omnivorous diet.
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D.
Canis lupus
Canis lupus is the gray wolf, a large social canid native to the Northern Hemisphere and the wild ancestor of the domestic dog.
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E.
Canis ferox
Canis ferox is an extinct species of canid, likely a prehistoric wild dog or wolf-like animal known only from paleontological and taxonomic records.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canid
ⓘ
extinct species ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Canidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| describedAs |
early wolf-like dog
ⓘ
small to medium-sized canid ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | predator ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| family | Canidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus | Canis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCommonCharacteristic | wolf-like morphology ⓘ |
| higherClassification |
Animalia
NERFINISHED
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Canidae NERFINISHED ⓘ Canis ⓘ Carnivora NERFINISHED ⓘ Chordata NERFINISHED ⓘ Mammalia ⓘ |
| isA |
fossil taxon
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prehistoric canid ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| livedDuring | Pleistocene epoch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| livedIn | Pleistocene North America ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subfamily | Caninae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| temporalRange | Pleistocene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Canis edwardii Description of subject: Canis edwardii is an extinct North American canid species, thought to be a small to medium-sized early wolf-like dog that lived during the Pleistocene.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.