Bos frontalis
E813792
Bos frontalis, commonly known as the gayal or mithun, is a large semi-domesticated bovine native to Northeast India and surrounding regions, valued for its meat, milk, and cultural significance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bos frontalis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9672319 — 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: Bos frontalis Context triple: [Bos, includesSpecies, Bos frontalis]
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A.
Sus cebifrons
Sus cebifrons is a critically endangered wild pig species native to the Visayan Islands of the Philippines, known for its small size, dark bristly coat, and distinctive facial markings.
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B.
Vorderer Bratschenkopf
Vorderer Bratschenkopf is a mountain peak in the Austrian Alps, located within the Glockner Group of the High Tauern range.
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C.
Frontale
Frontale is a professional Japanese football club based in Kawasaki, competing in the J1 League.
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D.
Κέφαλος
Κέφαλος is a figure from ancient Greek tradition, most commonly known in mythology as a hunter associated with the goddess Eos and in literature as a wealthy Athenian elder appearing in Plato’s dialogues.
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E.
Lasiorhinus latifrons
Lasiorhinus latifrons is the southern hairy-nosed wombat, a burrowing herbivorous marsupial native to arid regions of southern Australia.
- 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: Bos frontalis Target entity description: Bos frontalis, commonly known as the gayal or mithun, is a large semi-domesticated bovine native to Northeast India and surrounding regions, valued for its meat, milk, and cultural significance.
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A.
Sus cebifrons
Sus cebifrons is a critically endangered wild pig species native to the Visayan Islands of the Philippines, known for its small size, dark bristly coat, and distinctive facial markings.
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B.
Vorderer Bratschenkopf
Vorderer Bratschenkopf is a mountain peak in the Austrian Alps, located within the Glockner Group of the High Tauern range.
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C.
Frontale
Frontale is a professional Japanese football club based in Kawasaki, competing in the J1 League.
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D.
Κέφαλος
Κέφαλος is a figure from ancient Greek tradition, most commonly known in mythology as a hunter associated with the goddess Eos and in literature as a wealthy Athenian elder appearing in Plato’s dialogues.
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E.
Lasiorhinus latifrons
Lasiorhinus latifrons is the southern hairy-nosed wombat, a burrowing herbivorous marsupial native to arid regions of southern Australia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artiodactyl
ⓘ
bovid ⓘ mammal ⓘ species ⓘ |
| ancestor |
Bos gaurus
ⓘ
linked to:
Bos namadicus
|
| bodyMass | 600–1000 kg ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatColor | dark brown ⓘ |
| commonName |
drung
ⓘ
gayal ⓘ mithun ⓘ |
| culturalSignificanceIn |
Arunachal Pradesh
ⓘ
Mizoram ⓘ Nagaland ⓘ Northeast India ⓘ |
| describedBy | Lambert Bidloo ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1790 ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| domesticatedBy | indigenous communities of Northeast India ⓘ |
| domesticationStatus | semi-domesticated ⓘ |
| family | Bovidae ⓘ |
| genus | Bos ⓘ |
| habitat |
hilly forested regions
ⓘ
subtropical forests ⓘ |
| hornPresence | horned in both sexes ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | domesticated form (not assessed as wild taxon) ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lactationUse | milk for human consumption ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Bangladesh
ⓘ
Bhutan ⓘ China ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Northeast India ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| product |
hide
ⓘ
manure ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bos indicus
ⓘ
Bos taurus ⓘ |
| religiousRole |
sacrificial animal in traditional rituals
ⓘ
symbol of prosperity ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| shoulderHeight | approximately 1.5–1.7 m ⓘ |
| subfamily | Bovinae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial purposes
ⓘ
draught power ⓘ meat production ⓘ milk production ⓘ |
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: Bos frontalis Description of subject: Bos frontalis, commonly known as the gayal or mithun, is a large semi-domesticated bovine native to Northeast India and surrounding regions, valued for its meat, milk, and cultural significance.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.