AL 288-1
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AL 288-1 is the fossilized partial skeleton of an adult female Australopithecus afarensis, famously nicknamed "Lucy," and is one of the most important early hominin discoveries for understanding human evolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AL 288-1 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9674114 — 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: AL 288-1 Context triple: [Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis cast), representsIndividual, AL 288-1]
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A.
AL 22
AL 22 is a state highway in Alabama that runs east–west across the central part of the state, connecting several rural communities and small towns.
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B.
AL 21
AL 21 is a primary state highway in Alabama that runs north–south across the state, connecting several major towns and highways.
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C.
AL 25
AL 25 is a state highway in Alabama that runs through central parts of the state, connecting several small towns and rural areas.
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D.
AL 139
AL 139 is a state highway in Alabama that serves as a regional connector route between local communities.
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E.
AL 3
AL 3 is a state highway designation in Alabama that corresponds primarily to U.S. Route 31, running north–south through the state and connecting multiple major cities and communities.
- 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: AL 288-1 Target entity description: AL 288-1 is the fossilized partial skeleton of an adult female Australopithecus afarensis, famously nicknamed "Lucy," and is one of the most important early hominin discoveries for understanding human evolution.
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A.
AL 22
AL 22 is a state highway in Alabama that runs east–west across the central part of the state, connecting several rural communities and small towns.
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B.
AL 21
AL 21 is a primary state highway in Alabama that runs north–south across the state, connecting several major towns and highways.
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C.
AL 25
AL 25 is a state highway in Alabama that runs through central parts of the state, connecting several small towns and rural areas.
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D.
AL 139
AL 139 is a state highway in Alabama that serves as a regional connector route between local communities.
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E.
AL 3
AL 3 is a state highway designation in Alabama that corresponds primarily to U.S. Route 31, running north–south through the state and connecting multiple major cities and communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australopithecus afarensis specimen
ⓘ
fossil specimen ⓘ hominin fossil ⓘ |
| ageClass | adult ⓘ |
| approximateAgeInMillionsOfYears | 3.2 ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | AL 288-1 ⓘ |
| discoveredAt | Hadar ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Donald Johanson
ⓘ
International Afar Research Expedition ⓘ Tom Gray ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | Ethiopia ⓘ |
| discoveredInCountry | Ethiopia ⓘ |
| discoveredInRegion |
Afar Depression
ⓘ
linked to:
Afar Triangle
|
| discoveryDate | 1974-11-24 ⓘ |
| estimatedAgeRangeInMillionsOfYears | 3.18–3.22 ⓘ |
| estimatedBodyMassInKilograms | 27 ⓘ |
| estimatedStatureInCentimeters | 110 ⓘ |
| estimatedStatureInMeters | 1.1 ⓘ |
| formation | Hadar Formation ⓘ |
| geologicalAge |
Pliocene
ⓘ
linked to:
Pliocene epoch
|
| hasNickname | Lucy ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
iconic fossil in paleoanthropology
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one of the most complete early hominin skeletons known ⓘ |
| importantFor |
reconstructing Australopithecus afarensis anatomy
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understanding early hominin morphology ⓘ understanding evolution of bipedalism ⓘ |
| partOf | Afar Triangle fossil assemblage ⓘ |
| preserves |
femur
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foot bones ⓘ hand bones ⓘ humerus ⓘ mandible fragments ⓘ pelvis ⓘ radius ⓘ ribs ⓘ skull fragments ⓘ tibia ⓘ ulna ⓘ vertebrae ⓘ |
| sex | female ⓘ |
| showsEvidenceOf |
arboreal adaptations
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curved finger bones ⓘ habitual bipedalism ⓘ humanlike pelvis ⓘ valgus knee ⓘ |
| skeletalCompleteness | about 40 percent of skeleton ⓘ |
| storedAt | National Museum of Ethiopia ⓘ |
| storedInCity | Addis Ababa ⓘ |
| stratigraphicMember | Kada Hadar Member ⓘ |
| taxon | Australopithecus afarensis ⓘ |
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: AL 288-1 Description of subject: AL 288-1 is the fossilized partial skeleton of an adult female Australopithecus afarensis, famously nicknamed "Lucy," and is one of the most important early hominin discoveries for understanding human evolution.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.