Colobus
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Colobus is a genus of Old World monkeys known for their striking black-and-white fur, reduced thumbs, and specialized leaf-eating adaptations.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colobus guereza | 2 |
| Angolan colobus | 1 |
| Colobus canonical | 1 |
| Colobus angolensis | 1 |
| Colobus satanas | 1 |
| Colobus vellerosus | 1 |
| black-and-white colobus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9706210 — 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: Colobus Context triple: [Cercopithecidae, hasNotableGenus, Colobus]
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A.
Chlorocebus
Chlorocebus is a genus of African monkeys commonly known as vervet monkeys, which includes several closely related, medium-sized, semi-terrestrial primate species.
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B.
Bale monkey
The Bale monkey is a primate species endemic to Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains, known for its specialized bamboo forest habitat and limited geographic range.
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C.
Cephalophus sylvicultor
Cephalophus sylvicultor, commonly known as the yellow-backed duiker, is a large forest-dwelling antelope native to central and western Africa.
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D.
Otocolobus
Otocolobus is a small wild cat genus best known for the Pallas's cat, a stocky, long-furred feline native to the grasslands and montane steppes of Central Asia.
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E.
Cephalophus niger
Cephalophus niger, commonly known as the black duiker, is a small, forest-dwelling antelope native to West Africa.
- 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: Colobus Target entity description: Colobus is a genus of Old World monkeys known for their striking black-and-white fur, reduced thumbs, and specialized leaf-eating adaptations.
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A.
Chlorocebus
Chlorocebus is a genus of African monkeys commonly known as vervet monkeys, which includes several closely related, medium-sized, semi-terrestrial primate species.
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B.
Bale monkey
The Bale monkey is a primate species endemic to Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains, known for its specialized bamboo forest habitat and limited geographic range.
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C.
Cephalophus sylvicultor
Cephalophus sylvicultor, commonly known as the yellow-backed duiker, is a large forest-dwelling antelope native to central and western Africa.
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D.
Otocolobus
Otocolobus is a small wild cat genus best known for the Pallas's cat, a stocky, long-furred feline native to the grasslands and montane steppes of Central Asia.
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E.
Cephalophus niger
Cephalophus niger, commonly known as the black duiker, is a small, forest-dwelling antelope native to West Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
tribe Colobini
ⓘ
linked to:
Colobinae
|
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
black-and-white colobus monkeys
ⓘ
colobus monkeys ⓘ |
| describedAs | Old World monkeys ⓘ |
| diet |
folivorous
ⓘ
leaf-eating ⓘ |
| family | Cercopithecidae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Central Africa
ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ West Africa ⓘ |
| habitat |
gallery forests
ⓘ
montane forests ⓘ tropical forests ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
elongated gut for fermenting leaves
ⓘ
sacculated stomach ⓘ specialized stomach for leaf digestion ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
black-and-white fur
ⓘ
long tail ⓘ reduced thumbs ⓘ slender body ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Colobus angolensis
ⓘ
linked to:
Colobus
Colobus guereza ⓘ
linked to:
Colobus
Colobus polykomos ⓘ Colobus satanas ⓘ
linked to:
Colobus
Colobus vellerosus ⓘ
linked to:
Colobus
|
| is | leaf-eating primate genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion |
arboreal
ⓘ
leaping ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
linked to:
Sub-Saharan Africa
|
| notableFor |
reduced or absent thumbs
ⓘ
specialized leaf-eating adaptations ⓘ striking black-and-white coloration ⓘ |
| order | Primates ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Colobinae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| socialStructure | group-living ⓘ |
| subfamily | Colobinae ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Colobus guereza
ⓘ
linked to:
Colobus
|
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: Colobus Description of subject: Colobus is a genus of Old World monkeys known for their striking black-and-white fur, reduced thumbs, and specialized leaf-eating adaptations.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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