Brachylagus
E822934
Brachylagus is a genus of very small rabbits best known for the pygmy rabbit, one of the smallest leporids in the world.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brachylagus idahoensis | 2 |
| Brachylagus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9800000 — 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: Brachylagus Context triple: [Leporidae, includesGenus, Brachylagus]
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A.
Syntheosciurus
Syntheosciurus is a small genus of tree squirrels in the tribe Sciurini, known from Central American montane forests.
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B.
Myosciurus
Myosciurus is a genus of small African squirrels in the family Sciuridae, best known for the African pygmy squirrel, one of the world’s smallest squirrel species.
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C.
Heliosciurus
Heliosciurus is a genus of African sun squirrels known for their diurnal, arboreal habits and often brightly colored fur.
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D.
Petinomys
Petinomys is a genus of small flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
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E.
Nannosciurus
Nannosciurus is a genus of small Neotropical squirrels in the tribe Sciurini, found primarily in Central and South American forests.
- 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: Brachylagus Target entity description: Brachylagus is a genus of very small rabbits best known for the pygmy rabbit, one of the smallest leporids in the world.
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A.
Syntheosciurus
Syntheosciurus is a small genus of tree squirrels in the tribe Sciurini, known from Central American montane forests.
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B.
Myosciurus
Myosciurus is a genus of small African squirrels in the family Sciuridae, best known for the African pygmy squirrel, one of the world’s smallest squirrel species.
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C.
Heliosciurus
Heliosciurus is a genus of African sun squirrels known for their diurnal, arboreal habits and often brightly colored fur.
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D.
Petinomys
Petinomys is a genus of small flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
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E.
Nannosciurus
Nannosciurus is a genus of small Neotropical squirrels in the tribe Sciurini, found primarily in Central and South American forests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| binomialAbbreviation | B. ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | pygmy rabbits ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Brachylagus idahoensis
ⓘ
linked to:
Brachylagus
|
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| endothermy | endothermic ⓘ |
| family | Leporidae ⓘ |
| genusOf |
Brachylagus idahoensis
ⓘ
linked to:
Brachylagus
|
| habitat |
sagebrush steppe
ⓘ
shrubland ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
burrowing behavior
ⓘ
short ears ⓘ short legs ⓘ very small rabbits ⓘ |
| hasScientificNameAuthorship | Miller, 1900 (for Brachylagus idahoensis) ⓘ |
| includes | pygmy rabbit ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| memberOf | Leporidae ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
North America
ⓘ
western United States ⓘ |
| notableFor |
including one of the smallest leporids in the world
ⓘ
very small body size ⓘ |
| order | Lagomorpha ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | mammalian viviparity ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| vertebrate | true ⓘ |
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: Brachylagus Description of subject: Brachylagus is a genus of very small rabbits best known for the pygmy rabbit, one of the smallest leporids in the world.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Brachylagus
linked to: Brachylagus