Madagascar tree boa
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The Madagascar tree boa is a non-venomous arboreal snake native to Madagascar, known for its strong prehensile tail and role as an ambush predator in forest canopies.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madagascar tree boa canonical | 2 |
| Duméril’s boa | 1 |
| Madagascan tree boa | 1 |
| Madagascar ground boa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11295229 — 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: Madagascar tree boa Context triple: [Madagascar! exhibit, featuresAnimal, Madagascar tree boa]
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A.
Jamaican boa
The Jamaican boa is a large, non-venomous snake species endemic to Jamaica, known for its arboreal habits and conservation concern due to habitat loss and introduced predators.
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B.
Boa Constrictor
"Boa Constrictor" is a literary work by Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko, known for its social and psychological themes.
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C.
Burmese python
The Burmese python is a large, nonvenomous constrictor snake native to Southeast Asia that has become a highly destructive invasive species in the Florida Everglades.
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D.
Boa constrictor amarali
Boa constrictor amarali is a subspecies of boa constrictor native primarily to central South America, noted for its relatively smaller size and often lighter, more muted coloration compared to other boa constrictor subspecies.
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E.
Nyctophilopython
Nyctophilopython is a genus of pythons, a group of nonvenomous constrictor snakes within the family Pythonidae.
- 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: Madagascar tree boa Target entity description: The Madagascar tree boa is a non-venomous arboreal snake native to Madagascar, known for its strong prehensile tail and role as an ambush predator in forest canopies.
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A.
Jamaican boa
The Jamaican boa is a large, non-venomous snake species endemic to Jamaica, known for its arboreal habits and conservation concern due to habitat loss and introduced predators.
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B.
Boa Constrictor
"Boa Constrictor" is a literary work by Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko, known for its social and psychological themes.
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C.
Burmese python
The Burmese python is a large, nonvenomous constrictor snake native to Southeast Asia that has become a highly destructive invasive species in the Florida Everglades.
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D.
Boa constrictor amarali
Boa constrictor amarali is a subspecies of boa constrictor native primarily to central South America, noted for its relatively smaller size and often lighter, more muted coloration compared to other boa constrictor subspecies.
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E.
Nyctophilopython
Nyctophilopython is a genus of pythons, a group of nonvenomous constrictor snakes within the family Pythonidae.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
boa
ⓘ
non-venomous snake ⓘ reptile ⓘ snake ⓘ vertebrate ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| binomialName | Sanzinia madagascariensis ⓘ |
| bodyForm | heavy-bodied ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| coloration |
brownish
ⓘ
greenish ⓘ |
| commonName |
Madagascan tree boa
ⓘ
linked to:
Madagascar tree boa
Madagascar tree boa ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List
ⓘ
linked to:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
|
| diet |
birds
ⓘ
lizards ⓘ small mammals ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | mesopredator ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Madagascar ⓘ |
| family | Boidae ⓘ |
| foundInEcosystem |
Madagascar humid forests
ⓘ
Madagascar lowland forests ⓘ |
| genus | Sanzinia ⓘ |
| geographicRegion |
eastern Madagascar
ⓘ
northern Madagascar ⓘ |
| habitat |
forest canopy
ⓘ
rainforest ⓘ tropical forest ⓘ |
| huntingStrategy | ambush predator ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | arboreal ⓘ |
| locomotion | arboreal locomotion ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Madagascar ⓘ |
| order | Squamata ⓘ |
| pattern | blotched pattern ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| preyControl | rodent populations ⓘ |
| reproduction |
live-bearing
ⓘ
ovoviviparous ⓘ |
| respiration | lung breathing ⓘ |
| sensoryAbility | heat-sensing pits ⓘ |
| skeletonType | internal skeleton ⓘ |
| suborder | Serpentes ⓘ |
| tailType | prehensile tail ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| thermoregulation | ectothermic ⓘ |
| venomous | false ⓘ |
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: Madagascar tree boa Description of subject: The Madagascar tree boa is a non-venomous arboreal snake native to Madagascar, known for its strong prehensile tail and role as an ambush predator in forest canopies.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Madagascar tree boa
linked to: Madagascar tree boa
linked to: Madagascar tree boa