Alcelaphinae
E93271
Alcelaphinae is a subfamily of African antelopes that includes species such as hartebeests, wildebeests, and topis, known for their grazing habits and adaptation to open grassland habitats.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alcelaphinae canonical | 8 |
| Alcelaphus buselaphus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T774095 — 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: Alcelaphinae Context triple: [Bovidae, includesSubfamily, Alcelaphinae]
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A.
Hippotraginae
Hippotraginae is a subfamily of large, grazing African antelopes that includes species such as roan, sable, and oryx.
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B.
Giraffidae
Giraffidae is a family of long-necked, even-toed ungulate mammals that includes giraffes and okapis.
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C.
Bovinae
Bovinae is a subfamily of large hoofed mammals that includes cattle, bison, buffalo, and related species commonly known as bovines.
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D.
Elaphodus cephalophus
Elaphodus cephalophus, commonly known as the tufted deer, is a small, shy Asian deer species notable for its prominent tuft of dark hair on the forehead and short, fang-like upper canines.
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E.
Tragulidae
Tragulidae is a family of small, primitive, deer-like mammals known as chevrotains or mouse deer, found in parts of Africa and Asia.
- 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: Alcelaphinae Target entity description: Alcelaphinae is a subfamily of African antelopes that includes species such as hartebeests, wildebeests, and topis, known for their grazing habits and adaptation to open grassland habitats.
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A.
Hippotraginae
Hippotraginae is a subfamily of large, grazing African antelopes that includes species such as roan, sable, and oryx.
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B.
Giraffidae
Giraffidae is a family of long-necked, even-toed ungulate mammals that includes giraffes and okapis.
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C.
Bovinae
Bovinae is a subfamily of large hoofed mammals that includes cattle, bison, buffalo, and related species commonly known as bovines.
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D.
Elaphodus cephalophus
Elaphodus cephalophus, commonly known as the tufted deer, is a small, shy Asian deer species notable for its prominent tuft of dark hair on the forehead and short, fang-like upper canines.
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E.
Tragulidae
Tragulidae is a family of small, primitive, deer-like mammals known as chevrotains or mouse deer, found in parts of Africa and Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
subfamily
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mainly diurnal ⓘ |
| adaptation |
adapted to open habitats with high visibility
ⓘ
migratory behavior in some species ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | Bovidae: Bovinae–Alcelaphinae lineage ⓘ |
| characteristicFeature |
elongated limbs adapted for running
ⓘ
highly developed shoulder and limb musculature ⓘ long narrow skull ⓘ often lyrate or curved horns ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | alcelaphines ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Alcelaphus
ⓘ
Beatragus ⓘ Connochaetes ⓘ Damaliscus ⓘ Megalotragus ⓘ Sigmoceros ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | primary grazer in African grasslands ⓘ |
| family | Bovidae ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior | grazing ⓘ |
| firstScientificDescriptionBy | Charles Hamilton Smith ⓘ |
| firstScientificDescriptionYear | 1827 ⓘ |
| hasConservationConcern | some member species threatened or endangered ⓘ |
| hornPresence | both sexes usually horned ⓘ |
| includesCommonNameGroup |
hartebeests
ⓘ
topis ⓘ wildebeests ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | cursorial ⓘ |
| nativeRange | Africa ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductiveStrategy | polygynous mating system ⓘ |
| socialStructure | often forms large herds ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Bovidae ⓘ |
| threat |
competition with livestock
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ overhunting ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
open grassland
ⓘ
savanna ⓘ |
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: Alcelaphinae Description of subject: Alcelaphinae is a subfamily of African antelopes that includes species such as hartebeests, wildebeests, and topis, known for their grazing habits and adaptation to open grassland habitats.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Alcelaphus buselaphus