Great Bear
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Great Bear is the traditional English name for the prominent northern constellation Ursa Major, often depicted as a large bear in the night sky.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Great Bear canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18442587 — 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: Great Bear Context triple: [Ursa Major, hasMeaningOfName, Great Bear]
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A.
Kitimat Arm
Kitimat Arm is a fjord-like inlet on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada, forming the northernmost reach of the Douglas Channel system near the town of Kitimat.
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B.
Gastineau
Gastineau is a surname most notably associated with former American football defensive end Mark Gastineau.
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C.
Tagish
Tagish is an endangered Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Tagish people of southern Yukon in northwestern Canada.
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D.
Mount Columbia
Mount Columbia is a prominent fourteener in central Colorado, known for its challenging ascent and inclusion among the Collegiate Peaks of the Rocky Mountains.
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E.
Mount Columbia
Mount Columbia is the highest peak in Alberta, Canada, and a prominent glaciated summit in the Canadian Rockies.
- 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: Great Bear Target entity description: Great Bear is the traditional English name for the prominent northern constellation Ursa Major, often depicted as a large bear in the night sky.
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A.
Kitimat Arm
Kitimat Arm is a fjord-like inlet on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada, forming the northernmost reach of the Douglas Channel system near the town of Kitimat.
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B.
Gastineau
Gastineau is a surname most notably associated with former American football defensive end Mark Gastineau.
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C.
Tagish
Tagish is an endangered Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Tagish people of southern Yukon in northwestern Canada.
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D.
Mount Columbia
Mount Columbia is a prominent fourteener in central Colorado, known for its challenging ascent and inclusion among the Collegiate Peaks of the Rocky Mountains.
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E.
Mount Columbia
Mount Columbia is the highest peak in Alberta, Canada, and a prominent glaciated summit in the Canadian Rockies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Callisto (nymph in Greek mythology)