Ursinae
E155924
Ursinae is a subfamily of bears that includes most of the living bear species, such as brown bears, polar bears, and American black bears.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ursinae canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1368344 — 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: Ursinae Context triple: [Ursidae, hasSubfamily, Ursinae]
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A.
Oreocnide
Oreocnide is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae, comprising species typically found in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia.
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B.
Reduncinae
Reduncinae is a subfamily of African antelopes within the Bovidae family, including species such as reedbucks, kobs, and waterbucks that are typically associated with wetland and grassland habitats.
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C.
Adolphia
Adolphia is a small genus of flowering shrubs in the buckthorn family, native to arid and semi-arid regions of the Americas.
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D.
Critobulus
Critobulus was an ancient Athenian known from Plato’s dialogues as the son of Crito and an associate of Socrates.
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E.
Xerinae
Xerinae is a subfamily of rodents in the squirrel family (Sciuridae) that includes ground squirrels, chipmunks, and related species.
- 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: Ursinae Target entity description: Ursinae is a subfamily of bears that includes most of the living bear species, such as brown bears, polar bears, and American black bears.
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A.
Oreocnide
Oreocnide is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae, comprising species typically found in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia.
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B.
Reduncinae
Reduncinae is a subfamily of African antelopes within the Bovidae family, including species such as reedbucks, kobs, and waterbucks that are typically associated with wetland and grassland habitats.
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C.
Adolphia
Adolphia is a small genus of flowering shrubs in the buckthorn family, native to arid and semi-arid regions of the Americas.
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D.
Critobulus
Critobulus was an ancient Athenian known from Plato’s dialogues as the son of Crito and an associate of Socrates.
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E.
Xerinae
Xerinae is a subfamily of rodents in the squirrel family (Sciuridae) that includes ground squirrels, chipmunks, and related species.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
subfamily
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | true bears subfamily ⓘ |
| describedAs | subfamily of bears ⓘ |
| dietIncludes |
fish
ⓘ
fruits ⓘ insects ⓘ meat ⓘ plants ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
large-bodied mammals
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omnivorous diet in many species ⓘ plantigrade locomotion ⓘ short tail ⓘ thick fur ⓘ |
| hasConservationConcern | several species threatened or vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasEcologicalRole |
apex predator (in some species)
ⓘ
large omnivore ⓘ |
| hasReproductiveTrait |
extended maternal care
ⓘ
small litters ⓘ |
| includesMostOf | living bear species ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Helarctos
ⓘ
Helarctos malayanus ⓘ
linked to:
Malayan sun bear
Melursus ⓘ Melursus ursinus ⓘ Tremarctos ⓘ
linked to:
Tremarctinae
Tremarctos ornatus ⓘ
linked to:
Andean bear
Ursus ⓘ Ursus americanus ⓘ
linked to:
Ursus americanus pugnax
Ursus arctos ⓘ Ursus maritimus ⓘ
linked to:
Polar Bears
Ursus thibetanus ⓘ |
| isPartOf | family Ursidae ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
American black bear
ⓘ
brown bear ⓘ polar bear ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Ursidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| suborder | Caniformia ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subfamily ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
Arctic sea ice (via polar bear)
ⓘ
Northern Hemisphere ⓘ forests ⓘ mountain regions ⓘ |
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: Ursinae Description of subject: Ursinae is a subfamily of bears that includes most of the living bear species, such as brown bears, polar bears, and American black bears.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.