Old Blue
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Old Blue was the last remaining fertile female Chatham Island black robin whose breeding success in the 1980s saved her species from near extinction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Blue canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7146656 — 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: Old Blue Context triple: [Black robin, nameOfLastBreedingFemale, Old Blue]
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A.
Old Blue
"Old Blue" is a traditional folk song popularized by American singer Joan Baez on her album "Joan Baez, Vol. 2."
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B.
Girl Blue
"Girl Blue" is a soulful, jazz-inflected R&B song by Stevie Wonder from his acclaimed 1972 album *Music of My Mind*.
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C.
Blue Lou
"Blue Lou" is a classic swing-era jazz standard, widely performed and recorded by big bands in the 1930s and beyond.
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D.
Little Boy Blue
"Little Boy Blue" is a blues song featured on Bobby "Blue" Bland's influential 1961 album *Two Steps from the Blues*.
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E.
The Good Old Song
The Good Old Song is the traditional alma mater-style anthem of the University of Virginia, famously sung by fans and students at Virginia Cavaliers sporting events.
- 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: Old Blue Target entity description: Old Blue was the last remaining fertile female Chatham Island black robin whose breeding success in the 1980s saved her species from near extinction.
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A.
Old Blue
"Old Blue" is a traditional folk song popularized by American singer Joan Baez on her album "Joan Baez, Vol. 2."
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B.
Girl Blue
"Girl Blue" is a soulful, jazz-inflected R&B song by Stevie Wonder from his acclaimed 1972 album *Music of My Mind*.
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C.
Blue Lou
"Blue Lou" is a classic swing-era jazz standard, widely performed and recorded by big bands in the 1930s and beyond.
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D.
Little Boy Blue
"Little Boy Blue" is a blues song featured on Bobby "Blue" Bland's influential 1961 album *Two Steps from the Blues*.
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E.
The Good Old Song
The Good Old Song is the traditional alma mater-style anthem of the University of Virginia, famously sung by fans and students at Virginia Cavaliers sporting events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chatham Island black robin
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individual bird ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chatham Island black robin recovery program
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Don Merton ⓘ New Zealand Department of Conservation ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Conservation (New Zealand)
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| breedingSuccess | produced multiple clutches via intensive management and cross-fostering ⓘ |
| commonName | Old Blue ⓘ |
| conservationStatusContext | species reduced to five individuals at population bottleneck ⓘ |
| conservationSymbolOf | intensive species recovery efforts ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| exampleOf | genetic bottleneck in conservation biology ⓘ |
| hasMemorial | Old Blue award ⓘ |
| honoredBy | Forest & Bird Old Blue conservation award ⓘ |
| impact | prevented extinction of the Chatham Island black robin ⓘ |
| legacy | most living Chatham Island black robins are descended from her ⓘ |
| lifeEvent | subject of intensive nest management and chick fostering to other species ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Chatham Islands ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the last remaining fertile female Chatham Island black robin in the early 1980s
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saving the Chatham Island black robin from near extinction through her breeding success ⓘ |
| populationContext | one of only two remaining breeding black robins at the start of the recovery program ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | New Zealand conservation community ⓘ |
| roleInConservation | founder of most of the subsequent Chatham Island black robin population ⓘ |
| sex | female ⓘ |
| speciesCommonName | Chatham Island black robin ⓘ |
| taxon | Petroica traversi ⓘ |
| threatFaced | imminent species extinction before recovery program ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Blue Description of subject: Old Blue was the last remaining fertile female Chatham Island black robin whose breeding success in the 1980s saved her species from near extinction.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.