Dalmatians
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Dalmatians are a distinctive dog breed known for their white coat with black or liver spots and a historical association with firehouses and carriage dogs.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dalmatian | 5 |
| Dalmatians canonical | 4 |
| Dalmatian dog | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7585898 — 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: Dalmatians Context triple: [102 Dalmatians, hasSubject, Dalmatians]
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A.
Bulldogs
Bulldogs is the nickname for the athletic teams representing Yale University in collegiate sports.
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Bulldogs
Bulldogs is the nickname and mascot for Mississippi State University’s athletic teams, representing the school in collegiate sports.
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Bulldogs
Bulldogs is the athletic nickname and mascot representing Samford University's sports teams.
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Bulldogs
Bulldogs is the common short name for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, a professional rugby league club based in Sydney that competes in Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL).
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Bulldogs
Bulldogs are a popular school and sports team mascot symbolizing strength, determination, and tenacity.
- 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: Dalmatians Target entity description: Dalmatians are a distinctive dog breed known for their white coat with black or liver spots and a historical association with firehouses and carriage dogs.
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Bulldogs
Bulldogs is the nickname and mascot for Gonzaga University's men's basketball team, one of the most prominent programs in NCAA Division I basketball.
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B.
Bulldogs
Bulldogs are a popular school and sports team mascot symbolizing strength, determination, and tenacity.
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C.
Bulldogs
Bulldogs is the athletic nickname and mascot representing Samford University's sports teams.
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D.
Bulldogs
The Bulldogs were an early 20th-century professional ice hockey team from Quebec City that competed in the National Hockey Association and the National Hockey League.
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Bulldogs
Bulldogs is the nickname of the Western Bulldogs, a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | dog breed ⓘ |
| AKCGroup | Non-Sporting Group ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
fire brigades in the United States
ⓘ
horse-drawn fire engines ⓘ |
| averageHeightFemale | about 56 cm ⓘ |
| averageHeightMale | about 58 cm ⓘ |
| averageWeightFemale | about 24 kg ⓘ |
| averageWeightMale | about 27 kg ⓘ |
| coatColor | white ⓘ |
| coatMarkings |
black spots
ⓘ
liver spots ⓘ |
| coatType |
dense
ⓘ
short ⓘ |
| commonHealthIssue |
allergies
ⓘ
congenital deafness ⓘ urinary stones ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Croatia ⓘ |
| earType | drop ears ⓘ |
| eyeColor |
blue
ⓘ
brown ⓘ |
| FCIGroup | Group 6 Scenthounds and related breeds ⓘ |
| geneticTrait | high uric acid levels ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
carriage dog
ⓘ
coach dog ⓘ firehouse dog ⓘ guard dog ⓘ war dog ⓘ |
| lifeExpectancy |
about 11 years
ⓘ
about 13 years ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Dalmatia ⓘ |
| popularCultureAppearance | One Hundred and One Dalmatians ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
American Kennel Club
ⓘ
Fédération Cynologique Internationale ⓘ The Kennel Club (UK) ⓘ |
| requires |
regular exercise
ⓘ
regular mental stimulation ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
companion dog
ⓘ
working dog ⓘ |
| tailType | long ⓘ |
| taxonRank | breed ⓘ |
| temperament |
active
ⓘ
energetic ⓘ friendly ⓘ intelligent ⓘ strong-willed ⓘ |
| typicalLitterSize |
about 6 puppies
ⓘ
about 9 puppies ⓘ |
| usedFor |
companionship
ⓘ
draft work ⓘ hunting ⓘ |
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: Dalmatians Description of subject: Dalmatians are a distinctive dog breed known for their white coat with black or liver spots and a historical association with firehouses and carriage dogs.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dalmatians
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linked to: Dalmatians
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linked to: Dalmatians