silvertip bear
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The silvertip bear is another name for the grizzly bear, a large North American brown bear known for the silvery tips of its fur.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| silvertip bear canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9916317 — 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: silvertip bear Context triple: [Everett Silvertips, namedAfter, silvertip bear]
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A.
Silverbar
Silverbar is a central fish character in Rachel Carson’s nature book "Under the Sea-Wind," used to vividly portray marine life and ocean ecology.
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B.
Corbinian’s bear
Corbinian’s bear is a legendary symbol from the life of Saint Corbinian, depicted as a tamed pack-bearing bear and now emblematic in Bavarian and papal heraldry.
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C.
Summit Bear
Summit Bear is one of the official mascots of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, representing strength and the spirit of the Rocky Mountains.
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D.
Slipice
Slipice is an ice-dropping enemy from the classic Mario Bros. arcade game that freezes platforms and must be defeated to restore normal footing.
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E.
Badger
Badger is a wise, kind, and somewhat reclusive character from Kenneth Grahame’s "The Wind in the Willows," known for offering guidance and shelter to his woodland friends.
- 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: silvertip bear Target entity description: The silvertip bear is another name for the grizzly bear, a large North American brown bear known for the silvery tips of its fur.
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A.
Silverbar
Silverbar is a central fish character in Rachel Carson’s nature book "Under the Sea-Wind," used to vividly portray marine life and ocean ecology.
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B.
Corbinian’s bear
Corbinian’s bear is a legendary symbol from the life of Saint Corbinian, depicted as a tamed pack-bearing bear and now emblematic in Bavarian and papal heraldry.
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C.
Summit Bear
Summit Bear is one of the official mascots of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, representing strength and the spirit of the Rocky Mountains.
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D.
Slipice
Slipice is an ice-dropping enemy from the classic Mario Bros. arcade game that freezes platforms and must be defeated to restore normal footing.
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E.
Badger
Badger is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet-era Tupolev Tu-16, a twin-engine jet strategic bomber widely used during the Cold War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animal
ⓘ
bear ⓘ grizzly bear ⓘ mammal ⓘ subspecies of brown bear ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mostly diurnal ⓘ |
| averageFemaleMass | 130–200 kg ⓘ |
| averageMaleMass | 180–360 kg ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatColor |
blond
ⓘ
brown ⓘ nearly black ⓘ |
| commonNameFor | grizzly bear ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| eats |
berries
ⓘ
fish ⓘ insects ⓘ plants ⓘ roots ⓘ small mammals ⓘ |
| family | Ursidae ⓘ |
| genus | Ursus ⓘ |
| hasDistinctiveFeature |
concave facial profile
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prominent shoulder hump ⓘ silvery tips on fur ⓘ |
| hibernates | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanInWild | 20–25 years ⓘ |
| litterSize | 1–4 cubs ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Alaska
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem ⓘ North America ⓘ Rocky Mountains ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Ursus arctos ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction |
delayed implantation
ⓘ
gives birth during winter denning ⓘ |
| roleInEcosystem |
apex predator
ⓘ
keystone species ⓘ |
| scientificName |
Ursus arctos horribilis
ⓘ
linked to:
Ursus arctos
|
| species | Ursus arctos ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subspecies ⓘ |
| threats |
habitat loss
ⓘ
human–bear conflict ⓘ poaching ⓘ |
| threatStatus | least concern (species level: Ursus arctos) ⓘ |
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: silvertip bear Description of subject: The silvertip bear is another name for the grizzly bear, a large North American brown bear known for the silvery tips of its fur.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.