Cairn Terrier

E121689

The Cairn Terrier is a small, hardy, and spirited Scottish terrier breed known for its shaggy coat, alert expression, and lively, affectionate personality.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cairn Terrier canonical 2
Terrier Group 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dog breed
purebred dog
terrier
AKCGroup Cairn Terrier self-linksurface differs
surface form: Terrier Group
averageHeightFemale_cm 23
averageHeightMale_cm 25
barkingTendency moderate to high
bodyType compact
build sturdy
coatCharacteristic shaggy appearance
coatColors black
brindle
cream
gray
red
wheaten
coatLength medium
coatTexture harsh outer coat
soft undercoat
coatType double coat
commonHealthIssues allergies
eye problems
hip dysplasia
patellar luxation
countryOfOrigin Scotland
developedFor fox hunting
ratting
vermin control
earType small erect ears
energyLevel high
FCIGroup Group 3 Terriers
goodWithChildren yes, with supervision
groomingNeeds regular brushing
heightRange_cm 23–33
KCGroup Terrier Group
lifeExpectancy_years 12–15
notableAppearanceInFilm Toto in "The Wizard of Oz"
notableDog Toto
placeOfOrigin Scottish Highlands
recognizedBy American Kennel Club
Fédération Cynologique Internationale
The Kennel Club (UK)
sheddingLevel low to moderate
suitableFor active owners
companionship
small homes
tailType short, carried high
temperamentTrait active
affectionate
alert
confident
curious
independent
intelligent
loyal
spirited
trainability moderate
weightRange_kg 6–8

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: Cairn Terrier
Description of subject: The Cairn Terrier is a small, hardy, and spirited Scottish terrier breed known for its shaggy coat, alert expression, and lively, affectionate personality.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Terry (dog) breed Cairn Terrier
subject surface form: Terry
Toto oftenDepictedAs Cairn Terrier
Cairn Terrier AKCGroup Cairn Terrier self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Terrier Group