Ursus arctos middendorffi
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Ursus arctos middendorffi is a large subspecies of brown bear native to Alaska’s Kodiak Archipelago, known for being one of the biggest terrestrial carnivorans in the world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ursus arctos middendorffi canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6848653 — 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: Ursus arctos middendorffi Context triple: [Kodiak bear, scientificName, Ursus arctos middendorffi]
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A.
Ursus arctos sitkensis
Ursus arctos sitkensis is a subspecies of brown bear native to the coastal rainforests of southeastern Alaska, particularly around the Sitka region.
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B.
Ursus arctos crowtheri
Ursus arctos crowtheri is an extinct subspecies of brown bear that once inhabited North Africa.
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C.
Ursus arctos marsicanus
Ursus arctos marsicanus is a critically endangered subspecies of brown bear native to Italy’s central Apennine Mountains, known for its small, isolated population and conservation concern.
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D.
Ursus arctos isabellinus
Ursus arctos isabellinus, commonly known as the Himalayan brown bear, is a subspecies of brown bear native to the mountainous regions of the Himalayas and surrounding areas.
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E.
Ursus arctos dalli
Ursus arctos dalli is a subspecies of brown bear native to coastal regions of Alaska, often referred to as the Dall Island or ABC Islands brown bear.
- 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: Ursus arctos middendorffi Target entity description: Ursus arctos middendorffi is a large subspecies of brown bear native to Alaska’s Kodiak Archipelago, known for being one of the biggest terrestrial carnivorans in the world.
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A.
Ursus arctos sitkensis
Ursus arctos sitkensis is a subspecies of brown bear native to the coastal rainforests of southeastern Alaska, particularly around the Sitka region.
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B.
Ursus arctos crowtheri
Ursus arctos crowtheri is an extinct subspecies of brown bear that once inhabited North Africa.
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C.
Ursus arctos marsicanus
Ursus arctos marsicanus is a critically endangered subspecies of brown bear native to Italy’s central Apennine Mountains, known for its small, isolated population and conservation concern.
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D.
Ursus arctos isabellinus
Ursus arctos isabellinus, commonly known as the Himalayan brown bear, is a subspecies of brown bear native to the mountainous regions of the Himalayas and surrounding areas.
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E.
Ursus arctos dalli
Ursus arctos dalli is a subspecies of brown bear native to coastal regions of Alaska, often referred to as the Dall Island or ABC Islands brown bear.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
brown bear
ⓘ
subspecies ⓘ |
| activityPattern |
crepuscular
ⓘ
diurnal ⓘ |
| averageBodyLength | 2.4–3.0 m ⓘ |
| averageFemaleMass | 135–225 kg ⓘ |
| averageMaleMass | 270–635 kg ⓘ |
| breedingSeason | late spring to early summer ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatColor |
blond
ⓘ
brown ⓘ dark brown ⓘ |
| commonName |
Kodiak bear
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kodiak brown bear ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | least concern ⓘ |
| describedBy | C. H. Merriam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1896 ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| dietIncludes |
berries
ⓘ
invertebrates ⓘ mammals ⓘ plants ⓘ salmon ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
apex predator
ⓘ
keystone species ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Kodiak Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Ursidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Afognak Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kodiak Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Shuyak Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus | Ursus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gestationType | delayed implantation ⓘ |
| hibernatesIn | dens ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| knownFor | being one of the largest terrestrial carnivorans ⓘ |
| lifestyle | solitary ⓘ |
| maximumRecordedMass | over 680 kg ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Alexander Theodor von Middendorff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Alaska
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kodiak Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offspringPerLitter | 1–3 cubs ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Ursus arctos ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| rangeCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rangeState | Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| subspeciesOf | Ursus arctos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subspecies ⓘ |
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: Ursus arctos middendorffi Description of subject: Ursus arctos middendorffi is a large subspecies of brown bear native to Alaska’s Kodiak Archipelago, known for being one of the biggest terrestrial carnivorans in the world.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.