Ursinus Bear
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Ursinus Bear is the costumed bear mascot that represents Ursinus College at its athletic events and campus activities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ursinus Bear canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9636103 — 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: Ursinus Bear Context triple: [Ursinus College, mascot, Ursinus Bear]
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A.
Melursus ursinus
Melursus ursinus, commonly known as the sloth bear, is an insectivorous bear species native to the Indian subcontinent, recognizable by its shaggy coat, pale muzzle, and long, curved claws adapted for digging.
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B.
Black Bear
"Black Bear" is a traditional Scottish bagpipe march widely associated with military regiments and ceremonial occasions.
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C.
Black Bear
Black Bear is a 2020 psychological drama film that blends dark comedy and meta-narrative elements, starring Aubrey Plaza as a filmmaker entangled in a tense, reality-blurring relationship triangle.
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D.
Ursus
Ursus is a genus of large mammals in the bear family that includes species such as brown bears, polar bears, and black bears.
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E.
Ursus
Ursus is a central character in Victor Hugo's novel "L'Homme qui rit," depicted as a cynical yet compassionate philosopher and guardian to the disfigured protagonist, Gwynplaine.
- 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: Ursinus Bear Target entity description: Ursinus Bear is the costumed bear mascot that represents Ursinus College at its athletic events and campus activities.
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A.
Melursus ursinus
Melursus ursinus, commonly known as the sloth bear, is an insectivorous bear species native to the Indian subcontinent, recognizable by its shaggy coat, pale muzzle, and long, curved claws adapted for digging.
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B.
Black Bear
"Black Bear" is a traditional Scottish bagpipe march widely associated with military regiments and ceremonial occasions.
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C.
Black Bear
Black Bear is a 2020 psychological drama film that blends dark comedy and meta-narrative elements, starring Aubrey Plaza as a filmmaker entangled in a tense, reality-blurring relationship triangle.
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D.
Ursus
Ursus is a genus of large mammals in the bear family that includes species such as brown bears, polar bears, and black bears.
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E.
Ursus
Ursus is a central character in Victor Hugo's novel "L'Homme qui rit," depicted as a cynical yet compassionate philosopher and guardian to the disfigured protagonist, Gwynplaine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
college mascot
ⓘ
costumed character ⓘ |
| appearsAt |
athletic events
ⓘ
campus events ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ursinus College athletics
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ursinus College campus activities ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre | sports mascot ⓘ |
| hasForm | bear ⓘ |
| languageOfCommunity | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Collegeville, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mascotFor | Ursinus College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represents | Ursinus College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
entertainment at games
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fan engagement ⓘ promotion of Ursinus College brand ⓘ |
| symbolizes | school spirit at Ursinus College ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Ursinus College athletics department
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ursinus College students ⓘ |
| wears | Ursinus College colors ⓘ |
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: Ursinus Bear Description of subject: Ursinus Bear is the costumed bear mascot that represents Ursinus College at its athletic events and campus activities.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.