mule deer
E1420
The mule deer is a North American deer species known for its large, mule-like ears and adaptability to a wide range of habitats, from mountains and forests to deserts.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| mule deer canonical | 4 |
| Odocoileus hemionus | 2 |
| Odocoileus | 1 |
| Sitka black-tailed deer | 1 |
| Sitka black-tailed deer (introduced) | 1 |
| mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12038 — 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: mule deer Context triple: [Sierra Nevada, fauna, mule deer]
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A.
Beavers
The Beavers are the athletic teams representing Oregon State University in NCAA Division I sports.
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B.
California quail
The California quail is a small, plump New World quail known for its distinctive forward-curving head plume and sociable covey behavior in shrubland and chaparral habitats.
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C.
Mojave Desert tortoise
The Mojave Desert tortoise is a long-lived, burrowing land turtle native to the arid regions of the southwestern United States, known for its domed shell, herbivorous diet, and threatened conservation status.
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D.
Lick
Lick is the nickname of Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider, a pioneering American computer scientist whose ideas helped lay the foundations for interactive computing and the internet.
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E.
de Forest
de Forest is a surname most notably associated with Lee de Forest, an American inventor and early pioneer of radio and electronic communication.
- 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: mule deer Target entity description: The mule deer is a North American deer species known for its large, mule-like ears and adaptability to a wide range of habitats, from mountains and forests to deserts.
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A.
Beavers
The Beavers are the athletic teams representing Oregon State University in NCAA Division I sports.
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B.
California quail
The California quail is a small, plump New World quail known for its distinctive forward-curving head plume and sociable covey behavior in shrubland and chaparral habitats.
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C.
Mojave Desert tortoise
The Mojave Desert tortoise is a long-lived, burrowing land turtle native to the arid regions of the southwestern United States, known for its domed shell, herbivorous diet, and threatened conservation status.
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D.
Lick
Lick is the nickname of Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider, a pioneering American computer scientist whose ideas helped lay the foundations for interactive computing and the internet.
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E.
de Forest
de Forest is a surname most notably associated with Lee de Forest, an American inventor and early pioneer of radio and electronic communication.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deer
ⓘ
mammal ⓘ species ⓘ vertebrate ⓘ |
| activityPattern | crepuscular ⓘ |
| antlerCycle | antlers shed and regrown annually ⓘ |
| binomialName |
mule deer
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Odocoileus hemionus
|
| breedingSeason | autumn ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | mule deer ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| distinguishingFeature |
black-tipped tail
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forked antlers in males ⓘ large mule-like ears ⓘ |
| eats |
forbs
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grasses ⓘ shrubs ⓘ tree leaves ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
prey species for large carnivores
ⓘ
primary herbivore ⓘ |
| family | Cervidae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Great Plains
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Pacific coastal regions ⓘ Rocky Mountains ⓘ western North America ⓘ |
| genus | Odocoileus ⓘ |
| gestationPeriod | about 7 months ⓘ |
| habitat |
deserts
ⓘ
forests ⓘ grasslands ⓘ mountains ⓘ shrublands ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanInCaptivity | up to about 20 years ⓘ |
| lifespanInWild | about 9 to 11 years ⓘ |
| namedAfter | its large mule-like ears ⓘ |
| nativeTo | North America ⓘ |
| offspringPerBirth | usually 1 to 2 fawns ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
mule deer
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Odocoileus
|
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| predator |
black bear
ⓘ
cougar ⓘ coyote ⓘ wolf ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| ruttingSeason | late autumn ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | males have antlers ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
forms small groups
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sexes often segregated outside breeding season ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
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overhunting in some areas ⓘ vehicle collisions ⓘ |
| usedFor | game 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: mule deer Description of subject: The mule deer is a North American deer species known for its large, mule-like ears and adaptability to a wide range of habitats, from mountains and forests to deserts.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Odocoileus
this entity surface form:
Odocoileus hemionus
this entity surface form:
mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
this entity surface form:
Odocoileus hemionus
this entity surface form:
Sitka black-tailed deer (introduced)
this entity surface form:
Sitka black-tailed deer