Bison
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Bison is a genus of large, hump-shouldered bovines that includes the American bison and European bison, known for their massive heads, shaggy coats, and historical prominence on the plains and forests of the Northern Hemisphere.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| American bison | 11 |
| Bison canonical | 2 |
| Bison bonasus | 2 |
| Buffalo (American bison) | 1 |
| buffalo (American bison) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21879629 — 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: Bison Context triple: [European bison, genus, Bison]
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Bison
Bison is the official mascot of Howard University, symbolizing the institution’s strength, resilience, and historic legacy.
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Bison
Bison is the mascot and athletic nickname for North Dakota State University's sports teams, symbolizing strength and resilience.
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Bison
Bison is the mascot and athletics nickname representing Bucknell University's sports teams.
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Bison
Bison is the short name of the Basingstoke Bison, a professional ice hockey team based in Basingstoke, England.
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Bison bison
Bison bison is the American bison, a large, hump-shouldered grazing mammal native to North America and a prominent symbol of the Great Plains.
- 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: Bison Target entity description: Bison is a genus of large, hump-shouldered bovines that includes the American bison and European bison, known for their massive heads, shaggy coats, and historical prominence on the plains and forests of the Northern Hemisphere.
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Bison
Bison is the official mascot of Howard University, symbolizing the institution’s strength, resilience, and historic legacy.
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B.
Bison
Bison is the mascot and athletic nickname for North Dakota State University's sports teams, symbolizing strength and resilience.
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C.
Bison
Bison is the mascot and athletics nickname representing Bucknell University's sports teams.
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Bison
Bison is the short name of the Basingstoke Bison, a professional ice hockey team based in Basingstoke, England.
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Bison bison
Bison bison is the American bison, a large, hump-shouldered grazing mammal native to North America and a prominent symbol of the Great Plains.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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