Bald eagle
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The bald eagle is a large North American bird of prey renowned as the national bird and emblem of the United States.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American bald eagle | 2 |
| Bald eagle canonical | 2 |
| Haliaeetus leucocephalus | 2 |
| bald eagles | 2 |
| American eagle | 1 |
| National bird bald eagle | 1 |
| The Bald Eagle | 1 |
| bald eagle | 1 |
| bald eagle was formerly listed as endangered in the United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1519708 — 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: Bald eagle Context triple: [American nationalism, symbol, Bald eagle]
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A.
Eagle
Eagle was the Apollo 11 lunar module that carried astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the first crewed landing on the Moon in 1969.
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B.
Eagle
The Eagle is a historic U.S. gold coin denomination, traditionally valued at ten dollars and widely minted in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
golden eagle
The golden eagle is a large, powerful bird of prey found across the Northern Hemisphere and revered in many cultures for its strength and majesty.
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D.
Osprey
The osprey is a large fish-eating bird of prey, often called the sea hawk, known for its distinctive dark eye stripe and dramatic dives into water to catch fish.
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E.
red-tailed hawk
The red-tailed hawk is a widespread North American bird of prey known for its reddish tail, piercing call, and adaptability to diverse habitats including open fields, deserts, and urban areas.
- 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: Bald eagle Target entity description: The bald eagle is a large North American bird of prey renowned as the national bird and emblem of the United States.
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A.
Eagle
Eagle was the Apollo 11 lunar module that carried astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the first crewed landing on the Moon in 1969.
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B.
Eagle
The Eagle is a historic U.S. gold coin denomination, traditionally valued at ten dollars and widely minted in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
golden eagle
The golden eagle is a large, powerful bird of prey found across the Northern Hemisphere and revered in many cultures for its strength and majesty.
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D.
Osprey
The osprey is a large fish-eating bird of prey, often called the sea hawk, known for its distinctive dark eye stripe and dramatic dives into water to catch fish.
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E.
red-tailed hawk
The red-tailed hawk is a widespread North American bird of prey known for its reddish tail, piercing call, and adaptability to diverse habitats including open fields, deserts, and urban areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird of prey
ⓘ
species of bird ⓘ |
| ageAtAdultPlumage | about 4 to 5 years ⓘ |
| appearsOn |
Great Seal of the United States
ⓘ
various U.S. coins and currency ⓘ |
| averageBodyLength | 70 to 102 centimeters ⓘ |
| averageWingspan | 1.8 to 2.3 meters ⓘ |
| beakColor | yellow ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Bald eagle
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
|
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | 1 to 3 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName |
American bald eagle
ⓘ
bald eagle ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| eyeColor | yellow ⓘ |
| family | Accipitridae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Northern Mexico ⓘ
surface form:
northern Mexico
|
| genus | Haliaeetus ⓘ |
| incubationPeriod | about 35 days ⓘ |
| juvenilePlumage | mostly brown with mottled white ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| legColor | yellow ⓘ |
| lifespanInWild | about 20 years ⓘ |
| maximumLifespanInCaptivity | over 30 years ⓘ |
| nationalAnimalOf |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| nationalBirdOf |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| nationalSymbolOf |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| nativeTo | North America ⓘ |
| nestLocation | tall trees near water ⓘ |
| nestType | large stick nest (aerie) ⓘ |
| order | Accipitriformes ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumage |
dark brown body and wings in adults
ⓘ
white head and tail in adults ⓘ |
| previousConservationStatus | Endangered in the United States ⓘ |
| primaryDiet | fish ⓘ |
| protectedBy |
Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
ⓘ
Migratory Bird Treaty Act ⓘ |
| removedFromUSEndangeredSpeciesList | 2007 ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | females larger than males ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
freedom
ⓘ
strength ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threats |
DDT pesticide use
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habitat destruction ⓘ pollution ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1766 ⓘ |
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: Bald eagle Description of subject: The bald eagle is a large North American bird of prey renowned as the national bird and emblem of the United States.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
American bald eagle
this entity surface form:
National bird bald eagle
this entity surface form:
American bald eagle
this entity surface form:
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
this entity surface form:
bald eagle was formerly listed as endangered in the United States
this entity surface form:
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
this entity surface form:
bald eagles
this entity surface form:
bald eagles
this entity surface form:
American eagle
this entity surface form:
bald eagle