Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep
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The Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep is an endangered subspecies of bighorn sheep native to California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, known for its impressive curved horns and adaptation to steep, rocky alpine terrain.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep canonical | 6 |
| Ovis canadensis | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12303 — 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: Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep Context triple: [Yosemite National Park, notableSpecies, Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep]
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A.
mule deer
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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B.
Mojave ground squirrel
The Mojave ground squirrel is a small, burrowing rodent native to arid regions of the southwestern United States, adapted to desert life with seasonal dormancy and a diet of seeds and vegetation.
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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.
Sierra Nevada
Sierra Nevada is a major mountain range in the western United States known for its dramatic granite peaks, extensive forests, and iconic natural landmarks such as Yosemite National Park and Lake Tahoe.
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E.
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.
- 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: Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep Target entity description: The Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep is an endangered subspecies of bighorn sheep native to California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, known for its impressive curved horns and adaptation to steep, rocky alpine terrain.
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A.
mule deer
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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B.
Mojave ground squirrel
The Mojave ground squirrel is a small, burrowing rodent native to arid regions of the southwestern United States, adapted to desert life with seasonal dormancy and a diet of seeds and vegetation.
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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.
Sierra Nevada
Sierra Nevada is a major mountain range in the western United States known for its dramatic granite peaks, extensive forests, and iconic natural landmarks such as Yosemite National Park and Lake Tahoe.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bighorn sheep
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endangered species ⓘ mammal ⓘ subspecies ⓘ ungulate ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| adaptation |
sure-footedness on steep terrain
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thick coat for cold climates ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem | U.S. Endangered Species Act ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| eats |
forbs
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grasses ⓘ shrubs ⓘ |
| endemicTo |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| family | Bovidae ⓘ |
| femaleCalled | ewe ⓘ |
| genus | Ovis ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | eastern Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| habitat |
alpine terrain
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mountainous terrain ⓘ steep rocky slopes ⓘ subalpine terrain ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep self-link ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| maleCalled | ram ⓘ |
| managedBy |
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| notableFeature | large curved horns ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ovis canadensis
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| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| sexuallyDimorphic | true ⓘ |
| socialStructure | herd-forming ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subspecies ⓘ |
| threat |
disease from domestic sheep
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habitat loss ⓘ human disturbance ⓘ predation by mountain lions ⓘ |
| youngCalled | lamb ⓘ |
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: Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep Description of subject: The Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep is an endangered subspecies of bighorn sheep native to California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, known for its impressive curved horns and adaptation to steep, rocky alpine terrain.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ovis canadensis