Zabivaka
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Zabivaka is the wolf character that served as the official mascot for major international football tournaments hosted by Russia, including the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zabivaka canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2696209 — 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: Zabivaka Context triple: [FIFA Confederations Cup 2017, mascot, Zabivaka]
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A.
MabThera
MabThera is Roche’s brand name for rituximab, a monoclonal antibody used primarily to treat certain types of blood cancers and autoimmune diseases.
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B.
Reaper
Reaper is a dark, wraith-like damage hero in the game Overwatch known for his dual shotguns, life-stealing abilities, and teleportation-based ambush tactics.
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C.
Great Kills
Great Kills is a residential neighborhood on Staten Island’s South Shore known for its marina, waterfront parks, and suburban character.
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D.
Murder City
"Murder City" is a punk rock song by Green Day from their politically charged concept album *21st Century Breakdown*.
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E.
Ravage
Ravage is a Decepticon spy and attack beast in the Transformers franchise, typically depicted as a stealthy, feline-like robot that specializes in infiltration and reconnaissance.
- 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: Zabivaka Target entity description: Zabivaka is the wolf character that served as the official mascot for major international football tournaments hosted by Russia, including the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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A.
MabThera
MabThera is Roche’s brand name for rituximab, a monoclonal antibody used primarily to treat certain types of blood cancers and autoimmune diseases.
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B.
Reaper
Reaper is a dark, wraith-like damage hero in the game Overwatch known for his dual shotguns, life-stealing abilities, and teleportation-based ambush tactics.
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C.
Great Kills
Great Kills is a residential neighborhood on Staten Island’s South Shore known for its marina, waterfront parks, and suburban character.
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D.
Murder City
"Murder City" is a punk rock song by Green Day from their politically charged concept album *21st Century Breakdown*.
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E.
Ravage
Ravage is a Decepticon spy and attack beast in the Transformers franchise, typically depicted as a stealthy, feline-like robot that specializes in infiltration and reconnaissance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cartoon character
ⓘ
fictional wolf ⓘ sports mascot ⓘ |
| appearsOn |
World Cup merchandise
ⓘ
promotional materials ⓘ stadium decorations ⓘ |
| associatedWithEventHost | Russia ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrganization | FIFA ⓘ |
| associatedWithSport | football ⓘ |
| characterSpecies | wolf ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russia ⓘ |
| createdFor | 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia ⓘ |
| designedBy | Ekaterina Bocharova ⓘ |
| designedByNationality | Russian ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
FIFA World Cup mascots series
ⓘ
surface form:
FIFA World Cup mascots
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| mascotType | animal mascot ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | the one who scores ⓘ |
| officialMascotFor |
2018 FIFA World Cup
ⓘ
Russia national team promotional events ⓘ |
| predecessorMascot | Fuleco ⓘ |
| primaryColors |
blue
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| promotes |
2018 FIFA World Cup brand
ⓘ
host country Russia ⓘ |
| role | official mascot ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | public vote ⓘ |
| successorMascot |
Laʼeeb
ⓘ
surface form:
La’eeb
|
| symbolizes |
confidence
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skill ⓘ speed ⓘ sportsmanship ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
ⓘ
football fans ⓘ |
| theme |
fair play
ⓘ
football skills ⓘ fun ⓘ |
| usedIn |
broadcast graphics
ⓘ
digital media campaigns ⓘ fan engagement activities ⓘ |
| wears |
T-shirt
ⓘ
shorts ⓘ sports goggles ⓘ |
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: Zabivaka Description of subject: Zabivaka is the wolf character that served as the official mascot for major international football tournaments hosted by Russia, including the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.