Oswald the Tiger
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Oswald the Tiger is the costumed tiger mascot representing Occidental College at its athletic events and campus activities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oswald the Tiger canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5346375 — 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: Oswald the Tiger Context triple: [Occidental College, mascot, Oswald the Tiger]
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A.
Alex the Lion
Alex the Lion is the charismatic, showboating lion from DreamWorks’ Madagascar franchise, known as the star attraction of the Central Park Zoo and leader of the main animal group.
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B.
Percy the Lion
Percy the Lion is the official lion mascot of Newcastle University, symbolizing the institution’s spirit and identity at events and activities.
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C.
Roman the Bear
Roman the Bear is the official mascot of the University of Bath, typically depicted as a friendly bear symbolizing the university’s spirit and community.
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D.
Mike the Tiger
Mike the Tiger is the live Bengal tiger mascot of Louisiana State University, serving as a prominent symbol of the school's athletic teams and spirit.
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E.
Leo the Lion
Leo the Lion is the iconic roaring lion featured in the opening logo of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) films.
- 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: Oswald the Tiger Target entity description: Oswald the Tiger is the costumed tiger mascot representing Occidental College at its athletic events and campus activities.
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A.
Alex the Lion
Alex the Lion is the charismatic, showboating lion from DreamWorks’ Madagascar franchise, known as the star attraction of the Central Park Zoo and leader of the main animal group.
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B.
Percy the Lion
Percy the Lion is the official lion mascot of Newcastle University, symbolizing the institution’s spirit and identity at events and activities.
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C.
Roman the Bear
Roman the Bear is the official mascot of the University of Bath, typically depicted as a friendly bear symbolizing the university’s spirit and community.
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D.
Mike the Tiger
Mike the Tiger is the live Bengal tiger mascot of Louisiana State University, serving as a prominent symbol of the school's athletic teams and spirit.
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E.
Leo the Lion
Leo the Lion is the iconic roaring lion featured in the opening logo of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
college mascot
ⓘ
fictional tiger ⓘ |
| affiliation |
NCAA Division III
ⓘ
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ⓘ |
| appearsAt |
Occidental College athletic events
ⓘ
Occidental College campus activities ⓘ |
| associatedColor |
black
ⓘ
orange ⓘ white ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Occidental College alumni
ⓘ
Occidental College athletics department ⓘ
linked to:
Occidental College
Occidental College students ⓘ Occidental Tigers athletics ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| isCostumedMascot | true ⓘ |
| locatedInInstitution | Los Angeles, California ⓘ |
| mascotOf | Occidental College ⓘ |
| represents |
Occidental College
ⓘ
Occidental College school spirit ⓘ |
| representsTeamName | Tigers ⓘ |
| species | tiger ⓘ |
| usedFor |
community outreach
ⓘ
fan engagement ⓘ game-day entertainment ⓘ promotional events ⓘ |
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: Oswald the Tiger Description of subject: Oswald the Tiger is the costumed tiger mascot representing Occidental College at its athletic events and campus activities.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.