Percy the Lion
E75617
Percy the Lion is the official lion mascot of Newcastle University, symbolizing the institution’s spirit and identity at events and activities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Percy the Lion canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T605668 — 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: Percy the Lion Context triple: [Newcastle University, hasMascot, Percy the Lion]
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A.
Leo the Lion
Leo the Lion is the iconic roaring lion featured in the opening logo of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) films.
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B.
Roary the Panther
Roary the Panther is the costumed panther mascot representing Florida International University at its athletic events and campus activities.
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C.
Lionel
Lionel is the given name of Lionel Logue, the Australian speech therapist renowned for helping King George VI overcome his stammer.
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D.
Prancer
Prancer is one of Santa Claus's legendary flying reindeer, traditionally depicted as helping pull his sleigh on Christmas Eve.
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E.
Benny the Bull
Benny the Bull is the high-energy, acrobatic mascot of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls, known for his comedic antics and fan engagement during games.
- 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: Percy the Lion Target entity description: 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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A.
Leo the Lion
Leo the Lion is the iconic roaring lion featured in the opening logo of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) films.
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B.
Roary the Panther
Roary the Panther is the costumed panther mascot representing Florida International University at its athletic events and campus activities.
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C.
Lionel
Lionel is the given name of Lionel Logue, the Australian speech therapist renowned for helping King George VI overcome his stammer.
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D.
Prancer
Prancer is one of Santa Claus's legendary flying reindeer, traditionally depicted as helping pull his sleigh on Christmas Eve.
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E.
Benny the Bull
Benny the Bull is the high-energy, acrobatic mascot of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls, known for his comedic antics and fan engagement during games.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional lion
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university mascot ⓘ |
| affiliation | Newcastle University ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Newcastle University marketing campaigns
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Newcastle University promotional materials ⓘ Newcastle University social media content ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Newcastle University branding
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Newcastle University identity ⓘ |
| category | British university mascot ⓘ |
| characterType | lion ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| function |
encourage school spirit
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engage with audiences at events ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalForm | costumed character ⓘ |
| locatedInOrganization | Newcastle University Students’ Union ⓘ |
| represents |
Newcastle University community
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Newcastle University staff ⓘ Newcastle University students ⓘ |
| role | official lion mascot of Newcastle University ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Newcastle University identity
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Newcastle University spirit ⓘ |
| usedAt |
sporting events at Newcastle University
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student activities ⓘ university events ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Newcastle University marketing department
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Newcastle University sports teams ⓘ |
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: Percy the Lion Description of subject: Percy the Lion is the official lion mascot of Newcastle University, symbolizing the institution’s spirit and identity at events and activities.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.