Bobcat
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Bobcat is the wild feline species that serves as the official mascot of New York University and is known for its agility and adaptability across North America.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bobcats | 6 |
| Bobcat canonical | 5 |
| Lynx rufus | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T851450 — 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.
Target entity: Bobcat Context triple: [New York University, hasMascot, Bobcat]
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Lynx
Lynx is a high-speed serial computer bus interface standard, better known as IEEE 1394 or FireWire, used for real-time data transfer between digital devices.
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Wildcats
Wildcats is the nickname for the University of Arizona’s athletic teams, most prominently its NCAA Division I football program.
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Amur leopard
The Amur leopard is a critically endangered leopard subspecies native to the temperate forests of the Russian Far East and northeastern China, renowned as one of the rarest big cats in the world.
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Wilbur the Wildcat
Wilbur the Wildcat is the costumed wildcat mascot who represents the University of Arizona at athletic events and campus activities.
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E.
Florida panther
The Florida panther is a critically endangered subspecies of cougar native to the forests and swamps of southern Florida.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Bobcat Target entity description: Bobcat is the wild feline species that serves as the official mascot of New York University and is known for its agility and adaptability across North America.
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A.
Lynx
Lynx is a high-speed serial computer bus interface standard, better known as IEEE 1394 or FireWire, used for real-time data transfer between digital devices.
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B.
Wildcats
Wildcats is the nickname for the University of Arizona’s athletic teams, most prominently its NCAA Division I football program.
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C.
Amur leopard
The Amur leopard is a critically endangered leopard subspecies native to the temperate forests of the Russian Far East and northeastern China, renowned as one of the rarest big cats in the world.
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D.
Wilbur the Wildcat
Wilbur the Wildcat is the costumed wildcat mascot who represents the University of Arizona at athletic events and campus activities.
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E.
Florida panther
The Florida panther is a critically endangered subspecies of cougar native to the forests and swamps of southern Florida.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animal
ⓘ
feline ⓘ wild cat ⓘ |
| activityPattern |
crepuscular
ⓘ
nocturnal ⓘ |
| characteristic |
adaptability
ⓘ
agility ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | bobcat ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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surface form:
IUCN Red List
|
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| distinctiveFeature |
ear tufts
ⓘ
short bobbed tail ⓘ spotted coat ⓘ |
| family | Felidae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genus |
Eurasian lynx
ⓘ
surface form:
Lynx
|
| habitat |
deserts
ⓘ
forests ⓘ suburban areas ⓘ swamps ⓘ |
| hasBodyLength | about 47–125 cm ⓘ |
| hasTailLength | about 9–20 cm ⓘ |
| hasWeight | about 4–18 kg ⓘ |
| isMascotOf | New York University ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanInCaptivity | up to about 20 years ⓘ |
| lifespanInWild | about 7–10 years ⓘ |
| nativeTo | North America ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| preysOn |
birds
ⓘ
hares ⓘ rabbits ⓘ rodents ⓘ |
| reproduction | gives birth to litters of 1–6 kittens ⓘ |
| role | official mascot of New York University ⓘ |
| scientificName |
Bobcat
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Lynx rufus
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| socialBehavior | solitary ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
adaptability
ⓘ
agility ⓘ strength ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usedAsMascotBy |
New York University
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surface form:
New York University athletics
|
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Bobcat Description of subject: Bobcat is the wild feline species that serves as the official mascot of New York University and is known for its agility and adaptability across North America.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.