Nótt
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Nótt is the personification of night in Norse mythology, depicted as a giantess who rides across the sky bringing darkness to the world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nótt canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12983897 — 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: Nótt Context triple: [Dagr, mother, Nótt]
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A.
Straume
Straume is the main commercial and administrative center on the island of Sotra in western Norway.
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B.
Sonnega
Sonnega is a small village in the municipality of Weststellingwerf in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands.
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C.
Gjallarhorn
Gjallarhorn is the resounding horn of the god Heimdall in Norse mythology, famously used to signal the onset of Ragnarök.
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D.
Tirna Noch
Tirna Noch is a mystical grove in World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands, located within the ethereal forest realm of Ardenweald and associated with night fae magic and ancient rituals.
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E.
Eonnagata
Eonnagata is a dance-theatre production co-created and performed by Sylvie Guillem, blending ballet, physical theatre, and stylized storytelling inspired by the life of the 18th-century French diplomat and spy Chevalier d'Éon.
- 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: Nótt Target entity description: Nótt is the personification of night in Norse mythology, depicted as a giantess who rides across the sky bringing darkness to the world.
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A.
Straume
Straume is the main commercial and administrative center on the island of Sotra in western Norway.
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B.
Sonnega
Sonnega is a small village in the municipality of Weststellingwerf in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands.
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C.
Gjallarhorn
Gjallarhorn is the resounding horn of the god Heimdall in Norse mythology, famously used to signal the onset of Ragnarök.
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D.
Tirna Noch
Tirna Noch is a mystical grove in World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands, located within the ethereal forest realm of Ardenweald and associated with night fae magic and ancient rituals.
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E.
Eonnagata
Eonnagata is a dance-theatre production co-created and performed by Sylvie Guillem, blending ballet, physical theatre, and stylized storytelling inspired by the life of the 18th-century French diplomat and spy Chevalier d'Éon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
goddess
ⓘ
jötunn ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ personification ⓘ |
| appearsAs | giantess ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
darkness
ⓘ
night ⓘ |
| brings |
darkness
ⓘ
night ⓘ |
| childWith |
Annar
ⓘ
Dellingr ⓘ Naglfari ⓘ |
| cosmicFunction |
alternates with Dagr
ⓘ
linked to:
Dagr
marks passage of time ⓘ |
| culture | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| describedAs | swarthy ⓘ |
| domain | cosmos ⓘ |
| epithet | Night ⓘ |
| father | Nörfi ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hairColor | black ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Old Norse ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | night ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gylfaginning
ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ |
| mother | Nörfi ⓘ |
| mount | Hrimfaxi ⓘ |
| movesAcross | sky ⓘ |
| offspringWithAnnar | Jörð ⓘ |
| offspringWithDellingr | Dagr ⓘ |
| offspringWithNaglfari | Auðr ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Auðr
ⓘ
Dagr ⓘ Jörð ⓘ |
| race | jötunn ⓘ |
| rides | Hrimfaxi ⓘ |
| ridesAt | evening ⓘ |
| role | personification of night ⓘ |
| spouse |
Annar
ⓘ
Dellingr ⓘ Naglfari ⓘ |
| symbol |
dark horse
ⓘ
starry sky ⓘ |
| typeOfDeity | primordial being ⓘ |
| vehicle | chariot ⓘ |
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: Nótt Description of subject: Nótt is the personification of night in Norse mythology, depicted as a giantess who rides across the sky bringing darkness to the world.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.