Tostig Godwinson
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Tostig Godwinson was an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon nobleman and Earl of Northumbria who, after being deposed, allied with Norway’s King Harald Hardrada and fought against his brother Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tostig Godwinson canonical | 12 |
| Tostig | 1 |
| Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2763706 — 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: Tostig Godwinson Context triple: [Harold Godwinson, opponent, Tostig Godwinson]
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A.
Gyrth Godwinson
Gyrth Godwinson was an 11th-century English nobleman and earl, best known as the younger brother and close supporter of King Harold Godwinson who died alongside him resisting the Norman Conquest.
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B.
Leofwine Godwinson
Leofwine Godwinson was an 11th-century English nobleman and earl who, alongside his brother King Harold II, died fighting the Norman invasion at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
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C.
Waltheof of Melrose
Waltheof of Melrose was a 12th-century Anglo-Scottish nobleman who became abbot of Melrose Abbey and was venerated for his piety and leadership within the Cistercian order.
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D.
Harold Godwinson
Harold Godwinson was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England, best known for his defeat and death at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, which led to the Norman Conquest.
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E.
Æthelstan Atheling
Æthelstan Atheling was an early 10th-century English prince and heir apparent, renowned as a skilled military leader and the eldest son of King Edward the Elder.
- 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: Tostig Godwinson Target entity description: Tostig Godwinson was an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon nobleman and Earl of Northumbria who, after being deposed, allied with Norway’s King Harald Hardrada and fought against his brother Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066.
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A.
Gyrth Godwinson
Gyrth Godwinson was an 11th-century English nobleman and earl, best known as the younger brother and close supporter of King Harold Godwinson who died alongside him resisting the Norman Conquest.
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B.
Leofwine Godwinson
Leofwine Godwinson was an 11th-century English nobleman and earl who, alongside his brother King Harold II, died fighting the Norman invasion at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
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C.
Waltheof of Melrose
Waltheof of Melrose was a 12th-century Anglo-Scottish nobleman who became abbot of Melrose Abbey and was venerated for his piety and leadership within the Cistercian order.
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D.
Harold Godwinson
Harold Godwinson was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England, best known for his defeat and death at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, which led to the Norman Conquest.
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E.
Æthelstan Atheling
Æthelstan Atheling was an early 10th-century English prince and heir apparent, renowned as a skilled military leader and the eldest son of King Edward the Elder.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
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: Tostig Godwinson Description of subject: Tostig Godwinson was an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon nobleman and Earl of Northumbria who, after being deposed, allied with Norway’s King Harald Hardrada and fought against his brother Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria
this entity surface form:
Tostig