Braavos
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Braavos is a powerful, canal-filled free city in the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire" and "Game of Thrones," famed for its secretive Iron Bank, skilled assassins of the Faceless Men, and strong naval might.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Braavos canonical | 17 |
| Braavosi | 2 |
| Iron Bank of Braavos | 2 |
| Braavos (fictional city) | 1 |
| Locations in A Song of Ice and Fire | 1 |
| The Island of Braavos | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3289812 — 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: Braavos Context triple: [Essos, hasCity, Braavos]
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A.
The Iron Islands
The Iron Islands are a harsh, seafaring island region in the world of Westeros, home to the ironborn people known for their raiding culture and worship of the Drowned God.
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B.
Dannevirke
Dannevirke is a rural service town in New Zealand known for its Scandinavian heritage and farming-based economy.
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C.
Astapor
Astapor is a slave-trading city on the southern coast of Essos in the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire" and "Game of Thrones," famed as the home of the Unsullied.
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D.
The Vale of Arryn
The Vale of Arryn is a mountainous and isolated region of Westeros known for its impregnable stronghold, the Eyrie, and its ruling House Arryn.
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E.
Volantis
Volantis is an ancient and powerful Free City in George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, known for its vast size, Valyrian heritage, and strategic position at the mouth of the Rhoyne.
- 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: Braavos Target entity description: Braavos is a powerful, canal-filled free city in the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire" and "Game of Thrones," famed for its secretive Iron Bank, skilled assassins of the Faceless Men, and strong naval might.
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A.
The Iron Islands
The Iron Islands are a harsh, seafaring island region in the world of Westeros, home to the ironborn people known for their raiding culture and worship of the Drowned God.
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B.
Dannevirke
Dannevirke is a rural service town in New Zealand known for its Scandinavian heritage and farming-based economy.
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C.
Astapor
Astapor is a slave-trading city on the southern coast of Essos in the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire" and "Game of Thrones," famed as the home of the Unsullied.
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D.
The Vale of Arryn
The Vale of Arryn is a mountainous and isolated region of Westeros known for its impregnable stronghold, the Eyrie, and its ruling House Arryn.
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E.
Volantis
Volantis is an ancient and powerful Free City in George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, known for its vast size, Valyrian heritage, and strategic position at the mouth of the Rhoyne.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Free City
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fictional city ⓘ |
| alliesWith | other Free Cities (variable) ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
A Clash of Kings
ⓘ
A Dance with Dragons ⓘ A Feast for Crows ⓘ A Game of Thrones ⓘ A Storm of Swords ⓘ Game of Thrones ⓘ
surface form:
Game of Thrones (TV series)
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| controls |
Braavos
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Iron Bank of Braavos
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| creator | George R. R. Martin ⓘ |
| currencyInfluence | loans to the Iron Throne ⓘ |
| economicRole |
lender to kingdoms and rulers
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major financial center ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
escaped Valyrian slaves
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fugitive slaves ⓘ |
| governedBy | Sealord of Braavos ⓘ |
| governmentType | oligarchic republic ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
foggy climate
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island city ⓘ lagoon ⓘ numerous canals ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Chequy Port
ⓘ
House of Black and White ⓘ Moon Pool ⓘ Purple Harbor ⓘ Sealord's Palace ⓘ the Titan of Braavos ⓘ
surface form:
Titan of Braavos
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| inspiredBy | Renaissance Venice (real-world analogy) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
assassins
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canal-filled layout ⓘ powerful navy ⓘ religious tolerance ⓘ secretive banking ⓘ the Titan of Braavos ⓘ trade and finance ⓘ |
| language |
Valyrian languages
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surface form:
Braavosi (dialect of Low Valyrian)
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| locatedInRegion |
Essos (fictional continent)
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surface form:
Essos
|
| locatedInWorld | Planetos ⓘ |
| militaryStrength | strong navy ⓘ |
| notableGroup |
Faceless Men
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First Sword of Braavos ⓘ |
| notableInstitution |
House of Black and White
ⓘ
Braavos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Iron Bank of Braavos
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| notableResident |
Jaqen H'ghar
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Syrio Forel ⓘ |
| opposes |
Valyria
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surface form:
Valyrian Freehold (historically)
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| politicalInfluence | ability to sway Westerosi politics through credit ⓘ |
| religion |
Faith of the Seven
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surface form:
Faith of the Seven (minority)
Many-Faced God ⓘ R’hllor ⓘ
surface form:
R'hllor (minority)
various foreign gods ⓘ |
| universe | A Song of Ice and Fire ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Arya Stark
ⓘ
Tommen Baratheon in Game of Thrones ⓘ
surface form:
Tommen Baratheon (in TV continuity, via envoy and bank dealings)
|
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: Braavos Description of subject: Braavos is a powerful, canal-filled free city in the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire" and "Game of Thrones," famed for its secretive Iron Bank, skilled assassins of the Faceless Men, and strong naval might.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Essos
subject surface form:
Essos
this entity surface form:
Braavosi
this entity surface form:
Braavos (fictional city)
this entity surface form:
Iron Bank of Braavos
this entity surface form:
Iron Bank of Braavos
this entity surface form:
The Island of Braavos
this entity surface form:
Braavosi