Var
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Var is a Norse goddess associated with oaths, agreements, and the punishment of those who break them.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Var canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3596046 — 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: Var Context triple: [Aesir, member, Var]
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A.
Var
Var is a department in southeastern France known for its Mediterranean coastline, including popular resort areas along the French Riviera.
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B.
VAR
VAR (Video Assistant Referee) is a football officiating system that uses video technology to help referees review and correct clear and obvious errors in key match situations.
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C.
Varig
Varig was Brazil’s former flagship airline, once the country’s largest carrier and a major international operator throughout much of the 20th century.
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D.
V
V is the stock ticker symbol for Visa Inc., a leading global payments technology company.
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E.
V
V is a studio album by the American instrumental rock band The Fucking Champs, known for its intricate, metal-influenced guitar work and progressive song structures.
- 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: Var Target entity description: Var is a Norse goddess associated with oaths, agreements, and the punishment of those who break them.
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A.
Var
Var is a department in southeastern France known for its Mediterranean coastline, including popular resort areas along the French Riviera.
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B.
VAR
VAR (Video Assistant Referee) is a football officiating system that uses video technology to help referees review and correct clear and obvious errors in key match situations.
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C.
Varig
Varig was Brazil’s former flagship airline, once the country’s largest carrier and a major international operator throughout much of the 20th century.
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D.
V
V is the stock ticker symbol for Visa Inc., a leading global payments technology company.
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E.
V
V is a studio album by the American instrumental rock band The Fucking Champs, known for its intricate, metal-influenced guitar work and progressive song structures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norse goddess
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsInSection |
Gylfaginning
ⓘ
Skáldskaparmál ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
agreements
ⓘ
contracts ⓘ oaths ⓘ promises ⓘ punishment of oath‑breakers ⓘ vows ⓘ |
| category | Ásynjur ⓘ |
| culture | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| domain |
law and social order
ⓘ
legal agreements ⓘ marital vows ⓘ |
| epithet | goddess who listens to vows ⓘ |
| function |
hears vows between men and women
ⓘ
punishes those who break solemn oaths ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasAttestedSources | Old Norse literature ⓘ |
| hasLimitedAttestation | true ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Old Norse
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Norse language
|
| mentionedBy | Snorri Sturluson ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Prose Edda ⓘ |
| pantheon |
Æsir
ⓘ
linked to:
Aesir
|
| possibleEtymology | Old Norse "vár" meaning "pledge" or "promise" ⓘ |
| role |
guardian of oaths
ⓘ
witness of agreements ⓘ |
| typeOfDeity | goddess of oaths and agreements ⓘ |
| worshipContext | pre‑Christian Norse religion ⓘ |
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: Var Description of subject: Var is a Norse goddess associated with oaths, agreements, and the punishment of those who break them.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.