Munan Erlendsson
E444543
Munan Erlendsson is a minor character in Sigrid Undset’s medieval Norwegian novel cycle "Kristin Lavransdatter," appearing as one of the children in Kristin’s extended family.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Munan Erlendsson canonical | 1 |
| Munán Erlendsson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4422246 — 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: Munan Erlendsson Context triple: [Kristin Lavransdatter, child, Munan Erlendsson]
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A.
Nikolaus Erlendsson
Nikolaus Erlendsson is a fictional character from Sigrid Undset’s medieval Norwegian novel cycle "Kristin Lavransdatter," depicted as one of Kristin’s children.
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B.
Gunnbjörn Ulfsson
Gunnbjörn Ulfsson was a Norse explorer, traditionally credited as the first European to sight Greenland.
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C.
Illugi Grettisson
Illugi Grettisson is a character in the Icelandic saga tradition, known as the loyal younger brother and companion of the outlaw hero Grettir Ásmundarson in Grettis saga.
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D.
Sindri Eldon Þórsson
Sindri Eldon Þórsson is an Icelandic musician and writer best known as the son of singer Björk and guitarist Þór Eldon.
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E.
Þórsteinn
Þórsteinn is an Old Norse masculine given name, traditionally borne in Iceland and other Nordic countries and associated with Viking Age heritage.
- 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: Munan Erlendsson Target entity description: Munan Erlendsson is a minor character in Sigrid Undset’s medieval Norwegian novel cycle "Kristin Lavransdatter," appearing as one of the children in Kristin’s extended family.
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A.
Nikolaus Erlendsson
Nikolaus Erlendsson is a fictional character from Sigrid Undset’s medieval Norwegian novel cycle "Kristin Lavransdatter," depicted as one of Kristin’s children.
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B.
Gunnbjörn Ulfsson
Gunnbjörn Ulfsson was a Norse explorer, traditionally credited as the first European to sight Greenland.
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C.
Illugi Grettisson
Illugi Grettisson is a character in the Icelandic saga tradition, known as the loyal younger brother and companion of the outlaw hero Grettir Ásmundarson in Grettis saga.
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D.
Sindri Eldon Þórsson
Sindri Eldon Þórsson is an Icelandic musician and writer best known as the son of singer Björk and guitarist Þór Eldon.
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E.
Þórsteinn
Þórsteinn is an Old Norse masculine given name, traditionally borne in Iceland and other Nordic countries and associated with Viking Age heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ novel cycle ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Kristin Lavransdatter
ⓘ
linked to:
Lavransdatter
The Cross ⓘ The Wife ⓘ The Wreath ⓘ |
| author | Sigrid Undset ⓘ |
| characterRole | minor character ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Norway ⓘ |
| creator | Sigrid Undset ⓘ |
| familyRelation | member of Kristin Lavransdatter’s extended family ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Kristin Lavransdatter
ⓘ
linked to:
Lavransdatter
|
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Munan ⓘ |
| hasPatronymic | Erlendsson ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeSettingCountry | Norway ⓘ |
| narrativeSettingPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| nationality | Norwegian ⓘ |
| originalLanguageOfWork | Norwegian ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy
ⓘ
linked to:
Lavransdatter
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| relativeOf |
Kristin Lavransdatter
ⓘ
linked to:
Lavransdatter
|
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: Munan Erlendsson Description of subject: Munan Erlendsson is a minor character in Sigrid Undset’s medieval Norwegian novel cycle "Kristin Lavransdatter," appearing as one of the children in Kristin’s extended family.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Kristin Lavransdatter (fictional character by Sigrid Undset)
linked to: Munan Erlendsson