Oda of Billung
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Oda of Billung was a noblewoman of the Billung dynasty in early medieval Germany, best known as the mother of Otto the Illustrious and an ancestor of the Ottonian royal line.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Oda of Billung canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5047654 — 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: Oda of Billung Context triple: [Otto the Illustrious, mother, Oda of Billung]
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A.
Adalbert
Adalbert is a Germanic given name of Old High German origin, historically borne by various saints and nobles in Central and Eastern Europe.
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B.
Bruno the Great
Bruno the Great was a 10th-century archbishop of Cologne and influential statesman of the Holy Roman Empire, known for his role as regent and key advisor during the reign of his brother, Emperor Otto I.
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C.
Hermann Billung
Hermann Billung was a 10th-century Saxon nobleman and military leader who served as margrave and de facto ruler of the Duchy of Saxony in the early Holy Roman Empire.
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D.
Willibrordi-Dom
Willibrordi-Dom is a historic Gothic-style Protestant church and prominent architectural landmark located in the city center of Wesel, Germany.
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E.
Ansgar
Ansgar was a 9th-century Christian missionary and archbishop known as the "Apostle of the North" for his pioneering efforts to spread Christianity in Scandinavia.
- 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: Oda of Billung Target entity description: Oda of Billung was a noblewoman of the Billung dynasty in early medieval Germany, best known as the mother of Otto the Illustrious and an ancestor of the Ottonian royal line.
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A.
Adalbert
Adalbert is a Germanic given name of Old High German origin, historically borne by various saints and nobles in Central and Eastern Europe.
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B.
Bruno the Great
Bruno the Great was a 10th-century archbishop of Cologne and influential statesman of the Holy Roman Empire, known for his role as regent and key advisor during the reign of his brother, Emperor Otto I.
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C.
Hermann Billung
Hermann Billung was a 10th-century Saxon nobleman and military leader who served as margrave and de facto ruler of the Duchy of Saxony in the early Holy Roman Empire.
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D.
Willibrordi-Dom
Willibrordi-Dom is a historic Gothic-style Protestant church and prominent architectural landmark located in the city center of Wesel, Germany.
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E.
Ansgar
Ansgar was a 9th-century Christian missionary and archbishop known as the "Apostle of the North" for his pioneering efforts to spread Christianity in Scandinavia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medieval German noble
ⓘ
noblewoman ⓘ |
| ancestorOf | Ottonian dynasty ⓘ |
| child |
Liutgard of Saxony
ⓘ
linked to:
Luitgarde of Saxony
Otto the Illustrious ⓘ Thankmar ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | East Francia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Saxons ⓘ |
| floruit |
10th century
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9th century ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being an ancestor of the Ottonian royal line
ⓘ
being mother of Otto the Illustrious ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Latin
ⓘ
Old High German ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| memberOf | Billung dynasty ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Old High German ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Billung dynasty ⓘ |
| nobleFamilyByMarriage |
Liudolfing (Ottonian) dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Liudolfings
|
| notableRelative | Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Duchy of Saxony ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Duchess consort of Saxony
ⓘ
linked to:
Duchess of Saxony
|
| region | Saxony ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Duchy of Saxony ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| socialClass | high nobility ⓘ |
| spouse | Liudolf, Duke of Saxony ⓘ |
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: Oda of Billung Description of subject: Oda of Billung was a noblewoman of the Billung dynasty in early medieval Germany, best known as the mother of Otto the Illustrious and an ancestor of the Ottonian royal line.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.