Åsta Gudbrandsdatter
E512984
Åsta Gudbrandsdatter was a Norwegian noblewoman of the late 10th and early 11th centuries, best known as the influential mother of King Olaf II (Saint Olaf) and a key figure in the Christianization era of Norway.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Åsta Gudbrandsdatter canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5336113 — 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: Åsta Gudbrandsdatter Context triple: [Olaf II of Norway, mother, Åsta Gudbrandsdatter]
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A.
Margaret Skulesdatter
Margaret Skulesdatter was a 13th-century Norwegian queen consort and noblewoman, known primarily as the wife of King Haakon IV of Norway and a member of the powerful Skule family.
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B.
Ragnfrid Ivarsdatter
Ragnfrid Ivarsdatter is a central supporting character in Sigrid Undset’s medieval Norwegian novel cycle "Kristin Lavransdatter," known as Kristin’s devout and often emotionally distant mother.
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C.
Ulvhild Erlendsdatter
Ulvhild Erlendsdatter is a fictional daughter of Kristin Lavransdatter in Sigrid Undset’s acclaimed medieval Norwegian novel cycle.
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D.
Margret Erlendsdatter
Margret Erlendsdatter is a character in Sigrid Undset’s medieval Norwegian novel cycle "Kristin Lavransdatter," depicted as one of Kristin’s daughters.
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E.
Christina Birgersdotter
Christina Birgersdotter was a medieval Swedish noblewoman, known as a daughter of the influential statesman and de facto ruler of Sweden, Birger Jarl.
- 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: Åsta Gudbrandsdatter Target entity description: Åsta Gudbrandsdatter was a Norwegian noblewoman of the late 10th and early 11th centuries, best known as the influential mother of King Olaf II (Saint Olaf) and a key figure in the Christianization era of Norway.
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A.
Margaret Skulesdatter
Margaret Skulesdatter was a 13th-century Norwegian queen consort and noblewoman, known primarily as the wife of King Haakon IV of Norway and a member of the powerful Skule family.
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B.
Ragnfrid Ivarsdatter
Ragnfrid Ivarsdatter is a central supporting character in Sigrid Undset’s medieval Norwegian novel cycle "Kristin Lavransdatter," known as Kristin’s devout and often emotionally distant mother.
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C.
Ulvhild Erlendsdatter
Ulvhild Erlendsdatter is a fictional daughter of Kristin Lavransdatter in Sigrid Undset’s acclaimed medieval Norwegian novel cycle.
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D.
Margret Erlendsdatter
Margret Erlendsdatter is a character in Sigrid Undset’s medieval Norwegian novel cycle "Kristin Lavransdatter," depicted as one of Kristin’s daughters.
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E.
Christina Birgersdotter
Christina Birgersdotter was a medieval Swedish noblewoman, known as a daughter of the influential statesman and de facto ruler of Sweden, Birger Jarl.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norwegian noble
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Christianization of Norway ⓘ |
| child |
Olaf II of Norway
ⓘ
Saint Olaf ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Norway ⓘ |
| era |
Christianization era of Norway
ⓘ
linked to:
Christianization of Scandinavia
|
| ethnicGroup | Norwegian ⓘ |
| floruit |
early 11th century
ⓘ
late 10th century ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Viking Age
ⓘ
transition from paganism to Christianity in Norway ⓘ |
| language | Old Norse ⓘ |
| nobleRank | aristocracy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the mother of King Olaf II of Norway
ⓘ
role in the Christianization era of Norway ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Norway ⓘ |
| positionHeld | noblewoman in Norway ⓘ |
| region |
Norway
ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ |
| relative | Olaf II of Norway ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Norway ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
10th century
ⓘ
11th century ⓘ |
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: Åsta Gudbrandsdatter Description of subject: Åsta Gudbrandsdatter was a Norwegian noblewoman of the late 10th and early 11th centuries, best known as the influential mother of King Olaf II (Saint Olaf) and a key figure in the Christianization era of Norway.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.