Eric Bloodaxe
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Eric Bloodaxe was a 10th-century Norwegian Viking king, known for his brief and turbulent rule over Northumbria and his reputation as a fierce warrior.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eric Bloodaxe canonical | 4 |
| Eiríkr Bloodaxe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7372388 — 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: Eric Bloodaxe Context triple: [Eadred of England, opponent, Eric Bloodaxe]
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A.
Ragnar Lodbrok
Ragnar Lodbrok is a legendary Viking hero and king of Scandinavian sagas, famed for his raids on England and France and his dramatic, mythologized death.
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B.
Oswald Danes
Oswald Danes is a fictional convicted child murderer and central antagonist in the science fiction TV series "Torchwood: Miracle Day."
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C.
Halfdan Ragnarsson
Halfdan Ragnarsson was a 9th-century Viking warlord, traditionally identified as one of the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok, who played a major role in the Norse invasions and political upheavals in England.
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D.
Halfdan the Black
Halfdan the Black is a fictional Viking chieftain portrayed as a rival leader in the 1989 comedy film "Erik the Viking."
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E.
Magnus the Viking
Magnus the Viking is the costumed Viking mascot representing Cleveland State University's athletic teams and school spirit.
- 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: Eric Bloodaxe Target entity description: Eric Bloodaxe was a 10th-century Norwegian Viking king, known for his brief and turbulent rule over Northumbria and his reputation as a fierce warrior.
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A.
Ragnar Lodbrok
Ragnar Lodbrok is a legendary Viking hero and king of Scandinavian sagas, famed for his raids on England and France and his dramatic, mythologized death.
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B.
Oswald Danes
Oswald Danes is a fictional convicted child murderer and central antagonist in the science fiction TV series "Torchwood: Miracle Day."
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C.
Halfdan Ragnarsson
Halfdan Ragnarsson was a 9th-century Viking warlord, traditionally identified as one of the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok, who played a major role in the Norse invasions and political upheavals in England.
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D.
Halfdan the Black
Halfdan the Black is a fictional Viking chieftain portrayed as a rival leader in the 1989 comedy film "Erik the Viking."
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E.
Magnus the Viking
Magnus the Viking is the costumed Viking mascot representing Cleveland State University's athletic teams and school spirit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
10th-century Norwegian person
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Viking ⓘ human ⓘ king ⓘ monarch of Northumbria ⓘ |
| conflict |
battles for control of Norway
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conflicts in Northumbria ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Norway ⓘ |
| culture | Norse ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 885 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | circa 954 ⓘ |
| era | Viking Age ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Norwegian ⓘ |
| father | Harald Fairhair ⓘ |
| givenName | Eric ⓘ |
| knownFor |
association with Viking raids
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brief and turbulent rule over Northumbria ⓘ reputation as a fierce warrior ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in battle ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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linked to:
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Fagrskinna ⓘ Heimskringla ⓘ |
| mother | Ragnhildr in ríka ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage |
Old Norse
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linked to:
Old Norse language
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| nickname | Bloodaxe ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
expulsion from Norway
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first reign as King of Northumbria ⓘ rule over Norway ⓘ second reign as King of Northumbria ⓘ |
| notableWork | conquest of Northumbria ⓘ |
| occupation |
king
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warrior ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Norway ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Northumbria
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Stainmore ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of Northumbria
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King of Norway ⓘ |
| reignEnd |
King of Northumbria: 948
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King of Northumbria: 954 ⓘ King of Norway: circa 935 ⓘ |
| reignStart |
King of Northumbria: 947
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King of Northumbria: 952 ⓘ King of Norway: circa 931 ⓘ |
| religion | Norse paganism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Eirik Haraldsson’s unnamed brothers
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Haakon the Good ⓘ Halfdan Haraldsson ⓘ |
| spouse |
Gunnhild, Mother of Kings
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linked to:
Gunnhildr
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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: Eric Bloodaxe Description of subject: Eric Bloodaxe was a 10th-century Norwegian Viking king, known for his brief and turbulent rule over Northumbria and his reputation as a fierce warrior.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Eric Bloodaxe