Sigmundr
E719817
Sigmundr is an Old Norse masculine given name, cognate with names like Sigmund, that appears in Norse sagas and mythological traditions.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8148212 — 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: Sigmundr Context triple: [Sigmund, hasCognate, Sigmundr]
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A.
Þrúðr
Þrúðr is a minor Norse goddess or valkyrie associated with strength, known as the daughter of Thor and the giantess Sif in Norse mythology.
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B.
Hrólfr
Hrólfr, better known as Rollo, was a Viking leader who became the first ruler of Normandy in the early 10th century.
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C.
Hrœrekr
Hrœrekr is the Old Norse form of the name Rurik, the semi-legendary Varangian chieftain traditionally regarded as the founder of the Rurikid dynasty in early medieval Rus'.
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D.
Hjálmar
Hjálmar is a masculine given name of Old Norse origin, traditionally used in Scandinavian countries.
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E.
Erlingr
Erlingr is a variant form of the Scandinavian given name Erling, traditionally associated with Norse and Germanic origins.
- 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: Sigmundr Target entity description: Sigmundr is an Old Norse masculine given name, cognate with names like Sigmund, that appears in Norse sagas and mythological traditions.
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A.
Þrúðr
Þrúðr is a minor Norse goddess or valkyrie associated with strength, known as the daughter of Thor and the giantess Sif in Norse mythology.
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B.
Hrólfr
Hrólfr, better known as Rollo, was a Viking leader who became the first ruler of Normandy in the early 10th century.
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C.
Hrœrekr
Hrœrekr is the Old Norse form of the name Rurik, the semi-legendary Varangian chieftain traditionally regarded as the founder of the Rurikid dynasty in early medieval Rus'.
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D.
Hjálmar
Hjálmar is a masculine given name of Old Norse origin, traditionally used in Scandinavian countries.
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E.
Erlingr
Erlingr is a variant form of the Scandinavian given name Erling, traditionally associated with Norse and Germanic origins.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old Norse masculine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| appearsIn | legendary and heroic narratives ⓘ |
| cognateWith | Sigmund NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Norse ⓘ |
| etymologicalComponent |
mundr
ⓘ
sigr ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Sigmund
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sigmundr (normalized Old Norse form) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sigmundur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfUse |
Viking Age
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
medieval Scandinavia ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Old Norse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meaningOfComponent_mundr | protection ⓘ |
| meaningOfComponent_sigr | victory ⓘ |
| nameType | personal name ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Norse sagas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Norse mythological traditions ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: Sigmundr Description of subject: Sigmundr is an Old Norse masculine given name, cognate with names like Sigmund, that appears in Norse sagas and mythological traditions.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sigmundur