Bilskírnir
E734478
Bilskírnir is the immense, many-roomed hall in Norse mythology that serves as the home of the thunder god Thor in the realm of Þrúðvangr.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bilskírnir canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8441102 — 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: Bilskírnir Context triple: [Thor, hall, Bilskírnir]
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A.
Gleipnir
Gleipnir is the magically forged, deceptively thin binding in Norse mythology that successfully restrains the monstrous wolf Fenrir.
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B.
Lífþrasir
Lífþrasir is a human figure in Norse mythology who, alongside Líf, is foretold to repopulate the world after the cataclysmic events of Ragnarök.
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C.
Skáli
Skáli is a small village on the island of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands, known for its coastal setting and traditional Faroese character.
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D.
Glámr
Glámr is a fearsome undead shepherd and one of the most notorious revenants in the Icelandic Grettis saga, whose haunting leads to the hero Grettir’s famed ghost-fight.
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E.
Reykvíkingur
Reykvíkingur is the Icelandic term for a resident or native of Reykjavík, the capital city of Iceland.
- 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: Bilskírnir Target entity description: Bilskírnir is the immense, many-roomed hall in Norse mythology that serves as the home of the thunder god Thor in the realm of Þrúðvangr.
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A.
Gleipnir
Gleipnir is the magically forged, deceptively thin binding in Norse mythology that successfully restrains the monstrous wolf Fenrir.
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B.
Lífþrasir
Lífþrasir is a human figure in Norse mythology who, alongside Líf, is foretold to repopulate the world after the cataclysmic events of Ragnarök.
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C.
Skáli
Skáli is a small village on the island of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands, known for its coastal setting and traditional Faroese character.
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D.
Glámr
Glámr is a fearsome undead shepherd and one of the most notorious revenants in the Icelandic Grettis saga, whose haunting leads to the hero Grettir’s famed ghost-fight.
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E.
Reykvíkingur
Reykvíkingur is the Icelandic term for a resident or native of Reykjavík, the capital city of Iceland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building in Norse mythology
ⓘ
hall ⓘ mythological location ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Thor ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
lightning
ⓘ
thunder ⓘ weather ⓘ |
| category |
Locations in Norse mythology
ⓘ
Thor in mythology ⓘ |
| culture | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| describedAs |
immense hall
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many-roomed hall ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Poetic Edda
ⓘ
Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson ⓘ
linked to:
Prose Edda
|
| etymology | often interpreted as “bright crack” or “lightning crack” ⓘ |
| function | dwelling ⓘ |
| hasOwner | Thor ⓘ |
| hasResident |
Sif
ⓘ
Thor ⓘ Thor’s children ⓘ |
| homeOf | Thor ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Old Norse ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Þrúðvangr ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Grímnismál
ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
considered one of the greatest halls of the gods
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said to have many rooms ⓘ |
| partOf | Þrúðvangr ⓘ |
| realmOf | Thor ⓘ |
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: Bilskírnir Description of subject: Bilskírnir is the immense, many-roomed hall in Norse mythology that serves as the home of the thunder god Thor in the realm of Þrúðvangr.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.