Eric I of Norway
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Eric I of Norway was a late medieval Scandinavian monarch who ruled as king of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, becoming the first ruler of the Kalmar Union.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eric I of Norway canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10300888 — 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 I of Norway Context triple: [Eric of Pomerania, alsoKnownAs, Eric I of Norway]
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A.
Eric II of Norway
Eric II of Norway was a 13th-century king of Norway best known as the father of Margaret, Maid of Norway, whose disputed succession helped trigger the Scottish Wars of Independence.
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B.
King Olaf I of Norway
King Olaf I of Norway was a late 10th-century Norwegian king known for his aggressive efforts to Christianize Norway and expand its influence in the North Atlantic.
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C.
Olaf II of Norway
Olaf II of Norway, also known as Saint Olaf, was an early 11th-century king whose efforts to consolidate Christianity in Norway made him a national patron saint and a central figure in the country's medieval history.
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D.
Olav Haraldsson
Olav Haraldsson, better known as Saint Olaf, was the early 11th-century king of Norway whose efforts to consolidate Christianity led to his canonization and status as Norway’s patron saint.
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E.
Harald
Harald is a common Scandinavian male given name, historically borne by several notable kings and figures in Norse and European history.
- 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 I of Norway Target entity description: Eric I of Norway was a late medieval Scandinavian monarch who ruled as king of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, becoming the first ruler of the Kalmar Union.
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A.
Eric II of Norway
Eric II of Norway was a 13th-century king of Norway best known as the father of Margaret, Maid of Norway, whose disputed succession helped trigger the Scottish Wars of Independence.
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B.
King Olaf I of Norway
King Olaf I of Norway was a late 10th-century Norwegian king known for his aggressive efforts to Christianize Norway and expand its influence in the North Atlantic.
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C.
Olaf II of Norway
Olaf II of Norway, also known as Saint Olaf, was an early 11th-century king whose efforts to consolidate Christianity in Norway made him a national patron saint and a central figure in the country's medieval history.
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D.
Olav Haraldsson
Olav Haraldsson, better known as Saint Olaf, was the early 11th-century king of Norway whose efforts to consolidate Christianity led to his canonization and status as Norway’s patron saint.
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E.
Harald
Harald is a common Scandinavian male given name, historically borne by several notable kings and figures in Norse and European history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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king ⓘ ruler of Denmark ⓘ ruler of Norway ⓘ ruler of Sweden ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Norway ⓘ |
| culture | Scandinavian ⓘ |
| givenName | Eric ⓘ |
| monarchOf |
Denmark
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Norway ⓘ Sweden ⓘ |
| occupation | monarch ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kalmar Union
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late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of Denmark
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King of Norway ⓘ King of Sweden ⓘ |
| region | Scandinavia ⓘ |
| residence |
Denmark
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Norway ⓘ Sweden ⓘ |
| saidToBeTheFirstRulerOf | Kalmar Union ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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 I of Norway Description of subject: Eric I of Norway was a late medieval Scandinavian monarch who ruled as king of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, becoming the first ruler of the Kalmar Union.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.