Svaðilfari
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Svaðilfari is a powerful stallion from Norse mythology, best known as the sire of Odin’s eight-legged horse Sleipnir and as the supernatural steed that helped a giant build the walls of Asgard.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Svaðilfari canonical | 2 |
| stallion Svaðilfari | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10627085 — 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: Svaðilfari Context triple: [Sleipnir, parent, Svaðilfari]
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A.
Níðhöggr
Níðhöggr is a fearsome dragon or serpent from Norse mythology that gnaws at the roots of the world tree Yggdrasil and is associated with chaos and destruction.
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B.
Éljúðnir
Éljúðnir is the grim, mist-filled hall in Norse mythology that serves as the abode of the dead ruled over by the goddess Hel.
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C.
Hrungnir
Hrungnir is a stone-skinned giant from Norse mythology famed for his duel with the god Thor.
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D.
Hermóðr
Hermóðr is a figure in Norse mythology, often depicted as a brave messenger of the gods who rides to Hel on Odin’s behalf.
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E.
Sköll
Sköll is a wolf from Norse mythology who chases the sun across the sky and is fated to devour it at Ragnarök.
- 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: Svaðilfari Target entity description: Svaðilfari is a powerful stallion from Norse mythology, best known as the sire of Odin’s eight-legged horse Sleipnir and as the supernatural steed that helped a giant build the walls of Asgard.
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A.
Níðhöggr
Níðhöggr is a fearsome dragon or serpent from Norse mythology that gnaws at the roots of the world tree Yggdrasil and is associated with chaos and destruction.
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B.
Éljúðnir
Éljúðnir is the grim, mist-filled hall in Norse mythology that serves as the abode of the dead ruled over by the goddess Hel.
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C.
Hrungnir
Hrungnir is a stone-skinned giant from Norse mythology famed for his duel with the god Thor.
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D.
Hermóðr
Hermóðr is a figure in Norse mythology, often depicted as a brave messenger of the gods who rides to Hel on Odin’s behalf.
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E.
Sköll
Sköll is a wolf from Norse mythology who chases the sun across the sky and is fated to devour it at Ragnarök.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mythological horse
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stallion ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Gylfaginning ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity | Odin ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation | Asgard ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
construction of divine fortifications
ⓘ
deception ⓘ oath-breaking ⓘ |
| culture | Norse ⓘ |
| describedAs |
exceptionally fast
ⓘ
exceptionally strong ⓘ |
| employerOf | giant master builder ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| involvedInEvent |
birth of Sleipnir
ⓘ
construction of the walls of Asgard ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Old Norse ⓘ |
| mateOf | Loki ⓘ |
| mythology | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
possibly "ill-fated rider"
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possibly "unlucky traveler" ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the sire of Sleipnir
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helping build the walls of Asgard ⓘ |
| offspring | Sleipnir ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
the Æsir gods
ⓘ
linked to:
Aesir
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| owner | giant master builder ⓘ |
| parentOf | Sleipnir ⓘ |
| realm | Asgard ⓘ |
| roleInMyth | steed of the unnamed giant master builder ⓘ |
| sourceAuthor | Snorri Sturluson ⓘ |
| sourceText | Prose Edda ⓘ |
| species | horse ⓘ |
| task | hauling stones for the fortification walls of Asgard ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mythic time before the completion of Asgard’s walls ⓘ |
| trickedBy | Loki ⓘ |
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: Svaðilfari Description of subject: Svaðilfari is a powerful stallion from Norse mythology, best known as the sire of Odin’s eight-legged horse Sleipnir and as the supernatural steed that helped a giant build the walls of Asgard.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.