Skjaldarmerki Íslands
E909949
Skjaldarmerki Íslands is the national coat of arms of Iceland, featuring a silver cross on a blue shield supported by four guardian spirits representing the island’s traditional protectors.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Skjaldarmerki Íslands canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11178017 — 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: Skjaldarmerki Íslands Context triple: [Coat of arms of Iceland, IcelandicName, Skjaldarmerki Íslands]
-
A.
Landnámabók
Landnámabók is a medieval Icelandic manuscript that records the early settlement of Iceland, detailing the names, origins, and land claims of its first Norse settlers.
-
B.
Möðruvallabók
Möðruvallabók is a major 14th-century Icelandic manuscript collection that preserves numerous sagas of Icelanders, including Laxdæla saga.
-
C.
Íslendingabók
Íslendingabók is a medieval Icelandic historical work, traditionally attributed to Ari Þorgilsson, that records the early history, settlement, and governance of Iceland.
-
D.
Íslendingasögur
Íslendingasögur are the medieval Icelandic family sagas that recount the lives, feuds, and voyages of early Icelandic settlers and heroes, forming a cornerstone of Old Norse literature.
-
E.
Icelandic annals
The Icelandic annals are medieval chronological records that document significant historical events in Iceland and surrounding regions, often compiled by clerics in monasteries.
- 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: Skjaldarmerki Íslands Target entity description: Skjaldarmerki Íslands is the national coat of arms of Iceland, featuring a silver cross on a blue shield supported by four guardian spirits representing the island’s traditional protectors.
-
A.
Landnámabók
Landnámabók is a medieval Icelandic manuscript that records the early settlement of Iceland, detailing the names, origins, and land claims of its first Norse settlers.
-
B.
Möðruvallabók
Möðruvallabók is a major 14th-century Icelandic manuscript collection that preserves numerous sagas of Icelanders, including Laxdæla saga.
-
C.
Íslendingabók
Íslendingabók is a medieval Icelandic historical work, traditionally attributed to Ari Þorgilsson, that records the early history, settlement, and governance of Iceland.
-
D.
Íslendingasögur
Íslendingasögur are the medieval Icelandic family sagas that recount the lives, feuds, and voyages of early Icelandic settlers and heroes, forming a cornerstone of Old Norse literature.
-
E.
Icelandic annals
The Icelandic annals are medieval chronological records that document significant historical events in Iceland and surrounding regions, often compiled by clerics in monasteries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heraldic achievement
ⓘ
national coat of arms ⓘ |
| adopted | 1944 ⓘ |
| adoptionContext | proclamation of the Republic of Iceland ⓘ |
| compartment |
block of basalt
ⓘ
stylized rocky base ⓘ |
| country |
Iceland
ⓘ
Ísland ⓘ
linked to:
Iceland
|
| crest | none ⓘ |
| crossColor | silver ⓘ |
| element |
basalt base
ⓘ
blue shield ⓘ four supporters ⓘ silver cross ⓘ |
| EnglishName |
coat of arms of Iceland
ⓘ
linked to:
Coat of arms of Iceland
|
| features | silver cross on blue shield ⓘ |
| fieldTincture | azure ⓘ |
| guardianSpirit |
Bergrisi
ⓘ
Dreki ⓘ Gammur ⓘ Griðungur ⓘ |
| guardianSpiritRole |
protector of the east
ⓘ
protector of the north ⓘ protector of the south ⓘ protector of the west ⓘ |
| helm | none ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Icelandic ⓘ |
| legalStatus | protected national symbol of Iceland ⓘ |
| mantling | none ⓘ |
| motto | none ⓘ |
| ordinary | silver cross ⓘ |
| regulation | use regulated by Icelandic law ⓘ |
| replaced |
coat of arms of the Kingdom of Iceland
ⓘ
linked to:
Coat of arms of Iceland
|
| represents | four guardian spirits of Iceland ⓘ |
| shieldColor | blue ⓘ |
| supporter |
bull
ⓘ
dragon ⓘ eagle ⓘ giant ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Icelandic national identity
ⓘ
Icelandic sovereignty ⓘ protection of Iceland ⓘ |
| torse | none ⓘ |
| use |
coat of arms of Iceland
ⓘ
linked to:
Coat of arms of Iceland
|
| usedBy |
Government of Iceland
ⓘ
Icelandic state authorities ⓘ President of Iceland ⓘ |
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: Skjaldarmerki Íslands Description of subject: Skjaldarmerki Íslands is the national coat of arms of Iceland, featuring a silver cross on a blue shield supported by four guardian spirits representing the island’s traditional protectors.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.