Svein Haraldsson
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Svein Haraldsson, better known as Sweyn Forkbeard, was a Viking king of Denmark and England in the early 11th century and the father of Cnut the Great.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Svein Haraldsson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12897104 — 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: Svein Haraldsson Context triple: [Sweyn Forkbeard, name, Svein Haraldsson]
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A.
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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B.
Eirik Håkonsson
Eirik Håkonsson was an early 11th-century Norwegian earl and ruler, known for his role in the Battle of Svolder and for governing Norway under Danish overlordship.
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C.
Haakon Sigurdsson
Haakon Sigurdsson was a powerful late 10th-century Norwegian earl who effectively ruled Norway as a pagan overlord under Danish suzerainty before the country's Christianization.
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D.
Harald Sigurdsson
Harald Sigurdsson, better known as Harald Hardrada, was an 11th-century King of Norway famed as a formidable warrior and the last great Viking king, whose 1066 invasion of England marked the end of the Viking Age.
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E.
Haakon the Good
Haakon the Good was a 10th-century king of Norway known for his attempts to strengthen royal power and introduce Christianity to his traditionally pagan realm.
- 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: Svein Haraldsson Target entity description: Svein Haraldsson, better known as Sweyn Forkbeard, was a Viking king of Denmark and England in the early 11th century and the father of Cnut the Great.
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A.
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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B.
Eirik Håkonsson
Eirik Håkonsson was an early 11th-century Norwegian earl and ruler, known for his role in the Battle of Svolder and for governing Norway under Danish overlordship.
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C.
Haakon Sigurdsson
Haakon Sigurdsson was a powerful late 10th-century Norwegian earl who effectively ruled Norway as a pagan overlord under Danish suzerainty before the country's Christianization.
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D.
Harald Sigurdsson
Harald Sigurdsson, better known as Harald Hardrada, was an 11th-century King of Norway famed as a formidable warrior and the last great Viking king, whose 1066 invasion of England marked the end of the Viking Age.
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E.
Haakon the Good
Haakon the Good was a 10th-century king of Norway known for his attempts to strengthen royal power and introduce Christianity to his traditionally pagan realm.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Viking ruler
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human ⓘ king ⓘ monarch of Denmark ⓘ monarch of England ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Svein Forkbeard
NERFINISHED
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Svend Tveskæg NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweyn Forkbeard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Roskilde Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Cnut the Great
NERFINISHED
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Estrid Svendsdatter NERFINISHED ⓘ Harald II of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Denmark ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Gainsborough, Lincolnshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Viking Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Danes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Harald Bluetooth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a Viking king of Denmark
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being a Viking king of England ⓘ being the father of Cnut the Great ⓘ raids and invasions of England ⓘ |
| militaryRank | warlord ⓘ |
| monarchOf |
Denmark
NERFINISHED
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England NERFINISHED ⓘ Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Tove of the Obotrites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | overthrow of Æthelred the Unready ⓘ |
| notableWork | conquest of England ⓘ |
| opponent | Æthelred the Unready NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of Denmark
NERFINISHED
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King of England NERFINISHED ⓘ King of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Harald Bluetooth
NERFINISHED
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Æthelred the Unready NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
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Norse paganism ⓘ |
| spouse |
Gunhild of Wenden
NERFINISHED
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Świętosława NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Cnut the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Svein Haraldsson Description of subject: Svein Haraldsson, better known as Sweyn Forkbeard, was a Viking king of Denmark and England in the early 11th century and the father of Cnut the Great.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.