Godwinson
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Godwinson is the patronymic surname of Harold Godwinson, the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England who died at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Godwinson canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2763669 — 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: Godwinson Context triple: [Harold Godwinson, patronymic, Godwinson]
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A.
Gaheris
Gaheris is a knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, known as one of King Arthur’s nephews and a member of the Orkney clan.
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B.
Godstone
Godstone is a village in Surrey, England, known for its historic charm and location near major transport routes.
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C.
Wildomar
Wildomar is a small city in Southern California known for its suburban residential character and location within the rapidly growing Inland Empire region.
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D.
Powisle
Powiśle is a historical region in northern Poland situated along the Vistula River, known for its cultural heritage and picturesque landscapes.
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E.
Godigisel
Godigisel was a late 4th–early 5th century king of the Vandals who led his people across the Rhine into Roman Gaul and was the father of the Vandal king Genseric.
- 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: Godwinson Target entity description: Godwinson is the patronymic surname of Harold Godwinson, the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England who died at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
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A.
Gaheris
Gaheris is a knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, known as one of King Arthur’s nephews and a member of the Orkney clan.
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B.
Godstone
Godstone is a village in Surrey, England, known for its historic charm and location near major transport routes.
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C.
Wildomar
Wildomar is a small city in Southern California known for its suburban residential character and location within the rapidly growing Inland Empire region.
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D.
Powisle
Powiśle is a historical region in northern Poland situated along the Vistula River, known for its cultural heritage and picturesque landscapes.
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E.
Godigisel
Godigisel was a late 4th–early 5th century king of the Vandals who led his people across the Rhine into Roman Gaul and was the father of the Vandal king Genseric.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-language surname
ⓘ
patronymic surname ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | late Anglo-Saxon nobility of England ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Battle of Hastings ⓘ |
| associatedWithFamily | House of Godwin ⓘ |
| associatedYear | 1066 ⓘ |
| category | surnames from given names ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| derivedFromGivenName | Godwin ⓘ |
| etymologicalElements | Old English "God" (god) and "wine" (friend) ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | typically male ⓘ |
| historicalUsagePeriod | 11th century ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| meaning | son of Godwin ⓘ |
| namingTradition | Anglo-Saxon patronymic system ⓘ |
| notableBearer |
Gyrth Godwinson
ⓘ
surface form:
Gyrth Godwinson, Earl of East Anglia
Harold Godwinson ⓘ
surface form:
Harold Godwinson, last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England
Leofwine Godwinson ⓘ
surface form:
Leofwine Godwinson, Earl of Kent
Tostig Godwinson ⓘ
surface form:
Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria
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| patronymicFormOf | Godwin ⓘ |
| relatedName | Godwin ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Edith of Wessex
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surface form:
Edith of Wessex (née Godwinsdóttir / Godwinson)
Gyrth Godwinson ⓘ Harold Godwinson ⓘ Leofwine Godwinson ⓘ Tostig Godwinson ⓘ Wulfnoth Godwinson ⓘ |
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: Godwinson Description of subject: Godwinson is the patronymic surname of Harold Godwinson, the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England who died at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gyrth Godwinson