Thorstein Eriksson
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Thorstein Eriksson was a Norse explorer of the late 10th and early 11th centuries, known as one of the sons of the famed Viking settler Erik the Red and a member of the family associated with the exploration of Greenland and Vinland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thorstein Eriksson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3728002 — 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: Thorstein Eriksson Context triple: [Erik the Red, child, Thorstein Eriksson]
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A.
Thorvald Eiriksson
Thorvald Eiriksson was a Norse explorer, son of Erik the Red and brother of Leif Eriksson, who led early Viking expeditions to the North American continent around the year 1000.
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B.
Thorleif Haug
Thorleif Haug was a Norwegian Nordic skier who dominated the early 1920s, winning multiple Olympic gold medals and Holmenkollen titles in cross-country and Nordic combined.
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C.
Thorfinn Sigurdsson
Thorfinn Sigurdsson, also known as Thorfinn the Mighty, was an 11th-century Earl of Orkney and powerful Norse ruler in the Northern Isles of Scotland.
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D.
Arnt Eliassen
Arnt Eliassen was a prominent Norwegian meteorologist known for his influential work in dynamic meteorology and numerical weather prediction.
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E.
Erik the Red
Erik the Red was a 10th-century Norse explorer best known for leading the first successful European settlement in Greenland.
- 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: Thorstein Eriksson Target entity description: Thorstein Eriksson was a Norse explorer of the late 10th and early 11th centuries, known as one of the sons of the famed Viking settler Erik the Red and a member of the family associated with the exploration of Greenland and Vinland.
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A.
Thorvald Eiriksson
Thorvald Eiriksson was a Norse explorer, son of Erik the Red and brother of Leif Eriksson, who led early Viking expeditions to the North American continent around the year 1000.
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B.
Thorleif Haug
Thorleif Haug was a Norwegian Nordic skier who dominated the early 1920s, winning multiple Olympic gold medals and Holmenkollen titles in cross-country and Nordic combined.
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C.
Thorfinn Sigurdsson
Thorfinn Sigurdsson, also known as Thorfinn the Mighty, was an 11th-century Earl of Orkney and powerful Norse ruler in the Northern Isles of Scotland.
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D.
Arnt Eliassen
Arnt Eliassen was a prominent Norwegian meteorologist known for his influential work in dynamic meteorology and numerical weather prediction.
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E.
Erik the Red
Erik the Red was a 10th-century Norse explorer best known for leading the first successful European settlement in Greenland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norse explorer
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historical figure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Norway ⓘ |
| culture | Viking Age ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Saga of Erik the Red
ⓘ
surface form:
Erik the Red’s Saga
Saga of the Greenlanders ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Norse ⓘ |
| familyName | Eriksson ⓘ |
| father | Erik the Red ⓘ |
| givenName | Thorstein ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Old Norse ⓘ |
| notableFamily |
Erik the Red
ⓘ
surface form:
Erik the Red family
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| notableRelative |
Erik the Red
ⓘ
Leif Erikson ⓘ |
| occupation |
explorer
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seafarer ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Norse colonization of the North Atlantic
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surface form:
Norse exploration of Greenland
Norse exploration of Vinland ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Greenland
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Iceland ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form:
North Atlantic Ocean
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| religion | Norse paganism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Freydís Eiríksdóttir
ⓘ
Leif Erikson ⓘ Thorvald Eiriksson ⓘ
surface form:
Thorvald Eriksson
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| timePeriod |
10th century
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11th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Thorstein Eriksson Description of subject: Thorstein Eriksson was a Norse explorer of the late 10th and early 11th centuries, known as one of the sons of the famed Viking settler Erik the Red and a member of the family associated with the exploration of Greenland and Vinland.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.