Magnus the Good
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Magnus the Good was an 11th-century king of Norway and Denmark known for briefly uniting the two kingdoms and restoring stability after a period of dynastic conflict.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Magnus the Good canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5406457 — 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: Magnus the Good Context triple: [Harthacnut, successorAsKingOfDenmark, Magnus the Good]
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A.
Magnus, Duke of Östergötland
Magnus, Duke of Östergötland was a 16th-century Swedish prince of the Vasa dynasty who governed the province of Östergötland and was known for his mental illness, which limited his political role.
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B.
Magnus the Viking
Magnus the Viking is the costumed Viking mascot representing Cleveland State University's athletic teams and school spirit.
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C.
Gorm the Old
Gorm the Old was a 10th-century king of Denmark, traditionally regarded as the first historically recognized Danish monarch and the founder of the Danish royal dynasty.
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D.
Magnus Minnesköld
Magnus Minnesköld was a Swedish nobleman of the early 13th century and a prominent member of the influential Bjälbo dynasty.
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E.
Olaf Tryggvason
Olaf Tryggvason was a late 10th-century king of Norway known for his aggressive efforts to Christianize the country and his dramatic death at the Battle of Svolder.
- 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: Magnus the Good Target entity description: Magnus the Good was an 11th-century king of Norway and Denmark known for briefly uniting the two kingdoms and restoring stability after a period of dynastic conflict.
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A.
Magnus, Duke of Östergötland
Magnus, Duke of Östergötland was a 16th-century Swedish prince of the Vasa dynasty who governed the province of Östergötland and was known for his mental illness, which limited his political role.
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B.
Magnus the Viking
Magnus the Viking is the costumed Viking mascot representing Cleveland State University's athletic teams and school spirit.
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C.
Gorm the Old
Gorm the Old was a 10th-century king of Denmark, traditionally regarded as the first historically recognized Danish monarch and the founder of the Danish royal dynasty.
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D.
Magnus Minnesköld
Magnus Minnesköld was a Swedish nobleman of the early 13th century and a prominent member of the influential Bjälbo dynasty.
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E.
Olaf Tryggvason
Olaf Tryggvason was a late 10th-century king of Norway known for his aggressive efforts to Christianize the country and his dramatic death at the Battle of Svolder.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Denmark
ⓘ
King of Norway ⓘ human ⓘ medieval monarch ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Nidaros NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 11th century ⓘ |
| chronologicalPlacement |
born in the early 11th century
ⓘ
died in the mid-11th century ⓘ |
| conflict | struggles over succession in Norway ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Denmark
ⓘ
Norway ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1024 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1047 ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Norwegian ⓘ |
| father | Olaf II of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Magnus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | House of Hardrada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfUse | Old Norse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| mother | Alfhild NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Old Norse ⓘ |
| nickname | the Good NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
re-establishing Norwegian royal authority
ⓘ
restoring stability after dynastic conflict in Norway ⓘ uniting Norway and Denmark under one crown ⓘ |
| occupation | king ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of Denmark
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Cnut the Great
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harthacnut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1047 ⓘ |
| reignEndAsKingOfNorway | 1047 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1035 ⓘ |
| reignStartAsKingOfDenmark | 1042 ⓘ |
| relative |
Cnut the Great
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harald Hardrada NERFINISHED ⓘ Harthacnut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| successor | Harald Hardrada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
King of the Danes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King of the Norwegians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Magnus the Good Description of subject: Magnus the Good was an 11th-century king of Norway and Denmark known for briefly uniting the two kingdoms and restoring stability after a period of dynastic conflict.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.