Ragnar Lodbrok
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Ragnar Lodbrok is a legendary Viking hero and king of Scandinavian sagas, famed for his raids on England and France and his dramatic, mythologized death.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ragnar Lothbrok | 2 |
| Ragnar Lodbrok canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6385126 — 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: Ragnar Lodbrok Context triple: [Ragnar, hasNotableBearer, Ragnar Lodbrok]
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A.
Ivar the Boneless
Ivar the Boneless was a legendary 9th-century Viking leader and commander of the Great Heathen Army, renowned for his military prowess and feared across Anglo-Saxon England.
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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.
Halfdan the Black
Halfdan the Black is a fictional Viking chieftain portrayed as a rival leader in the 1989 comedy film "Erik the Viking."
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D.
Halfdan Ragnarsson
Halfdan Ragnarsson was a 9th-century Viking warlord, traditionally identified as one of the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok, who played a major role in the Norse invasions and political upheavals in England.
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E.
Sigurd Jorsalfar
Sigurd Jorsalfar is a historical drama by Norwegian writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson that centers on King Sigurd I of Norway and his crusade to the Holy Land.
- 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: Ragnar Lodbrok Target entity description: Ragnar Lodbrok is a legendary Viking hero and king of Scandinavian sagas, famed for his raids on England and France and his dramatic, mythologized death.
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A.
Ivar the Boneless
Ivar the Boneless was a legendary 9th-century Viking leader and commander of the Great Heathen Army, renowned for his military prowess and feared across Anglo-Saxon England.
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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.
Halfdan the Black
Halfdan the Black is a fictional Viking chieftain portrayed as a rival leader in the 1989 comedy film "Erik the Viking."
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D.
Halfdan Ragnarsson
Halfdan Ragnarsson was a 9th-century Viking warlord, traditionally identified as one of the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok, who played a major role in the Norse invasions and political upheavals in England.
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E.
Sigurd Jorsalfar
Sigurd Jorsalfar is a historical drama by Norwegian writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson that centers on King Sigurd I of Norway and his crusade to the Holy Land.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Viking leader
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legendary Norse hero ⓘ legendary king ⓘ saga character ⓘ |
| activity |
plundering monasteries
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sea raiding ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
England
NERFINISHED
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France NERFINISHED ⓘ Scandinavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Great Heathen Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vikings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Bjorn Ironside
NERFINISHED
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Hvitserk NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivar the Boneless NERFINISHED ⓘ Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye NERFINISHED ⓘ Ubbe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Norse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCause | thrown into a pit of snakes (legendary) ⓘ |
| enemy | King Ælla of Northumbria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| epithet | Loðbrók NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| epithetMeaning | Hairy-Breeches NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | legend ⓘ |
| historicity | disputed ⓘ |
| influenced |
medieval Scandinavian legend
ⓘ
modern popular culture depictions of Vikings ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gesta Danorum
NERFINISHED
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Ragnars saga loðbrókar NERFINISHED ⓘ Tale of Ragnar’s Sons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
legendary death in a snake pit
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raids on England ⓘ raids on Francia ⓘ |
| occupation |
king
ⓘ
warrior ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Travis Fimmel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | TV series "Vikings" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realm |
Denmark
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Norse paganism ⓘ |
| revengeTakenBy | Great Heathen Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceType | sagas and chronicles ⓘ |
| spouse |
Aslaug
NERFINISHED
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Lagertha NERFINISHED ⓘ Thora Borgarhjort NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Viking Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| weapon |
axe
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sword ⓘ |
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: Ragnar Lodbrok Description of subject: Ragnar Lodbrok is a legendary Viking hero and king of Scandinavian sagas, famed for his raids on England and France and his dramatic, mythologized death.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ragnar Lothbrok
this entity surface form:
Ragnar Lothbrok