Valaskjálf
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Valaskjálf is the lofty, silver-roofed hall in Norse mythology where the god Odin sits on his high throne Hliðskjálf to survey all the worlds.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hliðskjálf | 5 |
| Valaskjálf canonical | 3 |
| Bilskírnir | 1 |
| Himinbjörg | 1 |
| Hlidskjalf | 1 |
| Hlidskjalf high seat | 1 |
| Jörð | 1 |
| Odin’s hall | 1 |
| Vingólf | 1 |
| Válaskjálf | 1 |
| high seat Hliðskjálf | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2282816 — 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: Valaskjálf Context triple: [Odin, hall, Valaskjálf]
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A.
Brattahlid
Brattahlid was the main Norse settlement and estate of Erik the Red in southern Greenland, serving as a central hub of the medieval Greenlandic Norse colony.
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B.
Stetind
Stetind is a distinctive, obelisk-shaped granite mountain in Nordland, Norway, often called Norway’s national mountain and renowned among climbers and photographers.
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C.
Thamserku
Thamserku is a prominent Himalayan peak in eastern Nepal, known for its steep, dramatic profile and popularity among experienced mountaineers.
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D.
Hestur
Hestur is a small, sparsely populated island in the central Faroe Islands known for its steep cliffs, birdlife, and traditional Faroese landscape.
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E.
Fløya
Fløya is a Norwegian women's football club based in Tromsø that competes in the country's league system.
- 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: Valaskjálf Target entity description: Valaskjálf is the lofty, silver-roofed hall in Norse mythology where the god Odin sits on his high throne Hliðskjálf to survey all the worlds.
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A.
Brattahlid
Brattahlid was the main Norse settlement and estate of Erik the Red in southern Greenland, serving as a central hub of the medieval Greenlandic Norse colony.
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B.
Stetind
Stetind is a distinctive, obelisk-shaped granite mountain in Nordland, Norway, often called Norway’s national mountain and renowned among climbers and photographers.
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C.
Thamserku
Thamserku is a prominent Himalayan peak in eastern Nepal, known for its steep, dramatic profile and popularity among experienced mountaineers.
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D.
Hestur
Hestur is a small, sparsely populated island in the central Faroe Islands known for its steep cliffs, birdlife, and traditional Faroese landscape.
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E.
Fløya
Fløya is a Norwegian women's football club based in Tromsø that competes in the country's league system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building in Norse mythology
ⓘ
hall ⓘ mythological location ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Odin ⓘ |
| associatedGroup |
Æsir
ⓘ
linked to:
Aesir
|
| builderAccordingToSource |
Odin
ⓘ
the gods ⓘ |
| category |
Halls of the Æsir
ⓘ
Locations in Norse mythology ⓘ |
| contains |
Hliðskjálf
ⓘ
linked to:
Valaskjálf
|
| cosmologicalRole | vantage point over the Nine Worlds ⓘ |
| culture | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| epithet | lofty hall ⓘ |
| function | place from which Odin surveys all worlds ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
high seat Hliðskjálf
ⓘ
linked to:
Valaskjálf
silver roof ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Old Norse ⓘ |
| locatedInRealm | Asgard ⓘ |
| materialDescriptor | all covered with silver ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Grímnismál
ⓘ
Gylfaginning ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ |
| nameElement |
Valr (the slain)
ⓘ
skjálf (bench or shelf) ⓘ |
| primaryOccupant | Odin ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Asgard
ⓘ
Hliðskjálf ⓘ
linked to:
Valaskjálf
Odin’s throne room ⓘ |
| roofMaterial | silver ⓘ |
| usedFor | Odin’s observation of the cosmos ⓘ |
| visibilityScopeFromHliðskjálf |
all peoples
ⓘ
all the worlds ⓘ |
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: Valaskjálf Description of subject: Valaskjálf is the lofty, silver-roofed hall in Norse mythology where the god Odin sits on his high throne Hliðskjálf to survey all the worlds.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Valaskjálf
linked to: Valaskjálf
linked to: Valaskjálf
linked to: Valaskjálf
linked to: Valaskjálf
linked to: Valaskjálf
subject linked to:
Halls of the Æsir
linked to: Valaskjálf