Váli
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Váli is a Norse god, one of Odin's sons, known primarily for avenging the death of his half-brother Baldr.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Váli canonical | 20 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2282827 — 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: Váli Context triple: [Odin, fatherOf, Váli]
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A.
Vahka
Vahka was a medieval town that served as an early capital of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
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B.
Vitasta
Vitasta is the ancient Sanskrit name for the Jhelum River, a historically significant river of the Kashmir region frequently mentioned in Vedic and classical Indian texts.
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C.
Vestli
Vestli is a residential neighborhood in the Stovner borough of Oslo, Norway, known for being served by the Oslo Metro.
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D.
Vallader
Vallader is a major dialect of the Romansh language spoken primarily in Switzerland’s Lower Engadine region and used in local literature and education.
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E.
Valvins
Valvins is a small village in northern France best known as the place where the symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé spent his final years and died.
- 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: Váli Target entity description: Váli is a Norse god, one of Odin's sons, known primarily for avenging the death of his half-brother Baldr.
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A.
Vahka
Vahka was a medieval town that served as an early capital of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
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B.
Vitasta
Vitasta is the ancient Sanskrit name for the Jhelum River, a historically significant river of the Kashmir region frequently mentioned in Vedic and classical Indian texts.
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C.
Vestli
Vestli is a residential neighborhood in the Stovner borough of Oslo, Norway, known for being served by the Oslo Metro.
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D.
Vallader
Vallader is a major dialect of the Romansh language spoken primarily in Switzerland’s Lower Engadine region and used in local literature and education.
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E.
Valvins
Valvins is a small village in northern France best known as the place where the symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé spent his final years and died.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norse god
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsWith |
Baldr
ⓘ
Höðr ⓘ Odin ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
blood vengeance
ⓘ
fate ⓘ oath-keeping ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
justice
ⓘ
vengeance ⓘ |
| birthPurpose | to avenge Baldr ⓘ |
| category |
Children of Odin
ⓘ
Norse gods associated with Baldr ⓘ Æsir gods who survive Ragnarök ⓘ |
| characteristic | grows to full strength in a single day ⓘ |
| culture | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| domain | retribution ⓘ |
| epithet | Baldr’s avenger ⓘ |
| familyRole | younger son of Odin ⓘ |
| father | Odin ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| halfBrother |
Baldr
ⓘ
Höðr ⓘ |
| kinshipGroup | Odin’s sons ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Baldrs draumar
ⓘ
Gylfaginning ⓘ Poetic Edda ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ Völuspá ⓘ |
| mother | Rindr ⓘ |
| motherCulture | jötunn race ⓘ |
| motherOrigin | giantess ⓘ |
| mythicEvent |
Ragnarök
ⓘ
linked to:
Ragnarok
death of Baldr ⓘ
linked to:
Baldr
|
| nameLanguage | Old Norse ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | “the chosen one” (traditional interpretation) ⓘ |
| notableAct | avenged Baldr by killing Höðr ⓘ |
| pantheon |
Æsir
ⓘ
linked to:
Aesir
|
| residence |
Ásgarðr
ⓘ
linked to:
Asgard
|
| role | avenger of Baldr ⓘ |
| survivesEvent |
Ragnarök
ⓘ
linked to:
Ragnarok
|
| textualSource |
Snorri Sturluson’s writings
ⓘ
linked to:
Prose Edda
|
| timeToMaturity | one day ⓘ |
| weapon |
bow and arrow
ⓘ
spear ⓘ |
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: Váli Description of subject: Váli is a Norse god, one of Odin's sons, known primarily for avenging the death of his half-brother Baldr.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.