Den lille Havfrue
E338208
Den lille Havfrue is the famous bronze statue of a mermaid sitting on a rock in Copenhagen, Denmark, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale and regarded as a symbol of the city.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Den lille Havfrue canonical | 2 |
| Den Lille Havfrue | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3220122 — 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: Den lille Havfrue Context triple: [The Little Mermaid statue, nativeName, Den lille Havfrue]
-
A.
The Puffin’s Roost
The Puffin’s Roost is a Norwegian-themed gift shop in EPCOT’s World Showcase offering Scandinavian merchandise, apparel, and souvenirs.
-
B.
The Sea Beast
The Sea Beast is a 1926 silent adventure film loosely based on Herman Melville’s "Moby-Dick," notable for starring John Barrymore in one of his most famous early screen roles.
-
C.
The Sea Beast
The Sea Beast is a 2022 animated adventure film from Netflix about a young girl who stows away on a legendary sea monster hunter’s ship, featuring Karl Urban as the voice of the famed hunter Jacob Holland.
-
D.
The Parakeet and the Mermaid
"The Parakeet and the Mermaid" is a 1948 surrealist painting by Joan Miró, featuring bold abstract forms and vibrant colors that evoke fantastical bird and sea-creature imagery.
-
E.
A Mermaid
A Mermaid is an 1900 oil painting by John William Waterhouse depicting a solitary mermaid combing her hair by the rocky seashore in a romantic, Pre-Raphaelite style.
- 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: Den lille Havfrue Target entity description: Den lille Havfrue is the famous bronze statue of a mermaid sitting on a rock in Copenhagen, Denmark, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale and regarded as a symbol of the city.
-
A.
The Puffin’s Roost
The Puffin’s Roost is a Norwegian-themed gift shop in EPCOT’s World Showcase offering Scandinavian merchandise, apparel, and souvenirs.
-
B.
The Sea Beast
The Sea Beast is a 1926 silent adventure film loosely based on Herman Melville’s "Moby-Dick," notable for starring John Barrymore in one of his most famous early screen roles.
-
C.
The Sea Beast
The Sea Beast is a 2022 animated adventure film from Netflix about a young girl who stows away on a legendary sea monster hunter’s ship, featuring Karl Urban as the voice of the famed hunter Jacob Holland.
-
D.
The Parakeet and the Mermaid
"The Parakeet and the Mermaid" is a 1948 surrealist painting by Joan Miró, featuring bold abstract forms and vibrant colors that evoke fantastical bird and sea-creature imagery.
-
E.
A Mermaid
A Mermaid is an 1900 oil painting by John William Waterhouse depicting a solitary mermaid combing her hair by the rocky seashore in a romantic, Pre-Raphaelite style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bronze statue
ⓘ
city symbol ⓘ outdoor sculpture ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| admissionFee | no ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Den Lille Havfrue
ⓘ
linked to:
Den lille Havfrue
The Little Mermaid ⓘ |
| artMovement | Realism ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Carlsberg brewery family
ⓘ
linked to:
Carlsberg brewery heir Carl Jacobsen
Hans Christian Andersen ⓘ |
| category |
Bronze sculptures in Denmark
ⓘ
Monuments and memorials in Copenhagen ⓘ Sculptures of mermaids ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Carl Jacobsen
ⓘ
Carl Jacobsen, son of the founder of Carlsberg ⓘ
linked to:
Carl Jacobsen
|
| country | Denmark ⓘ |
| creator | Edvard Eriksen ⓘ |
| depicts |
female figure with fish tail
ⓘ
mermaid ⓘ |
| genre | figurative sculpture ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLocation | 55.6929° N, 12.5993° E ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bronze figure of a mermaid
ⓘ
stone base ⓘ |
| height | about 1.25 metres ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | iconic landmark of Copenhagen ⓘ |
| imageUsedIn | promotional material for Copenhagen tourism ⓘ |
| inception | 1913 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale "Den lille Havfrue"
ⓘ
linked to:
fairy tale "The Little Mermaid"
The Little Mermaid (fairy tale) ⓘ |
| lighting | outdoor natural light ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Copenhagen
ⓘ
Copenhagen Harbour ⓘ
linked to:
Copenhagen harbor
Langelinie promenade ⓘ Østerbro district ⓘ |
| materialUsed | bronze ⓘ |
| owner |
City of Copenhagen
ⓘ
linked to:
Copenhagen
|
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| sitsOn | rock by the waterside ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
many photographs by tourists
ⓘ
numerous postcards and souvenirs ⓘ various acts of vandalism over the years ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Copenhagen
ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ |
| tourismSignificance | one of the most visited tourist attractions in Denmark ⓘ |
| transportedTo |
China in 2010 for Expo exhibition
ⓘ
Shanghai World Expo 2010 ⓘ |
| unveiledOn | 23 August 1913 ⓘ |
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: Den lille Havfrue Description of subject: Den lille Havfrue is the famous bronze statue of a mermaid sitting on a rock in Copenhagen, Denmark, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale and regarded as a symbol of the city.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Den lille Havfrue