ship Skidbladnir
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Skidbladnir is a magical Norse mythological ship famed for always having a favorable wind, fitting all the gods aboard, and being foldable small enough to fit into a pocket.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Skidbladnir | 3 |
| ship Skidbladnir canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3473978 — 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: ship Skidbladnir Context triple: [Freyr, owns, ship Skidbladnir]
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A.
Viking ship
A Viking ship is a long, narrow, and fast wooden seafaring vessel used by Norse sailors for trade, exploration, and warfare during the Viking Age.
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B.
Gjøa
Gjøa is the historic Norwegian polar exploration ship used by Roald Amundsen to complete the first successful navigation of the Northwest Passage.
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C.
Skibladner
Skibladner is a historic Norwegian paddle steamer, often called the “White Swan of Mjøsa,” that operates as a passenger ship and tourist attraction on Lake Mjøsa.
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D.
Skudai
Skudai is a rapidly developing suburban town in the Malaysian state of Johor, known for housing Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and serving as part of the greater Johor Bahru metropolitan area.
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E.
Icebreaker Sampo
Icebreaker Sampo is a former Finnish icebreaker turned popular tourist vessel offering ice-cruises and Arctic experiences in the Gulf of Bothnia near Kemi.
- 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: ship Skidbladnir Target entity description: Skidbladnir is a magical Norse mythological ship famed for always having a favorable wind, fitting all the gods aboard, and being foldable small enough to fit into a pocket.
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A.
Viking ship
A Viking ship is a long, narrow, and fast wooden seafaring vessel used by Norse sailors for trade, exploration, and warfare during the Viking Age.
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B.
Gjøa
Gjøa is the historic Norwegian polar exploration ship used by Roald Amundsen to complete the first successful navigation of the Northwest Passage.
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C.
Skibladner
Skibladner is a historic Norwegian paddle steamer, often called the “White Swan of Mjøsa,” that operates as a passenger ship and tourist attraction on Lake Mjøsa.
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D.
Skudai
Skudai is a rapidly developing suburban town in the Malaysian state of Johor, known for housing Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and serving as part of the greater Johor Bahru metropolitan area.
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E.
Icebreaker Sampo
Icebreaker Sampo is a former Finnish icebreaker turned popular tourist vessel offering ice-cruises and Arctic experiences in the Gulf of Bothnia near Kemi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mythological ship
ⓘ
object in Norse mythology ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Skíðblaðnir ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Asgard ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Freyr ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Æsir
ⓘ
linked to:
Aesir
|
| capacity |
can hold all the gods of Asgard
ⓘ
can hold all their war gear ⓘ |
| category |
magical objects in Norse mythology
ⓘ
ships in Norse mythology ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Loki ⓘ |
| comparison | considered the best of ships in Norse mythology ⓘ |
| craftedBy |
Sons of Ivaldi
ⓘ
dwarfs ⓘ |
| culture | Norse ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Gylfaginning
ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ Skáldskaparmál ⓘ |
| etymology | Old Norse "Skíðblaðnir" ⓘ |
| feature |
can be expanded and contracted at will
ⓘ
perfectly constructed ship ⓘ |
| material | gold ⓘ |
| mythology | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
gift to Freyr
ⓘ
one of the treasures of the gods ⓘ |
| opposedBy | ship Naglfar (as another notable mythic ship) ⓘ |
| owner | Freyr ⓘ |
| property |
always has a favorable wind
ⓘ
can be folded small enough to fit into a pocket ⓘ can be folded up like cloth ⓘ sails well on sea and air ⓘ |
| transportMode |
air
ⓘ
sea ⓘ |
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: ship Skidbladnir Description of subject: Skidbladnir is a magical Norse mythological ship famed for always having a favorable wind, fitting all the gods aboard, and being foldable small enough to fit into a pocket.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.