World Serpent
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The World Serpent is a colossal sea serpent from Norse mythology that encircles the earth and is fated to battle Thor during Ragnarök.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Serpent | 1 |
| World Serpent canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3514642 — 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: World Serpent Context triple: [Jormungandr, alsoKnownAs, World Serpent]
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A.
Serpent’s Mouth
Serpent’s Mouth is a narrow strait between Trinidad and Venezuela that forms the southern entrance to the Gulf of Paria from the Atlantic Ocean.
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B.
The Dragon
"The Dragon" is a track from Vangelis's 1979 electronic music album "China," blending synthesizer-driven soundscapes with an evocative, atmospheric style.
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C.
The Snake's Pass
The Snake's Pass is an 1890 adventure novel by Bram Stoker, set in rural Ireland and blending romance, folklore, and mystery around a legendary buried treasure.
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D.
The Gund
The Gund is the former name of Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, a major indoor sports and entertainment arena in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.
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E.
The Mountain and the Viper
"The Mountain and the Viper" is a pivotal and brutal episode of Game of Thrones centered on the trial by combat between Oberyn Martell and Gregor Clegane, which dramatically shifts the series’ political and emotional stakes.
- 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: World Serpent Target entity description: The World Serpent is a colossal sea serpent from Norse mythology that encircles the earth and is fated to battle Thor during Ragnarök.
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A.
Serpent’s Mouth
Serpent’s Mouth is a narrow strait between Trinidad and Venezuela that forms the southern entrance to the Gulf of Paria from the Atlantic Ocean.
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B.
The Dragon
"The Dragon" is a track from Vangelis's 1979 electronic music album "China," blending synthesizer-driven soundscapes with an evocative, atmospheric style.
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C.
The Snake's Pass
The Snake's Pass is an 1890 adventure novel by Bram Stoker, set in rural Ireland and blending romance, folklore, and mystery around a legendary buried treasure.
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D.
The Gund
The Gund is the former name of Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, a major indoor sports and entertainment arena in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.
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E.
The Mountain and the Viper
"The Mountain and the Viper" is a pivotal and brutal episode of Game of Thrones centered on the trial by combat between Oberyn Martell and Gregor Clegane, which dramatically shifts the series’ political and emotional stakes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Norse mythology
ⓘ
giant serpent ⓘ mythological creature ⓘ sea serpent ⓘ |
| ability |
causes tidal waves
ⓘ
spews venom ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Jormungand
ⓘ
linked to:
Jormungandr
Jörmungandr ⓘ
linked to:
Jormungandr
Midgard Serpent ⓘ
linked to:
Jormungandr
|
| appearsInStory | Thor's fishing trip with Hymir ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Odin
ⓘ
Thor ⓘ |
| associatedWith | ouroboros motif ⓘ |
| bites | its own tail ⓘ |
| capturedBy |
Thor (fishing myth)
ⓘ
linked to:
Thor’s fishing trip for the Midgard Serpent
|
| castInto | ocean by Odin ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | poisoning of Thor ⓘ |
| culture | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| domain | sea ⓘ |
| encircles |
Midgard
ⓘ
earth ⓘ |
| enemy | Thor ⓘ |
| fatedToBattle | Thor ⓘ |
| killedBy | Thor ⓘ |
| kills | Thor ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Old Norse ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gylfaginning
ⓘ
Hymiskviða ⓘ Poetic Edda ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle | Norse eschatology ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | huge monster ⓘ |
| parent |
Angrboða
ⓘ
Loki ⓘ |
| prophesiedEvent |
Ragnarök
ⓘ
linked to:
Ragnarok
|
| raisedBy | gods of Asgard (cast into the sea) ⓘ |
| residesIn | ocean surrounding Midgard ⓘ |
| roleInRagnarok |
poisons the sky and sea
ⓘ
rises from the sea ⓘ |
| sibling |
Fenrir
ⓘ
Hel ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
cosmic boundary
ⓘ
cyclical destruction ⓘ world-encompassing danger ⓘ |
| threatTo |
gods
ⓘ
world order ⓘ |
| typeOf | Jötunn-descended being ⓘ |
| weaponUsedAgainst |
Thor's hammer Mjölnir
ⓘ
linked to:
Mjolnir
|
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: World Serpent Description of subject: The World Serpent is a colossal sea serpent from Norse mythology that encircles the earth and is fated to battle Thor during Ragnarök.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: World Serpent