Gutalagen
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Gutalagen is a medieval legal code from the island of Gotland, written in Old Gutnish and detailing the laws and customs of its inhabitants.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T579345 — 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: Gutalagen Context triple: [Old Gutnish, attestedIn, Gutalagen]
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A.
Rajpipla
Rajpipla is a town in the Narmada district of Gujarat, India, historically known as the capital of the former princely state of Rajpipla.
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B.
Agrihan
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C.
Jagaban
Jagaban is the popular political nickname of Nigerian politician and current president Bola Ahmed Tinubu, often used to signify his influential “godfather” status in Nigerian politics.
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D.
Swayam
Swayam is an Indian government-backed online learning platform that provides free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from schools, colleges, and universities across the country.
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E.
Sardeshmukhi
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- 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: Gutalagen Target entity description: Gutalagen is a medieval legal code from the island of Gotland, written in Old Gutnish and detailing the laws and customs of its inhabitants.
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A.
Rajpipla
Rajpipla is a town in the Narmada district of Gujarat, India, historically known as the capital of the former princely state of Rajpipla.
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B.
Agrihan
Agrihan is a remote volcanic island in the Northern Mariana Islands known for its large stratovolcano and rugged, sparsely populated landscape.
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C.
Jagaban
Jagaban is the popular political nickname of Nigerian politician and current president Bola Ahmed Tinubu, often used to signify his influential “godfather” status in Nigerian politics.
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D.
Swayam
Swayam is an Indian government-backed online learning platform that provides free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from schools, colleges, and universities across the country.
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E.
Sardeshmukhi
Sardeshmukhi was a tax levied by the Maratha Empire, typically an additional surcharge claimed by Maratha rulers over and above regular land revenue in territories under their influence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gotlandic provincial law
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law code ⓘ medieval legal code ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory | Gotland ⓘ |
| country | Sweden ⓘ |
| culture | Gutnish culture ⓘ |
| describes |
penalties for legal offences
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procedures for dispute settlement ⓘ regulation of trade and shipping ⓘ relations between Gotlanders and foreign merchants ⓘ rights and duties of free farmers ⓘ role of the thing assembly ⓘ social structure of medieval Gotland ⓘ |
| follows | Germanic customary law ⓘ |
| genre | law code ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Gutland law ⓘ |
| hasForm | manuscript text ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Old Gutnish
ⓘ
Old Norse language group ⓘ
linked to:
North Germanic languages
|
| hasPart |
provisions on church and clergy
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provisions on fines and compensation ⓘ provisions on homicide ⓘ provisions on inheritance ⓘ provisions on land ownership ⓘ provisions on marriage and family ⓘ provisions on oaths and witnesses ⓘ provisions on theft ⓘ provisions on thing assemblies ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
important source for medieval Scandinavian legal history
ⓘ
important source for the history of Gotland ⓘ important source for the study of Old Gutnish ⓘ |
| legalStatus | historical legal code ⓘ |
| legalSystem | medieval Scandinavian law ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
criminal law
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customary law ⓘ inheritance law ⓘ laws and customs of Gotland ⓘ marriage law ⓘ procedural law ⓘ property law ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | island of Gotland ⓘ |
| partOf | Swedish provincial laws ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Gutasaga
ⓘ
Gutnish people ⓘ
linked to:
Gutnish
Swedish medieval provincial laws ⓘ |
| writtenInScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gutalagen Description of subject: Gutalagen is a medieval legal code from the island of Gotland, written in Old Gutnish and detailing the laws and customs of its inhabitants.
Referenced by (7)
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