Yggdrasil
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Yggdrasil is the immense, sacred world tree in Norse mythology that connects and sustains the nine realms of existence.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yggdrasil canonical | 15 |
| world tree Yggdrasil | 5 |
| World Tree | 2 |
| roots of Yggdrasil | 2 |
| world tree Yggdrasill | 2 |
| Yggdrasil (world tree) | 1 |
| world tree | 1 |
| world-tree Yggdrasil | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T579468 — 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: Yggdrasil Context triple: [Norse mythology, featuresPlace, Yggdrasil]
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A.
Etz Chaim
Etz Chaim is a foundational Kabbalistic work, primarily associated with Rabbi Isaac Luria’s mystical teachings as compiled by his disciple Rabbi Chaim Vital.
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B.
Heden
Heden is a central district in Gothenburg, Sweden, known for its sports facilities, event venues, and open recreational spaces.
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C.
Valee
Valee is an American rapper known for his laid-back flow, minimalist beats, and work with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music label.
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D.
Heiden
Heiden is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, known as the place where Red Cross founder Henry Dunant spent his final years and died.
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E.
Ornytion
Ornytion is a minor figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as a son of the Corinthian king Sisyphus and father of Merope.
- 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: Yggdrasil Target entity description: Yggdrasil is the immense, sacred world tree in Norse mythology that connects and sustains the nine realms of existence.
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A.
Etz Chaim
Etz Chaim is a foundational Kabbalistic work, primarily associated with Rabbi Isaac Luria’s mystical teachings as compiled by his disciple Rabbi Chaim Vital.
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B.
Heden
Heden is a central district in Gothenburg, Sweden, known for its sports facilities, event venues, and open recreational spaces.
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C.
Valee
Valee is an American rapper known for his laid-back flow, minimalist beats, and work with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music label.
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D.
Heiden
Heiden is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, known as the place where Red Cross founder Henry Dunant spent his final years and died.
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E.
Ornytion
Ornytion is a minor figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as a son of the Corinthian king Sisyphus and father of Merope.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cosmic tree
ⓘ
mythological tree ⓘ sacred object in Norse mythology ⓘ |
| afterRagnarök | shelters human survivors ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Heimdallr
ⓘ
linked to:
Heimdall
Loki ⓘ Norns ⓘ Odin ⓘ Thor ⓘ |
| attackedBy |
Níðhöggr
ⓘ
eagles ⓘ squirrels ⓘ |
| culture | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| describedAs | immense world tree ⓘ |
| etymologyProposed | Odin’s steed ⓘ |
| function |
connects the nine realms
ⓘ
sustains the nine realms ⓘ |
| guardedBy | Norns ⓘ |
| hasAnimal |
Níðhöggr
ⓘ
Ratatoskr ⓘ four stags ⓘ unnamed eagle ⓘ |
| hasRealm |
Hel
ⓘ
Jötunheimr ⓘ
linked to:
Jotunheim
Miðgarðr ⓘ Múspellsheimr ⓘ
linked to:
Muspelheim
Niflheimr ⓘ
linked to:
Niflheim
Svartálfaheimr ⓘ
linked to:
Svartalfheim
Vanaheimr ⓘ
linked to:
Vanaheim
Álfheimr ⓘ
linked to:
Alfheim
Ásgarðr ⓘ
linked to:
Asgard
|
| hasRootIn |
Jötunheimr
ⓘ
linked to:
Jotunheim
Niflheimr ⓘ
linked to:
Niflheim
Ásgarðr ⓘ
linked to:
Asgard
|
| hasWellAtRoot |
Hvergelmir
ⓘ
Mímisbrunnr ⓘ
linked to:
Mímir's well
Urðarbrunnr ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Old Norse ⓘ |
| lowerLocation | underworld ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Poetic Edda
ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ |
| middleLocation | Miðgarðr ⓘ |
| primarySourceAuthor | Snorri Sturluson ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Germanic paganism ⓘ |
| roleInEschatology | present at Ragnarök ⓘ |
| symbolism |
axis mundi
ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ interconnection of worlds ⓘ |
| topLocation | heavens ⓘ |
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: Yggdrasil Description of subject: Yggdrasil is the immense, sacred world tree in Norse mythology that connects and sustains the nine realms of existence.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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spring Hvergelmir
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spring Hvergelmir
linked to: Yggdrasil
subject linked to:
spring Hvergelmir
linked to: Yggdrasil
linked to: Yggdrasil
linked to: Yggdrasil
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linked to: Yggdrasil