Klingsor
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Klingsor is the dark sorcerer and antagonist in Richard Wagner’s opera *Parsifal*, known for opposing the Grail knights with his enchanted castle and seductresses.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Klingsor canonical | 12 |
| Klingsor von Ungarn | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9622508 — 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: Klingsor Context triple: [Parsifal, character, Klingsor]
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A.
Alberich
Alberich is a figure from Germanic and Norse legend, often depicted as a powerful dwarf or elf associated with treasure and magical knowledge.
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B.
Friedrich von Telramund
Friedrich von Telramund is a key antagonist in Richard Wagner’s opera *Lohengrin*, portrayed as a nobleman whose accusations and ambitions drive much of the drama’s conflict.
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C.
Alberich Zwyssig
Alberich Zwyssig was a Swiss monk and composer best known for writing the music to the Swiss national anthem, the "Swiss Psalm."
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D.
Nimue
Nimue is a sorceress of Arthurian legend, often portrayed as the Lady of the Lake who enchants and imprisons the wizard Merlin.
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E.
Willigis
Willigis was a powerful 10th-century German churchman and statesman who rose from humble origins to become one of the most influential political and ecclesiastical figures of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 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: Klingsor Target entity description: Klingsor is the dark sorcerer and antagonist in Richard Wagner’s opera *Parsifal*, known for opposing the Grail knights with his enchanted castle and seductresses.
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A.
Alberich
Alberich is a figure from Germanic and Norse legend, often depicted as a powerful dwarf or elf associated with treasure and magical knowledge.
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B.
Friedrich von Telramund
Friedrich von Telramund is a key antagonist in Richard Wagner’s opera *Lohengrin*, portrayed as a nobleman whose accusations and ambitions drive much of the drama’s conflict.
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C.
Alberich Zwyssig
Alberich Zwyssig was a Swiss monk and composer best known for writing the music to the Swiss national anthem, the "Swiss Psalm."
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D.
Nimue
Nimue is a sorceress of Arthurian legend, often portrayed as the Lady of the Lake who enchants and imprisons the wizard Merlin.
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E.
Willigis
Willigis was a powerful 10th-century German churchman and statesman who rose from humble origins to become one of the most influential political and ecclesiastical figures of the Holy Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonist
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ opera character ⓘ sorcerer ⓘ |
| alignment | evil ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Parsifal ⓘ |
| appearsInAct | Act II of Parsifal ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Flowermaidens
ⓘ
Kundry ⓘ |
| basedOn | medieval Grail legends ⓘ |
| commands | Flowermaidens ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Parsifal’s purity ⓘ |
| controls | enchanted castle ⓘ |
| createdBy | Richard Wagner ⓘ |
| creatorRole |
composer-librettist Richard Wagner
ⓘ
linked to:
Richard Wagner
|
| enemyOf |
Amfortas
ⓘ
Gurnemanz ⓘ Parsifal ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocationOfWork |
Bayreuth Festspielhaus
ⓘ
linked to:
Festspielhaus Bayreuth
|
| firstPerformanceOfWork | 1882 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasMedium | opera ⓘ |
| hasMotive |
desire to possess sacred power
ⓘ
revenge against the Grail knights ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arthurian legend
ⓘ
Christian mysticism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriodOfWork | late Romantic ⓘ |
| nationalityOfWork | German ⓘ |
| notableAbility |
black magic
ⓘ
sorcery ⓘ |
| notableAction |
attempts to destroy the Grail knights
ⓘ
sends Kundry to seduce Parsifal ⓘ |
| notableTheme |
corruption of spirituality
ⓘ
opposition to the Grail community ⓘ temptation ⓘ |
| occupation | dark sorcerer ⓘ |
| opposes | Grail knights ⓘ |
| partOf | Wagnerian canon ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Christian legend-inspired setting ⓘ |
| residesIn |
Klingsor’s magic garden
ⓘ
enchanted castle ⓘ |
| roleInWork | main antagonist ⓘ |
| settingOfWork | mythic Montsalvat region ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
demonic temptation
ⓘ
perverted spirituality ⓘ |
| uses | seductresses ⓘ |
| workGenre | music drama ⓘ |
| workLanguage | German ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Klingsor Description of subject: Klingsor is the dark sorcerer and antagonist in Richard Wagner’s opera *Parsifal*, known for opposing the Grail knights with his enchanted castle and seductresses.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Kundry in Richard Wagner's "Parsifal"
subject linked to:
Kundry in Richard Wagner's "Parsifal"
linked to: Klingsor