Brandon Stark
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Brandon Stark is the hot-headed elder brother of Eddard Stark whose attempted rescue of Lyanna Stark helped trigger the events leading to Robert’s Rebellion in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brandon Stark canonical | 9 |
| Brandon Stark (father of Eddard Stark) | 2 |
| Brandon Stark (elder brother of Eddard) | 1 |
| Brandon Stark of Winterfell | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10844658 — 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: Brandon Stark Context triple: [Eddard Stark, sibling, Brandon Stark]
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A.
Bran Stark
Bran Stark is a central character in the Game of Thrones saga, a young Stark noble who becomes the mystical Three-Eyed Raven with the power to see into the past, present, and future.
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B.
Robb Stark
Robb Stark is the eldest son of Eddard Stark and a key Northern lord who rises to prominence as a military leader in the early seasons of Game of Thrones.
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Eddard Stark
Eddard Stark is the honorable and stoic Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North in the fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire" and its television adaptation "Game of Thrones."
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D.
Jon Snow
Jon Snow is a central character in the "Game of Thrones" series, a member of the Night's Watch who rises to leadership and plays a crucial role in the struggle for the fate of Westeros.
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E.
Benjen Stark
Benjen Stark is a member of House Stark and a First Ranger of the Night's Watch in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series.
- 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: Brandon Stark Target entity description: Brandon Stark is the hot-headed elder brother of Eddard Stark whose attempted rescue of Lyanna Stark helped trigger the events leading to Robert’s Rebellion in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire.
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A.
Bran Stark
Bran Stark is a central character in the Game of Thrones saga, a young Stark noble who becomes the mystical Three-Eyed Raven with the power to see into the past, present, and future.
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B.
Robb Stark
Robb Stark is the eldest son of Eddard Stark and a key Northern lord who rises to prominence as a military leader in the early seasons of Game of Thrones.
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C.
Eddard Stark
Eddard Stark is the honorable and stoic Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North in the fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire" and its television adaptation "Game of Thrones."
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D.
Jon Snow
Jon Snow is a central character in the "Game of Thrones" series, a member of the Night's Watch who rises to leadership and plays a crucial role in the struggle for the fate of Westeros.
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E.
Benjen Stark
Benjen Stark is a member of House Stark and a First Ranger of the Night's Watch in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ |
| alias |
Brandon Stark of Winterfell
ⓘ
linked to:
Brandon Stark
|
| appearsIn |
A Clash of Kings (mentioned)
ⓘ
linked to:
A Clash of Kings
A Dance with Dragons (mentioned) ⓘ
linked to:
A Dance with Dragons
A Feast for Crows (mentioned) ⓘ
linked to:
A Feast for Crows
A Game of Thrones (mentioned) ⓘ
linked to:
A Game of Thrones
A Storm of Swords (mentioned) ⓘ
linked to:
A Storm of Swords
|
| arrestedBy | Aerys II Targaryen ⓘ |
| associatedHouseByBetrothal | House Tully ⓘ |
| betrothedTo |
Catelyn Tully
ⓘ
linked to:
Catelyn Stark
|
| birthPlace | Winterfell ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | strangulation by a device during execution ⓘ |
| chronologicalStatus | deceased prior to the main events of A Game of Thrones ⓘ |
| creator | George R. R. Martin ⓘ |
| culture |
Northmen
ⓘ
linked to:
Varangians
|
| deathPlace |
King’s Landing
ⓘ
linked to:
King's Landing
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| era | reign of Aerys II Targaryen ⓘ |
| executedBy | Aerys II Targaryen ⓘ |
| familyName | Stark ⓘ |
| father | Rickard Stark ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | A Song of Ice and Fire ⓘ |
| fullName | Brandon Stark ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Brandon ⓘ |
| heirStatus | displaced by his death, making Eddard Stark heir to Winterfell ⓘ |
| house | House Stark ⓘ |
| loyalty |
House Stark
ⓘ
the North ⓘ
linked to:
The North
|
| medium | novels ⓘ |
| mother | Lyarra Stark ⓘ |
| notableAction | demanded that Rhaegar Targaryen come out and die ⓘ |
| notableEvent | rode to King’s Landing to confront Rhaegar Targaryen over Lyanna Stark ⓘ |
| notableQuality |
renowned rider
ⓘ
skilled swordsman ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
hot-headed
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impulsive ⓘ |
| politicalEffect | execution contributed to the outbreak of Robert’s Rebellion ⓘ |
| position | eldest son of Rickard Stark ⓘ |
| relationToEddardStark | elder brother ⓘ |
| relationToLyannaStark | elder brother ⓘ |
| relative | cousin to Robert Baratheon by fosterage ties through Eddard Stark and Jon Arryn’s household ⓘ |
| religion | Old Gods of the Forest ⓘ |
| sibling |
Benjen Stark
ⓘ
Eddard Stark ⓘ Lyanna Stark ⓘ |
| title | heir to Winterfell ⓘ |
| triggeredEvent | helped trigger Robert’s Rebellion through his actions at King’s Landing ⓘ |
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: Brandon Stark Description of subject: Brandon Stark is the hot-headed elder brother of Eddard Stark whose attempted rescue of Lyanna Stark helped trigger the events leading to Robert’s Rebellion in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Brandon Stark
linked to: Brandon Stark
linked to: Brandon Stark