Destruction of the One Ring
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The Destruction of the One Ring is the climactic event in Tolkien’s Middle-earth saga in which the Dark Lord Sauron’s power is finally undone when the Ring is destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Destruction of the One Ring canonical | 6 |
| Fall of Sauron | 1 |
| Sauron Defeated | 1 |
| The One Ring (quest) | 1 |
| the fall of Sauron | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1787811 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Destruction of the One Ring Context triple: [The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, featuresEvent, Destruction of the One Ring]
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A.
Lord of Balaguer
Lord of Balaguer is a traditional noble title in Spain historically associated with the Spanish monarchy and currently held by King Felipe VI.
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B.
Protector of the Free Peoples
Protector of the Free Peoples was the title assumed by José Gervasio Artigas as the federalist leader of the Oriental Province and surrounding regions during the early 19th-century struggles for autonomy in the Río de la Plata.
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C.
Du Ring an meinem Finger
"Du Ring an meinem Finger" is a lied from Robert Schumann’s song cycle "Frauenliebe und -leben," expressing a woman’s deep emotional response to her engagement and impending marriage.
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D.
Estelada
The Estelada is a pro-independence Catalan flag featuring a star within a triangle beside the traditional Catalan stripes, widely used as a symbol of Catalan nationalism and the movement for Catalonia’s independence.
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E.
Khattam-Shud
Khattam-Shud is the primary antagonist in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Haroun and the Sea of Stories," embodying censorship and the desire to silence stories and imagination.
- 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: Destruction of the One Ring Target entity description: The Destruction of the One Ring is the climactic event in Tolkien’s Middle-earth saga in which the Dark Lord Sauron’s power is finally undone when the Ring is destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom.
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A.
Lord of Balaguer
Lord of Balaguer is a traditional noble title in Spain historically associated with the Spanish monarchy and currently held by King Felipe VI.
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B.
Protector of the Free Peoples
Protector of the Free Peoples was the title assumed by José Gervasio Artigas as the federalist leader of the Oriental Province and surrounding regions during the early 19th-century struggles for autonomy in the Río de la Plata.
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C.
Du Ring an meinem Finger
"Du Ring an meinem Finger" is a lied from Robert Schumann’s song cycle "Frauenliebe und -leben," expressing a woman’s deep emotional response to her engagement and impending marriage.
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D.
Estelada
The Estelada is a pro-independence Catalan flag featuring a star within a triangle beside the traditional Catalan stripes, widely used as a symbol of Catalan nationalism and the movement for Catalonia’s independence.
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E.
Khattam-Shud
Khattam-Shud is the primary antagonist in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Haroun and the Sea of Stories," embodying censorship and the desire to silence stories and imagination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
climactic event
ⓘ
fictional event ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| hasCause | quest to destroy the One Ring ⓘ |
| hasContributingAgent | Samwise Gamgee ⓘ |
| hasImmediateCause | Gollum falling into the Cracks of Doom with the Ring ⓘ |
| hasKeyObject |
Cracks of Doom
ⓘ
The One Ring ⓘ
surface form:
One Ring
Sammath Naur ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Mordor
ⓘ
Mount Doom ⓘ Mount Doom ⓘ
surface form:
Orodruin
|
| hasMedium | literature ⓘ |
| hasMethod | immersion of the One Ring in the fire of Mount Doom ⓘ |
| hasOpposingAgent |
Nazgûl
ⓘ
Orcs of Isengard ⓘ
surface form:
Orcs of Mordor
Sauron ⓘ |
| hasPrecondition |
Frodo Baggins reaching Sammath Naur
ⓘ
Isildur failing to destroy the Ring in the Second Age ⓘ The Council of Elrond deciding to destroy the Ring ⓘ The Fellowship of the Ring being formed ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryAgent |
Frodo Baggins
ⓘ
Gollum ⓘ |
| hasResult |
beginning of the Fourth Age
ⓘ
collapse of Barad-dûr ⓘ destruction of the Nazgûl ⓘ dispersal of Sauron’s remaining power ⓘ end of the Third Age ⓘ end of the physical form of Sauron ⓘ fading of the power of the Rings of Power ⓘ final defeat of Sauron ⓘ liberation of Middle-earth from Sauron’s dominion ⓘ unmaking of the One Ring ⓘ weakening of the Three Elven Rings ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
corrupting nature of absolute power
ⓘ
limits of individual willpower ⓘ pity and mercy toward Gollum ⓘ self-sacrifice ⓘ triumph of providence over will ⓘ |
| hasTime |
25 March, according to the Shire Reckoning
ⓘ
end of the Third Age ⓘ |
| hasWorld | Middle-earth ⓘ |
| isClimaxOf |
Frodo’s quest
ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
surface form:
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
|
| isDepictedIn |
The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)
ⓘ
surface form:
The Lord of the Rings (1978 animated film)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ⓘ
surface form:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003 film)
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| isTurningPointFor |
The History of Middle-earth
ⓘ
surface form:
history of Middle-earth
|
| occursInChapter | Mount Doom ⓘ |
| occursInVolume |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
ⓘ
surface form:
The Return of the King
|
| occursInWork | The Lord of the Rings ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Lord of the Rings narrative
ⓘ
War of the Ring ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Destruction of the One Ring Description of subject: The Destruction of the One Ring is the climactic event in Tolkien’s Middle-earth saga in which the Dark Lord Sauron’s power is finally undone when the Ring is destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The One Ring (quest)
this entity surface form:
Fall of Sauron
this entity surface form:
Sauron Defeated
subject surface form:
The Red Book of Westmarch
this entity surface form:
the fall of Sauron