Shelob
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Shelob is a monstrous, ancient giant spider-like creature from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium who dwells in the tunnels of Cirith Ungol and preys on all who pass.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shelob canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2369519 — 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: Shelob Context triple: [Gollum, alliesWith, Shelob]
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A.
Tarasque
The Tarasque is a legendary dragon-like monster from Provençal folklore, famously tamed by Saint Martha and associated with the town of Tarascon in southern France.
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B.
Shuma-Gorath
Shuma-Gorath is an ancient, godlike, tentacled demon from Marvel Comics known for its immense mystical power and frequent clashes with Doctor Strange.
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C.
Humbaba
Humbaba is the monstrous guardian of the Cedar Forest in the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, known for his terrifying power and eventual defeat by Gilgamesh and Enkidu.
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D.
Gollum
Gollum is a tormented, ring-obsessed creature in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth whose split personality and tragic fall from hobbit-like origins make him one of the most memorable figures in The Lord of the Rings.
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E.
Scorponok
Scorponok is a scorpion-like Decepticon from the Transformers franchise, known for his burrowing attacks and appearances across various series and films.
- 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: Shelob Target entity description: Shelob is a monstrous, ancient giant spider-like creature from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium who dwells in the tunnels of Cirith Ungol and preys on all who pass.
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A.
Tarasque
The Tarasque is a legendary dragon-like monster from Provençal folklore, famously tamed by Saint Martha and associated with the town of Tarascon in southern France.
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B.
Shuma-Gorath
Shuma-Gorath is an ancient, godlike, tentacled demon from Marvel Comics known for its immense mystical power and frequent clashes with Doctor Strange.
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C.
Humbaba
Humbaba is the monstrous guardian of the Cedar Forest in the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, known for his terrifying power and eventual defeat by Gilgamesh and Enkidu.
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D.
Gollum
Gollum is a tormented, ring-obsessed creature in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth whose split personality and tragic fall from hobbit-like origins make him one of the most memorable figures in The Lord of the Rings.
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E.
Scorponok
Scorponok is a scorpion-like Decepticon from the Transformers franchise, known for his burrowing attacks and appearances across various series and films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fictional character
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Legendary creature ⓘ Maiar-corrupted creature ⓘ Spider-like monster ⓘ |
| ability |
Great physical strength
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Near-impervious hide ⓘ Stealth ⓘ Venomous sting ⓘ Web-spinning ⓘ |
| age | Ancient ⓘ |
| alignment | Evil ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Lord of the Rings
ⓘ
The Return of the King ⓘ The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ⓘ
surface form:
The Two Towers
|
| associatedWith |
Gollum
ⓘ
Sauron ⓘ |
| creator | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| dwellsIn |
Cirith Ungol
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Ephel Dúath ⓘ Torech Ungol ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Frodo Baggins
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Gollum ⓘ Samwise Gamgee ⓘ |
| feedsOn |
Any living creature
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Elves ⓘ Men ⓘ Orcs ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
ⓘ
surface form:
The Two Towers
|
| gender | Female ⓘ |
| habitatType | Dark tunnels ⓘ |
| inspirationFor | Shelob (film adaptations) ⓘ |
| language | None ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
Insatiable hunger
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Malicious intelligence ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Is driven off by Samwise Gamgee
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Stings Frodo Baggins and leaves him paralyzed ⓘ |
| parent | Ungoliant ⓘ |
| plotInvolvement | Attacks Frodo Baggins in the pass of Cirith Ungol ⓘ |
| portrayedInFilmBy | Computer-generated imagery ⓘ |
| region | Mordor ⓘ |
| species | Great Spider ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Third Age of Middle-earth ⓘ |
| title |
Her Ladyship
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Cirith Ungol ⓘ
surface form:
The Great Spider of Cirith Ungol
|
| universe | Middle-earth ⓘ |
| weaponUsedAgainst |
Phial of Galadriel
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Sting ⓘ |
| workOfFiction |
legendarium of Middle-earth
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surface form:
The Lord of the Rings legendarium
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| woundedBy | Samwise Gamgee ⓘ |
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: Shelob Description of subject: Shelob is a monstrous, ancient giant spider-like creature from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium who dwells in the tunnels of Cirith Ungol and preys on all who pass.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.