the Blacks
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The Blacks were the faction loyal to Rhaenyra Targaryen during the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons in George R.R. Martin’s fictional history of Westeros.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| the Blacks canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3894587 — 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: the Blacks Context triple: [Princess Rhaenys Targaryen, allegianceDuringDance, the Blacks]
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A.
Blackness
Blackness is a small coastal village in West Lothian, Scotland, situated on the south shore of the Firth of Forth.
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B.
Black
Black is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across diverse fields.
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C.
Black
"Black" is a widely acclaimed, emotionally intense rock ballad by Pearl Jam, known for its raw vocals and themes of love and loss.
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D.
Black
Black is a nominative report series of early United States Supreme Court decisions compiled and published under the name of the court reporter Black.
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E.
Black Americans
Black Americans are a racial and ethnic group in the United States descended largely from enslaved Africans, with a distinct cultural, historical, and political legacy that has profoundly shaped American society.
- 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: the Blacks Target entity description: The Blacks were the faction loyal to Rhaenyra Targaryen during the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons in George R.R. Martin’s fictional history of Westeros.
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A.
Blackness
Blackness is a small coastal village in West Lothian, Scotland, situated on the south shore of the Firth of Forth.
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B.
Black
Black is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across diverse fields.
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C.
Black
"Black" is a widely acclaimed, emotionally intense rock ballad by Pearl Jam, known for its raw vocals and themes of love and loss.
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D.
Black
Black is a nominative report series of early United States Supreme Court decisions compiled and published under the name of the court reporter Black.
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E.
Black Americans
Black Americans are a racial and ethnic group in the United States descended largely from enslaved Africans, with a distinct cultural, historical, and political legacy that has profoundly shaped American society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional organization
ⓘ
loyalist faction ⓘ military alliance ⓘ political faction ⓘ |
| appearsInFranchise |
A Song of Ice and Fire
ⓘ
Game of Thrones franchise ⓘ |
| appearsInTVSeries | House of the Dragon ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Fire & Blood ⓘ |
| associatedWithSigil | three-headed red dragon of House Targaryen ⓘ |
| basedAt |
Dragonstone
ⓘ
King's Landing ⓘ
surface form:
Kings Landing (during parts of the war)
|
| claimsLegalBasis |
Rhaenyra’s status as named heir
ⓘ
Viserys I Targaryen’s declared succession ⓘ |
| colorSymbol |
black
ⓘ
red ⓘ |
| conflictType | succession dispute ⓘ |
| hasKeyLeader |
Corlys Velaryon
ⓘ
Daemon Targaryen ⓘ Rhaenyra Targaryen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKeySupporter |
City Watch of King’s Landing
ⓘ
surface form:
City Watch of Kings Landing (partially, at times)
House Arryn ⓘ House Baratheon (initially divided) NERFINISHED ⓘ House Stark ⓘ House Tully ⓘ House Velaryon ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodInFiction | Targaryen civil war ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Rhaenyra Targaryen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableDragonridersOnSide |
Baela Targaryen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Daemon Targaryen ⓘ Jacaerys Velaryon ⓘ Lucerys Velaryon ⓘ Rhaena Targaryen NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhaenyra Targaryen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatesInFictionalLocation |
Westeros (fictional continent)
ⓘ
surface form:
Westeros
|
| opposedBy |
Aegon II Targaryen
ⓘ
Alicent Hightower ⓘ House Baratheon ⓘ
surface form:
House Baratheon (Green-aligned branch)
House Hightower NERFINISHED ⓘ House Lannister ⓘ Ser Otto Hightower ⓘ
surface form:
Otto Hightower
|
| opposedTo |
Greens
ⓘ
surface form:
the Greens
|
| participatedIn |
The Dance of the Dragons
ⓘ
surface form:
Dance of the Dragons
|
| primaryGoal | place Rhaenyra Targaryen on the Iron Throne ⓘ |
| resultOfConflictForFaction | eventual victory in succession through Rhaenyra’s son Aegon III ⓘ |
| secondaryGoal | preserve Targaryen line through Rhaenyra’s descendants ⓘ |
| sideInConflict |
The Dance of the Dragons
ⓘ
surface form:
Dance of the Dragons
|
| supportsClaimToThroneOf | Rhaenyra Targaryen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesMilitaryAssetType |
armies
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dragons ⓘ fleets ⓘ |
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: the Blacks Description of subject: The Blacks were the faction loyal to Rhaenyra Targaryen during the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons in George R.R. Martin’s fictional history of Westeros.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.