Glóin
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Glóin is a Dwarf of Durin's Folk best known as one of the thirteen companions in Thorin Oakenshield's quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glóin canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9115629 — 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: Glóin Context triple: [Lonely Mountain, notableInhabitant, Glóin]
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A.
Baranduin
Baranduin is a major river in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth that forms the eastern boundary of the Shire and flows southward to the sea.
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B.
Húrin Thalion
Húrin Thalion is a legendary Man of the House of Hador in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, renowned for his valor in the First Age and his tragic defiance of Morgoth.
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C.
Éomer
Éomer is a valiant warrior of Rohan who becomes its king and plays a crucial role in the War of the Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
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D.
Legolas
Legolas is an Elven prince and master archer from Mirkwood who is a key member of the Fellowship of the Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
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E.
Gimli
Gimli is a stout and valiant Dwarf warrior and member of the Fellowship of the Ring in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
- 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: Glóin Target entity description: Glóin is a Dwarf of Durin's Folk best known as one of the thirteen companions in Thorin Oakenshield's quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.
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A.
Baranduin
Baranduin is a major river in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth that forms the eastern boundary of the Shire and flows southward to the sea.
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B.
Húrin Thalion
Húrin Thalion is a legendary Man of the House of Hador in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, renowned for his valor in the First Age and his tragic defiance of Morgoth.
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C.
Éomer
Éomer is a valiant warrior of Rohan who becomes its king and plays a crucial role in the War of the Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
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D.
Legolas
Legolas is an Elven prince and master archer from Mirkwood who is a key member of the Fellowship of the Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
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E.
Gimli
Gimli is a stout and valiant Dwarf warrior and member of the Fellowship of the Ring in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dwarf
ⓘ
character in The Hobbit ⓘ character in The Lord of the Rings ⓘ fictional character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Fellowship of the Ring
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Hobbit NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ The Return of the King (appendices) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beardColor | red ⓘ |
| createdBy | J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Longbeards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Gróin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hairColor | red ⓘ |
| house | House of Durin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being father of Gimli of the Fellowship of the Ring
ⓘ
being one of the thirteen companions of Thorin Oakenshield ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Khuzdul
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Westron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| loyalTo |
Dáin II Ironfoot
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thorin II Oakenshield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Durin's Folk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thorin Oakenshield's company ⓘ |
| met |
Bilbo Baggins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elrond NERFINISHED ⓘ Frodo Baggins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Dwarf of Erebor ⓘ |
| originatedIn | Middle-earth legendarium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| race | Dwarf ⓘ |
| relative |
Balin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bifur NERFINISHED ⓘ Bofur NERFINISHED ⓘ Bombur NERFINISHED ⓘ Dori NERFINISHED ⓘ Dwalin NERFINISHED ⓘ Fíli NERFINISHED ⓘ Kíli NERFINISHED ⓘ Nori NERFINISHED ⓘ Ori NERFINISHED ⓘ Thorin II Oakenshield NERFINISHED ⓘ Óin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Erebor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| son | Gimli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
Battle of Five Armies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quest of Erebor NERFINISHED ⓘ Thorin Oakenshield's quest to reclaim Erebor ⓘ |
| visited | Rivendell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| weapon | axe ⓘ |
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: Glóin Description of subject: Glóin is a Dwarf of Durin's Folk best known as one of the thirteen companions in Thorin Oakenshield's quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sack of Erebor