Meriadoc Brandybuck
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Meriadoc Brandybuck is a brave and resourceful hobbit of the Shire, a close companion of Frodo Baggins and a key member of the Fellowship in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meriadoc Brandybuck canonical | 33 |
| Merry Brandybuck | 3 |
| Rorimac Brandybuck | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9777123 — 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: Meriadoc Brandybuck Context triple: [Pippin Took, cousin, Meriadoc Brandybuck]
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A.
Peregrin Took
Peregrin Took is a young, impulsive hobbit of the Shire who becomes one of the nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s "The Lord of the Rings."
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B.
Samwise Gamgee
Samwise Gamgee is a loyal and humble hobbit of the Shire who becomes Frodo Baggins’ steadfast companion and moral anchor on the quest to destroy the One Ring.
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C.
Frodo
Frodo is a well-known male chimpanzee from Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania, recognized for his aggressive behavior and prominence in Jane Goodall’s long-term chimpanzee studies.
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D.
Frodo Baggins
Frodo Baggins is a hobbit of the Shire who becomes the Ring-bearer tasked with destroying the One Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
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E.
Glóin
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.
- 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: Meriadoc Brandybuck Target entity description: Meriadoc Brandybuck is a brave and resourceful hobbit of the Shire, a close companion of Frodo Baggins and a key member of the Fellowship in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.
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A.
Peregrin Took
Peregrin Took is a young, impulsive hobbit of the Shire who becomes one of the nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s "The Lord of the Rings."
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B.
Samwise Gamgee
Samwise Gamgee is a loyal and humble hobbit of the Shire who becomes Frodo Baggins’ steadfast companion and moral anchor on the quest to destroy the One Ring.
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C.
Frodo
Frodo is a well-known male chimpanzee from Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania, recognized for his aggressive behavior and prominence in Jane Goodall’s long-term chimpanzee studies.
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D.
Frodo Baggins
Frodo Baggins is a hobbit of the Shire who becomes the Ring-bearer tasked with destroying the One Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
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E.
Glóin
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fictional character
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Hobbit ⓘ Member of the Fellowship of the Ring ⓘ |
| allyOf | Éowyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Merry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Fellowship of the Ring
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ The Return of the King NERFINISHED ⓘ The Two Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Buckland
NERFINISHED
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The Shire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | TA 2982 ⓘ |
| closeCompanion | Frodo Baggins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closeFriend |
Aragorn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peregrin Took NERFINISHED ⓘ Samwise Gamgee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| culture |
Brandybuck family
NERFINISHED
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Shire culture ⓘ |
| eyeColor | Grey ⓘ |
| fandomFranchise | Middle-earth legendarium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Saradoc Brandybuck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Meriadoc Brandybuck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | Male ⓘ |
| hairColor | Brown ⓘ |
| home |
Brandy Hall
NERFINISHED
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Buckland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Bravery
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Loyalty to friends ⓘ Resourcefulness ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Rohirric
NERFINISHED
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Westron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterResidence |
Gondor
NERFINISHED
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Rohan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
The Company of the Ring
NERFINISHED
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The Fellowship of the Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Esmeralda Took NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Shire-hobbit ⓘ |
| notableAction | Wounded the Witch-king of Angmar at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Bywater
NERFINISHED
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Battle of the Pelennor Fields NERFINISHED ⓘ War of the Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| race | Hobbit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
Frodo Baggins
NERFINISHED
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Peregrin Took NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| species | Hobbit ⓘ |
| title | Master of Buckland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| weapon |
Barrow-blade
NERFINISHED
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Westernesse dagger ⓘ |
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: Meriadoc Brandybuck Description of subject: Meriadoc Brandybuck is a brave and resourceful hobbit of the Shire, a close companion of Frodo Baggins and a key member of the Fellowship in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.
Referenced by (37)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Merry Brandybuck
subject surface form:
King Théoden (film character)
subject surface form:
King Théoden (film character)
this entity surface form:
Rorimac Brandybuck
this entity surface form:
Merry Brandybuck