Great Goblin
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The Great Goblin is a powerful goblin chieftain in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium who rules over a large goblin tribe beneath the Misty Mountains.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Goblin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11047508 — 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: Great Goblin Context triple: [Misty Mountains, homeOf, Great Goblin]
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A.
Goblin
Goblin is the dark, experimental debut studio album by American rapper and producer Tyler, the Creator, known for its abrasive production and confessional, controversial lyrics.
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B.
Grohg
Grohg is an early ballet score by American composer Aaron Copland that explores macabre, expressionist themes and later provided material for his Dance Symphony.
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C.
Oger
Oger is a renowned Champagne-producing village in France’s Côte des Blancs, celebrated for its high-quality Chardonnay vineyards and prestigious Grand Cru status.
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D.
Throsk
Throsk is a small village in central Scotland situated on the River Forth within the Stirling council area.
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E.
Gob
Gob is a bumbling, self-absorbed amateur magician and eldest Bluth son from the television series "Arrested Development."
- 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: Great Goblin Target entity description: The Great Goblin is a powerful goblin chieftain in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium who rules over a large goblin tribe beneath the Misty Mountains.
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A.
Goblin
Goblin is the dark, experimental debut studio album by American rapper and producer Tyler, the Creator, known for its abrasive production and confessional, controversial lyrics.
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B.
Grohg
Grohg is an early ballet score by American composer Aaron Copland that explores macabre, expressionist themes and later provided material for his Dance Symphony.
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C.
Oger
Oger is a renowned Champagne-producing village in France’s Côte des Blancs, celebrated for its high-quality Chardonnay vineyards and prestigious Grand Cru status.
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D.
Throsk
Throsk is a small village in central Scotland situated on the River Forth within the Stirling council area.
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E.
Gob
Gob is a bumbling, self-absorbed amateur magician and eldest Bluth son from the television series "Arrested Development."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle-earth character
ⓘ
chieftain ⓘ fictional character ⓘ goblin ⓘ |
| alignment | evil ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Hobbit ⓘ |
| appearsInAdaptation | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | goblin chieftain archetype ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Goblin-town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Bilbo Baggins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gandalf NERFINISHED ⓘ Thorin Oakenshield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Hobbit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| killedBy | Gandalf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Westron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | fantasy ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Misty Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| memberOf | goblins of the Misty Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | leading goblins that captured Thorin and Company ⓘ |
| occupation | goblin chieftain ⓘ |
| partOf | legendarium of Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Barry Humphries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| position | ruler of goblins of the Misty Mountains ⓘ |
| residence | Goblin-town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rulesFrom | Goblin-town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rulesOver | goblins of the Misty Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| species | goblin ⓘ |
| title | Great Goblin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| universe | Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Great Goblin Description of subject: The Great Goblin is a powerful goblin chieftain in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium who rules over a large goblin tribe beneath the Misty Mountains.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.