Isildur’s Bane
E901191
cursed object
fictional magical artifact
legendary artifact
malevolent artifact
object in Middle-earth
object in The Lord of the Rings
Isildur’s Bane is the legendary malevolent artifact in Tolkien’s Middle-earth whose corrupting power drives much of the conflict in The Lord of the Rings.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Isildur's Bane | 1 |
| Isildur’s Bane canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11048152 — 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: Isildur’s Bane Context triple: [The One Ring, otherName, Isildur’s Bane]
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A.
Durin's Bane
Durin's Bane is the fearsome Balrog that haunted the Mines of Moria in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, ultimately confronting Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings.
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B.
Lord of Balaguer
Lord of Balaguer is a traditional noble title in Spain historically associated with the Spanish monarchy and currently held by King Felipe VI.
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C.
The Palantíri
The Palantíri are the legendary seeing-stones of Middle-earth, crafted by the Elves and used by great rulers to communicate over vast distances and perceive events far away.
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D.
Throne of Gondor
The Throne of Gondor is the royal seat and symbol of kingship over the realm of Gondor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
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E.
Black Gate of Mordor
The Black Gate of Mordor is the heavily fortified main entrance to Sauron’s realm in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, guarding the only direct passage into the land of Mordor.
- 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: Isildur’s Bane Target entity description: Isildur’s Bane is the legendary malevolent artifact in Tolkien’s Middle-earth whose corrupting power drives much of the conflict in The Lord of the Rings.
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A.
Durin's Bane
Durin's Bane is the fearsome Balrog that haunted the Mines of Moria in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, ultimately confronting Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings.
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B.
Lord of Balaguer
Lord of Balaguer is a traditional noble title in Spain historically associated with the Spanish monarchy and currently held by King Felipe VI.
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C.
The Palantíri
The Palantíri are the legendary seeing-stones of Middle-earth, crafted by the Elves and used by great rulers to communicate over vast distances and perceive events far away.
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D.
Throne of Gondor
The Throne of Gondor is the royal seat and symbol of kingship over the realm of Gondor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
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E.
Black Gate of Mordor
The Black Gate of Mordor is the heavily fortified main entrance to Sauron’s realm in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, guarding the only direct passage into the land of Mordor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cursed object
ⓘ
fictional magical artifact ⓘ legendary artifact ⓘ malevolent artifact ⓘ object in Middle-earth ⓘ object in The Lord of the Rings ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
the Great Ring of Power
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
the Master-ring NERFINISHED ⓘ the One Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ the Ring of Power NERFINISHED ⓘ the Ruling Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Fellowship of the Ring
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Hobbit ⓘ The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ The Return of the King NERFINISHED ⓘ The Silmarillion ⓘ The Two Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ Unfinished Tales ⓘ |
| carriedBy |
Frodo Baggins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Samwise Gamgee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Fictional rings
ⓘ
Magical items in literature ⓘ Tolkien legendarium objects ⓘ |
| centralTo | the plot of The Lord of the Rings ⓘ |
| containsPartOf | Sauron’s power ⓘ |
| controls | the other Rings of Power NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| corrupts |
Boromir
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gollum NERFINISHED ⓘ its bearers ⓘ |
| createdBy | Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | the unmaking of the Ring in Mount Doom ⓘ |
| destroyedIn | Mount Doom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extends | the life of its bearer ⓘ |
| firstOwnedBy | Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| forgedIn | Mount Doom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundBy | Bilbo Baggins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grants | invisibility to its mortal bearer ⓘ |
| hasCreator | J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inheritedBy | Frodo Baggins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inscribedWith | Black Speech inscription NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterFoundBy | Déagol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalUniverse | Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | gold ring ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Isildur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Gollum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleForDeathOf | Isildur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soughtBy |
Saruman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ the Nazgûl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stolenBy | Sméagol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
absolute power
ⓘ
addiction ⓘ corruption ⓘ |
| takenBy | Isildur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| takenFrom | Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tempts |
Boromir
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frodo Baggins NERFINISHED ⓘ Galadriel NERFINISHED ⓘ Gandalf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visibleInscriptionWhen | heated ⓘ |
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: Isildur’s Bane Description of subject: Isildur’s Bane is the legendary malevolent artifact in Tolkien’s Middle-earth whose corrupting power drives much of the conflict in The Lord of the Rings.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Isildur's Bane