The Nine
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The Nine are the Ringwraiths of Sauron in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, once mortal kings corrupted by Rings of Power into terrifying, undead servants of darkness.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Nine canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11049030 — 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 Nine Context triple: [Nazgûl, alsoKnownAs, The Nine]
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A.
The Nine
The Nine is an American television drama series that follows nine survivors of a botched bank robbery and explores how the traumatic event intertwines and transforms their lives.
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B.
The Seven
The Seven is a legendary group of immortal beings often depicted as powerful, enigmatic figures central to various mythic or fictional narratives.
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C.
The Eight
The Eight was a group of early 20th-century American painters who rebelled against academic art standards and helped pave the way for the Ashcan School and modern American art.
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D.
The Twelve
The Twelve is a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible, often treated as a single unified work within the Minor Prophets.
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E.
The Nines
The Nines is a 2007 metafictional psychological thriller film that intertwines three overlapping stories to explore identity, reality, and the nature of creation.
- 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 Nine Target entity description: The Nine are the Ringwraiths of Sauron in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, once mortal kings corrupted by Rings of Power into terrifying, undead servants of darkness.
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A.
The Nine
The Nine is an American television drama series that follows nine survivors of a botched bank robbery and explores how the traumatic event intertwines and transforms their lives.
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B.
The Seven
The Seven is a legendary group of immortal beings often depicted as powerful, enigmatic figures central to various mythic or fictional narratives.
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C.
The Eight
The Eight was a group of early 20th-century American painters who rebelled against academic art standards and helped pave the way for the Ashcan School and modern American art.
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D.
The Twelve
The Twelve is a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible, often treated as a single unified work within the Minor Prophets.
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E.
The Nines
The Nines is a 2007 metafictional psychological thriller film that intertwines three overlapping stories to explore identity, reality, and the nature of creation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazgûl
ⓘ
Ringwraiths ⓘ fictional group ⓘ servants of Sauron ⓘ |
| affiliation | Mordor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allegiance | Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Black Riders
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nazgûl NERFINISHED ⓘ Nine Riders ⓘ Nine Servants of the Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ Ringwraiths NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Fellowship of the Ring
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ The Return of the King NERFINISHED ⓘ The Silmarillion (appendices and references) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Two Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ Unfinished Tales ⓘ |
| baseOfOperations |
Dol Guldur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minas Morgul NERFINISHED ⓘ Mordor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandedBy | Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| corruptedBy | Rings of Power NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| era |
Second Age
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Third Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fate | destroyed when the One Ring was destroyed ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Middle-earth ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Fellowship of the Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerRace | Men ⓘ |
| givenBy | Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leaderTitle | Lord of the Nazgûl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ledBy | Witch-king of Angmar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| loyalty | the One Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mount |
black horses
ⓘ
fell beasts ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Khamûl
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Witch-king of Angmar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | 9 ⓘ |
| origin | mortal kings of Men ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Westron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| race | wraiths ⓘ |
| task |
to find the One Ring
ⓘ
to hunt the Ring-bearer ⓘ |
| transformedInto | undead servants ⓘ |
| weakness |
Elvish power
ⓘ
fire ⓘ loss of the One Ring ⓘ |
| weapon |
morgul-blades
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
swords ⓘ |
| wielded | Rings of Power for Men ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (2)
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