Stoor
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Stoor is one of the three breeds of Hobbits in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, known for their stockier build and affinity for rivers and boats.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11049230 — 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: Stoor Context triple: [Déagol, ethnicity, Stoor]
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Stod
Stod is a small town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic that serves as a local administrative and service center for surrounding municipalities.
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Stange
Stange is a rural municipality in Innlandet county, Norway, known for its agricultural landscape and proximity to the town of Hamar.
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Stäket
Stäket is a locality in the northern Stockholm region of Sweden, situated within Järfälla Municipality and known for its residential areas and proximity to Lake Mälaren.
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Styer
Styer is a party to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Yamashita v. Styer, which addressed the legal responsibility of military commanders for war crimes committed by their subordinates.
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E.
Stanna
"Stanna" is a musical number from the Swedish musical "Kristina från Duvemåla," known for its emotional depth and reflection on longing and belonging.
- 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: Stoor Target entity description: Stoor is one of the three breeds of Hobbits in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, known for their stockier build and affinity for rivers and boats.
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A.
Stod
Stod is a small town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic that serves as a local administrative and service center for surrounding municipalities.
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B.
Stange
Stange is a rural municipality in Innlandet county, Norway, known for its agricultural landscape and proximity to the town of Hamar.
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C.
Stäket
Stäket is a locality in the northern Stockholm region of Sweden, situated within Järfälla Municipality and known for its residential areas and proximity to Lake Mälaren.
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D.
Styer
Styer is a party to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Yamashita v. Styer, which addressed the legal responsibility of military commanders for war crimes committed by their subordinates.
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E.
Stanna
"Stanna" is a musical number from the Swedish musical "Kristina från Duvemåla," known for its emotional depth and reflection on longing and belonging.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hobbit breed
ⓘ
fictional ethnicity ⓘ |
| appearsInUniverse | Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
The Hobbit
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lord of the Rings Appendices NERFINISHED ⓘ Unfinished Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToRace | Hobbits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
more rustic Harfoots
ⓘ
taller, fairer Fallohides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
Appendix F of The Lord of the Rings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The History of Middle-earth (posthumous compilations) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalLocationContext | Middle-earth legendarium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
broader and heavier than Harfoots and Fallohides
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fond of rivers and boats ⓘ more inclined to settle near water ⓘ often had larger hands and feet ⓘ somewhat less nimble than other Hobbits ⓘ stockier build than other Hobbits ⓘ tended to be less shy of Men ⓘ |
| hasCulturalTrait |
fisher-folk traditions
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preference for flat river-lands ⓘ use of boats and fishing ⓘ |
| inspiredCharacter | Gollum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOneOf |
Harfoots, Fallohides, Stoors
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
three breeds of Hobbits ⓘ |
| languageVariantOf | Westron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| migratedTo |
Dunland region
ⓘ
Eriador NERFINISHED ⓘ The Shire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Déagol
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gollum NERFINISHED ⓘ Sméagol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originallyLivedIn | vales of the Anduin GENERATED ⓘ |
| partOf | Hobbits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedGroup |
Fallohide
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harfoot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settledIn |
Buckland (The Shire)
NERFINISHED
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Marish (The Shire) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settledNear |
River Anduin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
River Brandywine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Hobbits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Second Age
NERFINISHED
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Third Age 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: Stoor Description of subject: Stoor is one of the three breeds of Hobbits in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, known for their stockier build and affinity for rivers and boats.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.