Torech Ungol
E901256
Torech Ungol is the dark, web-filled lair in Mordor where the monstrous spider Shelob lurks in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Torech Ungol canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11049279 — 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: Torech Ungol Context triple: [Shelob, dwellsIn, Torech Ungol]
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A.
Tabasaran
Tabasaran is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken primarily by the Tabasaran people in southern Dagestan, Russia.
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B.
Satantango
Satantango is a 1994 Hungarian black-and-white art film directed by Béla Tarr, renowned for its seven-hour runtime, long takes, and bleak, atmospheric portrayal of a collapsing rural community.
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C.
The Eye
The Eye is a horror film best known for its supernatural storyline involving a woman who begins seeing disturbing visions after an eye transplant.
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D.
Milrow
Milrow was a 1969 underground U.S. nuclear test conducted on Amchitka Island in Alaska as part of the Cold War weapons testing program.
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E.
Sob Rock
Sob Rock is a retro-inspired soft rock album by American musician John Mayer, characterized by its nostalgic 1980s sound and polished production.
- 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: Torech Ungol Target entity description: Torech Ungol is the dark, web-filled lair in Mordor where the monstrous spider Shelob lurks in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
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A.
Tabasaran
Tabasaran is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken primarily by the Tabasaran people in southern Dagestan, Russia.
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B.
Satantango
Satantango is a 1994 Hungarian black-and-white art film directed by Béla Tarr, renowned for its seven-hour runtime, long takes, and bleak, atmospheric portrayal of a collapsing rural community.
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C.
The Eye
The Eye is a horror film best known for its supernatural storyline involving a woman who begins seeing disturbing visions after an eye transplant.
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D.
Milrow
Milrow was a 1969 underground U.S. nuclear test conducted on Amchitka Island in Alaska as part of the Cold War weapons testing program.
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E.
Sob Rock
Sob Rock is a retro-inspired soft rock album by American musician John Mayer, characterized by its nostalgic 1980s sound and polished production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cave
ⓘ
fictional location ⓘ lair ⓘ |
| alignment | evil-associated ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Lord of the Rings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Return of the King NERFINISHED ⓘ The Two Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Shelob’s attack on Frodo ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Shelob’s webs
ⓘ
darkness ⓘ terror ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Cirith Ungol pass
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Morgul Vale NERFINISHED ⓘ the pass into Mordor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dangerLevel | deadly ⓘ |
| describedAs |
dark
ⓘ
tunnel-complex ⓘ web-filled ⓘ |
| fandomContext | Tolkien legendarium locations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
labyrinthine tunnels
ⓘ
pits and chasms ⓘ stench of decay ⓘ sticky spider webs ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext | high fantasy ⓘ |
| guardedBy | Shelob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResident | Shelob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfCreature | giant spider ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | Shelob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sindarin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Middle-earth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mordor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Lair of the Spider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | obstacle on the way to Mount Doom ⓘ |
| near |
Minas Morgul
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
the Ephel Dúath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Cirith Ungol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pathOf | Gollum’s betrayal of Frodo ⓘ |
| threatTo |
Frodo Baggins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Samwise Gamgee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| universe | Middle-earth legendarium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Sauron’s forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Frodo Baggins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gollum NERFINISHED ⓘ Samwise Gamgee 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: Torech Ungol Description of subject: Torech Ungol is the dark, web-filled lair in Mordor where the monstrous spider Shelob lurks in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.