Eorl the Young
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Eorl the Young is a legendary lord of the Éothéod in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, renowned for leading his people into the land that became Rohan and founding its royal line.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eorl the Young canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11047092 — 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: Eorl the Young Context triple: [Rohan, firstKnownKing, Eorl the Young]
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Osric of Deira
Osric of Deira was a 7th-century king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Deira in northern England, ruling briefly before being killed during conflicts with neighboring powers.
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B.
Éomer
Éomer is a valiant warrior of Rohan who becomes its king and plays a crucial role in the War of the Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
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C.
Baranduin
Baranduin is a major river in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth that forms the eastern boundary of the Shire and flows southward to the sea.
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D.
Théoden
Théoden is the aging but valiant King of Rohan in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, who overcomes manipulation to lead his people in the war against Sauron.
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E.
Herugrim
Herugrim is the ancient, heirloom sword of King Théoden of Rohan in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.
- 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: Eorl the Young Target entity description: Eorl the Young is a legendary lord of the Éothéod in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, renowned for leading his people into the land that became Rohan and founding its royal line.
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A.
Osric of Deira
Osric of Deira was a 7th-century king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Deira in northern England, ruling briefly before being killed during conflicts with neighboring powers.
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B.
Éomer
Éomer is a valiant warrior of Rohan who becomes its king and plays a crucial role in the War of the Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
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C.
Baranduin
Baranduin is a major river in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth that forms the eastern boundary of the Shire and flows southward to the sea.
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D.
Théoden
Théoden is the aging but valiant King of Rohan in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, who overcomes manipulation to lead his people in the war against Sauron.
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E.
Herugrim
Herugrim is the ancient, heirloom sword of King Théoden of Rohan in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Rohan
ⓘ
Lord of the Éothéod ⓘ Man ⓘ fictional character ⓘ legendary figure of Rohan ⓘ |
| aidedRealm | Gondor at the Field of Celebrant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allegiance | Gondor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Cirion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Unfinished Tales ⓘ |
| burialPlace | first mound of the Barrowfield at Edoras ⓘ |
| creator | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| culture |
Rohirrim
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Éothéod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCause | slain in battle ⓘ |
| deathPlace | the Wold of Rohan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| descendant |
Théoden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Éomer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| epithet | the Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Léod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedDynasty | House of Eorl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| gift | Calenardhon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| giftBecame | Rohan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| home | Éothéod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| horseBreed | Mearas ⓘ |
| killedBy | Orcs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Rohirric
ⓘ
Westron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ledPeopleTo |
Calenardhon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rohan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lineage | House of Eorl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mount | Felaróf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBattle | Battle of the Field of Celebrant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
establishing the alliance between Rohan and Gondor
ⓘ
founding the kingdom of Rohan ⓘ |
| oathBoundRealms | Rohan and Gondor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oathKnownAs | Oath of Eorl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInDynasty | founder ⓘ |
| race | Men ⓘ |
| realmFounded | Rohan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| receivedGiftFrom | Cirion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Brego of Rohan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sworeOathTo | Cirion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Third Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
First King of the Mark
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King of Rohan NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord of the Éothéod 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: Eorl the Young Description of subject: Eorl the Young is a legendary lord of the Éothéod in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, renowned for leading his people into the land that became Rohan and founding its royal line.
Referenced by (1)
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