King of Angband
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King of Angband is the dark sovereign of the fortress of Angband in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, a title held by the fallen Vala Morgoth as he rules his northern stronghold in Middle-earth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King of Angband canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11048065 — 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: King of Angband Context triple: [Morgoth, title, King of Angband]
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A.
Belegaer
Belegaer is the vast western ocean of Tolkien’s Middle-earth, separating its lands from the distant continent of Aman.
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B.
Flame of Udûn
Flame of Udûn is an epithet for the Balrog of Moria, a powerful demonic being of shadow and fire from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
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C.
House of Húrin
The House of Húrin is the ruling lineage of the Stewards of Gondor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, renowned for its leadership, valor, and guardianship of the realm before the return of the king.
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D.
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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E.
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
The Beast of Hollow Mountain is a 1956 Western-horror film notable for combining cowboy adventure with stop-motion dinosaur effects.
- 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: King of Angband Target entity description: King of Angband is the dark sovereign of the fortress of Angband in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, a title held by the fallen Vala Morgoth as he rules his northern stronghold in Middle-earth.
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A.
Belegaer
Belegaer is the vast western ocean of Tolkien’s Middle-earth, separating its lands from the distant continent of Aman.
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B.
Flame of Udûn
Flame of Udûn is an epithet for the Balrog of Moria, a powerful demonic being of shadow and fire from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
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C.
House of Húrin
The House of Húrin is the ruling lineage of the Stewards of Gondor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, renowned for its leadership, valor, and guardianship of the realm before the return of the king.
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D.
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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E.
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
The Beast of Hollow Mountain is a 1956 Western-horror film notable for combining cowboy adventure with stop-motion dinosaur effects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional title
ⓘ
monarchical title ⓘ title in Middle-earth ⓘ |
| alignedWith | evil ⓘ |
| appearsInAge | First Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInLegendarium | J. R. R. Tolkien legendarium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | The Silmarillion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
Angband
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thangorodrim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Beleriand
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Middle-earth ⓘ |
| commands |
Balrogs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dragons NERFINISHED ⓘ Glaurung NERFINISHED ⓘ Gothmog NERFINISHED ⓘ Orcs ⓘ Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ Werewolves ⓘ |
| createdBy | J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | high fantasy ⓘ |
| governs | Angband NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldBy |
Melkor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Morgoth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredTitleFor | Sauron as Dark Lord ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Westron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| opposes |
Edain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eldar NERFINISHED ⓘ Valar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryStrongholdOf | Morgoth GENERATED ⓘ |
| realmType |
fortress
ⓘ
underground stronghold ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Dagor Bragollach
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dark Lord NERFINISHED ⓘ Morgoth Bauglir NERFINISHED ⓘ Nirnaeth Arnoediad NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Angband NERFINISHED ⓘ War of the Jewels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedPlace | Utumno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seatOfPower | Angband NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorConcept | Dark Lord of Mordor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
dark dominion
ⓘ
tyranny ⓘ |
| timePeriod | First Age of the Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleHolderAlignment | fallen Vala ⓘ |
| titleHolderRace | Vala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| universe | Arda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: King of Angband Description of subject: King of Angband is the dark sovereign of the fortress of Angband in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, a title held by the fallen Vala Morgoth as he rules his northern stronghold in Middle-earth.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.