Maeglin
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Maeglin is a tragic Elven lord from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, known for his betrayal of Gondolin to Morgoth and his role in the city’s downfall.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maeglin canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11144232 — 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: Maeglin Context triple: [The Fall of Gondolin, featuresCharacter, Maeglin]
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A.
Prince of Ithilien
Prince of Ithilien is a noble title in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth bestowed upon Faramir when he becomes the ruler of the fair woodland region of Ithilien after the War of the Ring.
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B.
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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C.
Kinslaying at Alqualondë
The Kinslaying at Alqualondë is a pivotal and tragic early conflict in Tolkien’s legendarium, in which Fëanor and his followers slaughtered their fellow Elves of Alqualondë to seize their ships, marking the first shedding of Elf-blood in the First Age.
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D.
Lord of Herstal
Lord of Herstal was a feudal title in the Low Countries associated with the noble estates around the town of Herstal, historically held by prominent aristocrats such as Henry III of Nassau-Breda.
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E.
Lord of the Mark
Lord of the Mark is a noble title in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, held by Éomer as a leading marshal and later king of the horse-realm of Rohan.
- 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: Maeglin Target entity description: Maeglin is a tragic Elven lord from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, known for his betrayal of Gondolin to Morgoth and his role in the city’s downfall.
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A.
Prince of Ithilien
Prince of Ithilien is a noble title in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth bestowed upon Faramir when he becomes the ruler of the fair woodland region of Ithilien after the War of the Ring.
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B.
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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C.
Kinslaying at Alqualondë
The Kinslaying at Alqualondë is a pivotal and tragic early conflict in Tolkien’s legendarium, in which Fëanor and his followers slaughtered their fellow Elves of Alqualondë to seize their ships, marking the first shedding of Elf-blood in the First Age.
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D.
Lord of Herstal
Lord of Herstal was a feudal title in the Low Countries associated with the noble estates around the town of Herstal, historically held by prominent aristocrats such as Henry III of Nassau-Breda.
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E.
Lord of the Mark
Lord of the Mark is a noble title in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, held by Éomer as a leading marshal and later king of the horse-realm of Rohan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Elf
ⓘ
Lord of Gondolin ⓘ Noldorin Elf ⓘ character in The Silmarillion ⓘ fictional character ⓘ |
| allegiance | Gondolin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Fall of Gondolin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Silmarillion ⓘ |
| betrayed | Gondolin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| betrayedTo | Morgoth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Morgoth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | thrown from the walls of Gondolin ⓘ |
| childOfMixedKindreds | true ⓘ |
| cousin | Idril Celebrindal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Gondolin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| descent |
House of Eöl
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Fingolfin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enemy |
Eärendil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Idril Celebrindal NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Noldor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sindar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Eöl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Silmarillion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| killedBy | Tuor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
betrayal of Gondolin
ⓘ
role in the Fall of Gondolin ⓘ |
| language |
Quenya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sindarin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterAllegiance | Morgoth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Aredhel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motivation |
desire for Idril
ⓘ
lust for power ⓘ |
| notableEvent | participation in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad (as part of Gondolin’s forces) ⓘ |
| otherOrigin | Avari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
proud
ⓘ
resentful ⓘ secretive ⓘ |
| raceMix | Noldorin and Sindarin descent ⓘ |
| realm | Gondolin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Gondolin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nan Elmoth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revealedSecretOf | location of Gondolin ⓘ |
| title | Lord of the House of the Mole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| torturedBy | Morgoth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| uncle | Turgon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| unrequitedLove | Idril Celebrindal 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: Maeglin Description of subject: Maeglin is a tragic Elven lord from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, known for his betrayal of Gondolin to Morgoth and his role in the city’s downfall.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.