Denethor II
E202128
Denethor II is the last ruling Steward of Gondor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, known for his pride, despair, and tragic downfall during the War of the Ring.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Denethor II canonical | 15 |
| Steward of Gondor | 3 |
| Denethor | 1 |
| Denethor II, son of Ecthelion | 1 |
| Denethor, son of Ecthelion II | 1 |
| Ruling Steward of Gondor | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1787807 — 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: Denethor II Context triple: [The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, featuresCharacter, Denethor II]
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A.
Faramir
Faramir is a noble and introspective Gondorian captain from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, known for his wisdom, mercy, and resistance to the corrupting power of the One Ring.
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B.
Aragorn
Aragorn is a central heroic figure in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, a ranger and rightful king who plays a crucial role in the defeat of Sauron.
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C.
Saruman
Saruman is a powerful wizard and primary antagonist in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, most prominently featured in "The Lord of the Rings."
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D.
Gar Ali
Gar Ali is a prominent locality and commercial area in the city of Jorhat in Assam, India.
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E.
Karl-Otto Saur
Karl-Otto Saur was a high-ranking German engineer and Nazi official who played a key role in directing armaments production for the Third Reich during World War II.
- 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: Denethor II Target entity description: Denethor II is the last ruling Steward of Gondor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, known for his pride, despair, and tragic downfall during the War of the Ring.
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A.
Faramir
Faramir is a noble and introspective Gondorian captain from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, known for his wisdom, mercy, and resistance to the corrupting power of the One Ring.
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B.
Aragorn
Aragorn is a central heroic figure in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, a ranger and rightful king who plays a crucial role in the defeat of Sauron.
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C.
Saruman
Saruman is a powerful wizard and primary antagonist in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, most prominently featured in "The Lord of the Rings."
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D.
Gar Ali
Gar Ali is a prominent locality and commercial area in the city of Jorhat in Assam, India.
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E.
Karl-Otto Saur
Karl-Otto Saur was a high-ranking German engineer and Nazi official who played a key role in directing armaments production for the Third Reich during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Man of Gondor
ⓘ
Steward of Gondor ⓘ fictional character ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | about 89 ⓘ |
| alias |
Denethor II
ⓘ
surface form:
Denethor, son of Ecthelion II
|
| appearsIn |
The Lord of the Rings
ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ⓘ
surface form:
The Return of the King
The Silmarillion ⓘ
surface form:
The Silmarillion (appendices and references)
|
| attitudeToward |
distrust of Gandalf
ⓘ
favoritism toward Boromir ⓘ harshness toward Faramir ⓘ |
| birthYear | 2930 Third Age ⓘ |
| burnedWith | the Steward’s staff ⓘ |
| capitalRuled | Minas Tirith ⓘ |
| causeOfDespair | visions in the palantír ⓘ |
| child |
Boromir
ⓘ
Faramir ⓘ |
| country | Gondor ⓘ |
| createdBy | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| deathCause | self-immolation ⓘ |
| deathYear | 3019 Third Age ⓘ |
| eventParticipatedIn | War of the Ring ⓘ |
| father | Ecthelion II ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Middle-earth ⓘ |
| fullName |
Denethor II
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Denethor II, son of Ecthelion
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| house |
Stewards of Gondor
ⓘ
surface form:
House of Húrin
|
| languageSpoken | Westron ⓘ |
| lineage | descendant of Húrin of Emyn Arnen ⓘ |
| mother | Unnamed woman of Gondor ⓘ |
| notableFor |
despair
ⓘ
pride ⓘ tragic downfall ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Houses of the Dead, Rath Dínen, Minas Tirith ⓘ |
| politicalStance | refusal to yield rule to the returning King ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | John Noble ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
ⓘ
surface form:
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (Peter Jackson)
|
| positionHeld |
Denethor II
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ruling Steward of Gondor
Steward of the House of Húrin ⓘ |
| predecessor | Ecthelion II ⓘ |
| race |
Strider
ⓘ
surface form:
Dúnadan
|
| realmGoverned | Gondor ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 3019 Third Age ⓘ |
| reignStart | 2984 Third Age ⓘ |
| spouse | Finduilas of Dol Amroth ⓘ |
| successor |
Aragorn
ⓘ
surface form:
Aragorn II Elessar
|
| successorTitle | King of the Reunited Kingdom ⓘ |
| title |
Lord of the City
ⓘ
Ruling Steward ⓘ Denethor II self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Steward of Gondor
|
| usedObject |
Palantíri
ⓘ
surface form:
palantír of Minas Tirith
|
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: Denethor II Description of subject: Denethor II is the last ruling Steward of Gondor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, known for his pride, despair, and tragic downfall during the War of the Ring.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Steward of Gondor
this entity surface form:
Denethor II, son of Ecthelion
this entity surface form:
Denethor, son of Ecthelion II
this entity surface form:
Ruling Steward of Gondor
this entity surface form:
Steward of Gondor
this entity surface form:
Denethor
subject surface form:
Men (Middle-earth)