Orcrist
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Orcrist is a famed Elven-forged sword from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, renowned for its effectiveness against orcs and its role in The Hobbit.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Orcrist canonical | 2 |
| Orcrist (reforged and kept in Erebor after the Hobbit) | 1 |
| Orcrist (temporarily) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2721171 — 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: Orcrist Context triple: [Thorin Oakenshield, weapon, Orcrist]
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A.
Glamdring
Glamdring is the legendary Elven sword from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, famed for its use by Gandalf and its ability to glow in the presence of orcs.
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B.
Narsil (reforged as Andúril)
Narsil, reforged as Andúril, is the legendary sword of Aragorn in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, symbolizing his royal lineage and destiny to reclaim the throne of Gondor.
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C.
Gungnir
Gungnir is the legendary spear of the god Odin in Norse mythology, renowned for its unerring accuracy and powerful enchantments.
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D.
harpe sword
The harpe sword is a distinctive, sickle-bladed weapon from Greek mythology, famously associated with heroes like Perseus and often depicted as a divine or magical blade.
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E.
Barrow-blade
Barrow-blade is an enchanted sword from the Barrow-downs in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, notable for being carried by Samwise Gamgee during the quest of the Fellowship of the Ring.
- 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: Orcrist Target entity description: Orcrist is a famed Elven-forged sword from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, renowned for its effectiveness against orcs and its role in The Hobbit.
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A.
Glamdring
Glamdring is the legendary Elven sword from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, famed for its use by Gandalf and its ability to glow in the presence of orcs.
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B.
Narsil (reforged as Andúril)
Narsil, reforged as Andúril, is the legendary sword of Aragorn in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, symbolizing his royal lineage and destiny to reclaim the throne of Gondor.
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C.
Gungnir
Gungnir is the legendary spear of the god Odin in Norse mythology, renowned for its unerring accuracy and powerful enchantments.
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D.
harpe sword
The harpe sword is a distinctive, sickle-bladed weapon from Greek mythology, famously associated with heroes like Perseus and often depicted as a divine or magical blade.
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E.
Barrow-blade
Barrow-blade is an enchanted sword from the Barrow-downs in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, notable for being carried by Samwise Gamgee during the quest of the Fellowship of the Ring.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional sword
ⓘ
legendary weapon ⓘ |
| alias |
Barrow-blade
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surface form:
Goblin-cleaver
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| alignment | forces of good ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Hobbit
ⓘ
legendarium of Middle-earth ⓘ
surface form:
The Lord of the Rings legendarium
|
| associatedLocation |
Erebor
ⓘ
Mirkwood ⓘ Misty Mountains ⓘ |
| author | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| belongsToCharacterRace |
Dwarves
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surface form:
Dwarves (via Thorin Oakenshield)
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| category |
Glamdring
ⓘ
surface form:
Elven swords of Gondolin
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| confiscatedBy |
Thranduil
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surface form:
Elvenking Thranduil
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| countryOfOriginInRealWorld | United Kingdom (as place of authorship) ⓘ |
| creator |
Elves of Beleriand
ⓘ
surface form:
Elves of Gondolin
|
| designedForUseAgainst |
goblins
ⓘ
orcs ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Middle-earth ⓘ |
| firstOwnerInTheHobbit | Thorin Oakenshield ⓘ |
| firstPublication | The Hobbit (1937) ⓘ |
| foundIn | Troll-hoard in Eriador ⓘ |
| foundWith |
Glamdring
ⓘ
Sting ⓘ |
| inUniverseReputation |
famous among goblins
ⓘ
renowned among Elves ⓘ |
| languageOfAlias | Common Speech ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | high fantasy ⓘ |
| madeIn | Gondolin ⓘ |
| material | Elven steel ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Goblin-cleaver ⓘ |
| notableEffect | feared by goblins ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Elven craftsmanship
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rune-inscribed blade ⓘ |
| notableScene |
Elvenking recognizes Orcrist as a sword of Gondolin
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Thorin draws Orcrist in the goblin tunnels under the Misty Mountains ⓘ |
| partOf |
legendarium of Middle-earth
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surface form:
Tolkien legendarium
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| property | glows blue in the presence of orcs and goblins ⓘ |
| raceOfMakers |
the Noldor
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surface form:
Noldorin Elves
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| relatedWeapon |
Glamdring
ⓘ
Sting ⓘ |
| returnedTo | Thorin Oakenshield ⓘ |
| scriptOnBlade | runes ⓘ |
| symbolOf | Thorin Oakenshield's royal status ⓘ |
| usedInBattle | Battle of Five Armies ⓘ |
| weaponType | longsword ⓘ |
| wielder |
Gandalf
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surface form:
Gandalf (briefly, in some adaptations)
Thorin Oakenshield ⓘ |
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: Orcrist Description of subject: Orcrist is a famed Elven-forged sword from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, renowned for its effectiveness against orcs and its role in The Hobbit.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Orcrist (temporarily)
this entity surface form:
Orcrist (reforged and kept in Erebor after the Hobbit)