House of Eorl
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The House of Eorl is the royal lineage of the Kings of Rohan in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, descended from the famed horse-lord Eorl the Young.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| House of Eorl canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8634517 — 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: House of Eorl Context triple: [Éowyn, house, House of Eorl]
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House of Durin
The House of Durin is the legendary royal lineage of Dwarven kings in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, descended from Durin the Deathless and ruling notably over Khazad-dûm and Erebor.
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House of Isildur
The House of Isildur is the royal bloodline of Númenórean descent in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium from which Aragorn and the kings of Gondor are descended.
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House of Rohan
The House of Rohan is a prominent French noble family of Breton origin, historically influential in politics, the military, and the church, and associated with several grand residences and titles.
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Millgrove
Millgrove is a small rural township in Victoria, Australia, situated in the Yarra Valley near Warburton and known for its scenic natural surroundings.
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Nargothrond
Nargothrond is a great hidden Elven fortress-city in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, carved into caves along the River Narog in Beleriand and ruled by Finrod Felagund.
- 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: House of Eorl Target entity description: The House of Eorl is the royal lineage of the Kings of Rohan in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, descended from the famed horse-lord Eorl the Young.
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A.
House of Durin
The House of Durin is the legendary royal lineage of Dwarven kings in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, descended from Durin the Deathless and ruling notably over Khazad-dûm and Erebor.
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B.
House of Isildur
The House of Isildur is the royal bloodline of Númenórean descent in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium from which Aragorn and the kings of Gondor are descended.
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C.
House of Rohan
The House of Rohan is a prominent French noble family of Breton origin, historically influential in politics, the military, and the church, and associated with several grand residences and titles.
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D.
Millgrove
Millgrove is a small rural township in Victoria, Australia, situated in the Yarra Valley near Warburton and known for its scenic natural surroundings.
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E.
Nargothrond
Nargothrond is a great hidden Elven fortress-city in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, carved into caves along the River Narog in Beleriand and ruled by Finrod Felagund.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional family
ⓘ
noble house of Rohan ⓘ royal house ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
House of Anárion
NERFINISHED
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Stewards of Gondor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ancestralHome |
Rohan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Éothéod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Lord of the Rings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings Appendices NERFINISHED ⓘ The Return of the King NERFINISHED ⓘ Unfinished Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Edoras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Rohan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Éothéod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedAsResultOf | Oath of Eorl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder | Eorl the Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | high fantasy ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
allied with Gondor
ⓘ
skilled horse-lords ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Aldor the Old
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brego NERFINISHED ⓘ Elfwine the Fair NERFINISHED ⓘ Eorl the Young NERFINISHED ⓘ Helm Hammerhand NERFINISHED ⓘ Thengel NERFINISHED ⓘ Théoden NERFINISHED ⓘ Éomer NERFINISHED ⓘ Éowyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Kings of Rohan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Third Age
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early Fourth Age ⓘ |
| inception | Third Age 2510 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalUniverse | Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Eorl the Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Battle of the Pelennor Fields
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ride of the Rohirrim NERFINISHED ⓘ War of the Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Rohan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Kingship of Rohan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Lords of the Éothéod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | reverence for Eru Ilúvatar (implicit) ⓘ |
| seatOfPower | Meduseld 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: House of Eorl Description of subject: The House of Eorl is the royal lineage of the Kings of Rohan in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, descended from the famed horse-lord Eorl the Young.
Referenced by (3)
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