Angband
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Angband is the vast fortress of Morgoth in the far north of Middle-earth, serving as his primary stronghold and breeding ground for evil creatures during the First Age in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Angband canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9116133 — 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: Angband Context triple: [Sauron, formerResidence, Angband]
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A.
Angband
Angband is an Iranian progressive metal band known for blending Western metal styles with traditional Persian musical elements.
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B.
Kobolds & Catacombs
Kobolds & Catacombs is a major Hearthstone expansion themed around dungeon-delving and treasure-hunting, introducing new cards, mechanics, and a popular single-player roguelike mode.
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C.
Aincrad
Aincrad is the massive, floating, multi-layered castle that serves as the primary virtual reality setting in the anime and light novel series Sword Art Online.
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D.
Dungeon East
Dungeon East is a member of the Dungeon Family, the influential Atlanta-based hip hop and R&B musical collective.
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E.
Kingdom Quest
Kingdom Quest is an interactive, family-friendly dark ride at LEGOLAND Discovery Centers where guests travel through a LEGO-themed world to battle trolls and skeletons and rescue a captured princess.
- 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: Angband Target entity description: Angband is the vast fortress of Morgoth in the far north of Middle-earth, serving as his primary stronghold and breeding ground for evil creatures during the First Age in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium.
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A.
Angband
Angband is an Iranian progressive metal band known for blending Western metal styles with traditional Persian musical elements.
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B.
Kobolds & Catacombs
Kobolds & Catacombs is a major Hearthstone expansion themed around dungeon-delving and treasure-hunting, introducing new cards, mechanics, and a popular single-player roguelike mode.
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C.
Aincrad
Aincrad is the massive, floating, multi-layered castle that serves as the primary virtual reality setting in the anime and light novel series Sword Art Online.
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D.
Dungeon East
Dungeon East is a member of the Dungeon Family, the influential Atlanta-based hip hop and R&B musical collective.
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E.
Kingdom Quest
Kingdom Quest is an interactive, family-friendly dark ride at LEGOLAND Discovery Centers where guests travel through a LEGO-themed world to battle trolls and skeletons and rescue a captured princess.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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fortress ⓘ stronghold ⓘ underground fortress ⓘ |
| aftermath | Morgoth cast into the Void ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Morgoth's fortress
NERFINISHED
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The Hells of Iron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Beren and Lúthien
NERFINISHED
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The Children of Húrin NERFINISHED ⓘ The History of Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ The Silmarillion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attackedBy |
Beren
NERFINISHED
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Eärendil NERFINISHED ⓘ Fingolfin NERFINISHED ⓘ Huan NERFINISHED ⓘ Lúthien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| besiegedBy |
Fingolfin
NERFINISHED
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Noldor NERFINISHED ⓘ Sons of Fëanor NERFINISHED ⓘ Union of Maedhros NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtBy |
Melkor
NERFINISHED
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Morgoth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Morgoth's dungeons
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Morgoth's throne room ⓘ Morgoth's treasury NERFINISHED ⓘ the Silmarils (in Morgoth's crown) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Morgoth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fate | destroyed in the War of Wrath ⓘ |
| function |
breeding ground for evil creatures
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primary stronghold of Morgoth ⓘ |
| garrisonedBy |
Balrogs
NERFINISHED
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Dragons ⓘ Orcs ⓘ Trolls ⓘ Vampires ⓘ Werewolves ⓘ |
| genre | high fantasy ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Thangorodrim
NERFINISHED
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armories ⓘ breeding pits ⓘ dungeons ⓘ pits ⓘ three volcanic peaks of Thangorodrim ⓘ vast underground halls ⓘ |
| hasResident |
Glaurung
NERFINISHED
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Gothmog NERFINISHED ⓘ Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ Thuringwethil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedInEvent |
Dagor Bragollach
NERFINISHED
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Nirnaeth Arnoediad NERFINISHED ⓘ War of Wrath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sindarin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ered Engrin
NERFINISHED
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Iron Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ far north of Middle-earth ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | Iron Prison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Doriath
NERFINISHED
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Gondolin NERFINISHED ⓘ Nargothrond NERFINISHED ⓘ Valinor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Morgoth's realm ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Lord of the Rings (appendices)
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Unfinished Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruledBy | Morgoth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | First Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| universe | Arda 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: Angband Description of subject: Angband is the vast fortress of Morgoth in the far north of Middle-earth, serving as his primary stronghold and breeding ground for evil creatures during the First Age in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.