Goblins
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Goblins are malevolent, subterranean creatures in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, known for their cruelty, cunning, and frequent wars against other races such as dwarves and elves.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Goblins canonical | 3 |
| Gorbag | 3 |
| Goblin-town | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9399580 — 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: Goblins Context triple: [Dwarves of Erebor, enemy, Goblins]
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A.
The Goblin
The Goblin is a supervillain persona in Marvel Comics most closely associated with Spider-Man’s arch-enemy, the Green Goblin.
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B.
Gnasty Gnorc
Gnasty Gnorc is the main antagonist and final boss of the original Spyro the Dragon game, known as a powerful gnorc warlord who turns dragons into crystal.
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C.
Goblins vs Gnomes
Goblins vs Gnomes is a Hearthstone expansion set that introduced a chaotic, mech-focused theme with numerous random-effect cards and quirky characters.
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D.
Goblin
Goblin is the dark, experimental debut studio album by American rapper and producer Tyler, the Creator, known for its abrasive production and confessional, controversial lyrics.
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E.
Goblin Formula
Goblin Formula is a fictional experimental serum in Marvel Comics that dramatically enhances a person's physical and mental abilities while also driving them violently insane.
- 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: Goblins Target entity description: Goblins are malevolent, subterranean creatures in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, known for their cruelty, cunning, and frequent wars against other races such as dwarves and elves.
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A.
The Goblin
The Goblin is a supervillain persona in Marvel Comics most closely associated with Spider-Man’s arch-enemy, the Green Goblin.
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B.
Gnasty Gnorc
Gnasty Gnorc is the main antagonist and final boss of the original Spyro the Dragon game, known as a powerful gnorc warlord who turns dragons into crystal.
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C.
Goblins vs Gnomes
Goblins vs Gnomes is a Hearthstone expansion set that introduced a chaotic, mech-focused theme with numerous random-effect cards and quirky characters.
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D.
Goblin
Goblin is the dark, experimental debut studio album by American rapper and producer Tyler, the Creator, known for its abrasive production and confessional, controversial lyrics.
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E.
Goblin Formula
Goblin Formula is a fictional experimental serum in Marvel Comics that dramatically enhances a person's physical and mental abilities while also driving them violently insane.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Creatures of Middle-earth
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Fictional race ⓘ |
| alignment | Evil ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Orcs ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Hobbit
ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings ⓘ The Silmarillion ⓘ |
| build |
Crude machinery
ⓘ
Torture devices ⓘ Traps ⓘ |
| characteristic |
Aggressive
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Cowardly ⓘ Cruel ⓘ Cunning ⓘ Malicious ⓘ |
| creator | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| culture |
Industrial
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War-like ⓘ |
| diet | Carnivorous ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Dwarves
ⓘ
Elves ⓘ Hobbits ⓘ Men of the West ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Hobbit (1937) ⓘ |
| genre | High fantasy ⓘ |
| habitatType | Underground ⓘ |
| inhabit |
Goblin-town
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Misty Mountains ⓘ Mount Gundabad ⓘ Subterranean tunnels ⓘ |
| language | Orcish ⓘ |
| lifespan | Long-lived ⓘ |
| loyalty | Dark Lords ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Azog
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Bolg ⓘ Great Goblin ⓘ |
| organization |
Tribes
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War bands ⓘ |
| origin | Corrupted Elves ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Five Armies
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Wars of the Dwarves and Orcs ⓘ
linked to:
War of the Dwarves and Orcs
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| serve |
Morgoth
ⓘ
Sauron ⓘ |
| universe | Middle-earth ⓘ |
| useWeapon |
Bows
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Scimitars ⓘ Spears ⓘ Whips ⓘ |
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: Goblins Description of subject: Goblins are malevolent, subterranean creatures in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, known for their cruelty, cunning, and frequent wars against other races such as dwarves and elves.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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