Ungoliant
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Ungoliant is a primordial, monstrous spider-like spirit from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, infamous for aiding Melkor in destroying the Two Trees of Valinor and devouring light itself.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ungoliant canonical | 12 |
| Ungoliant’s brood | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11048029 — 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: Ungoliant Context triple: [First Age, featuresCharacter, Ungoliant]
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A.
Morgoth
Morgoth is the primordial Dark Lord of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, a fallen Vala who sought to corrupt and dominate Arda long before Sauron.
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B.
Shelob
Shelob is a monstrous, ancient giant spider-like creature from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium who dwells in the tunnels of Cirith Ungol and preys on all who pass.
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C.
Grindel
Grindel is the birth surname of the French surrealist poet Paul Éluard.
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D.
Sauron
Sauron is the primary dark antagonist of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, a fallen Maia who seeks dominion over all life through the power of the One Ring.
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E.
Balrog of Moria
The Balrog of Moria is a powerful ancient demon of shadow and flame in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, most famous for its deadly confrontation with Gandalf in the Mines of Moria.
- 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: Ungoliant Target entity description: Ungoliant is a primordial, monstrous spider-like spirit from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, infamous for aiding Melkor in destroying the Two Trees of Valinor and devouring light itself.
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A.
Morgoth
Morgoth is the primordial Dark Lord of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, a fallen Vala who sought to corrupt and dominate Arda long before Sauron.
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B.
Shelob
Shelob is a monstrous, ancient giant spider-like creature from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium who dwells in the tunnels of Cirith Ungol and preys on all who pass.
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C.
Grindel
Grindel is the birth surname of the French surrealist poet Paul Éluard.
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D.
Sauron
Sauron is the primary dark antagonist of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, a fallen Maia who seeks dominion over all life through the power of the One Ring.
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E.
Balrog of Moria
The Balrog of Moria is a powerful ancient demon of shadow and flame in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, most famous for its deadly confrontation with Gandalf in the Mines of Moria.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maiar-like being
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ monster ⓘ spider-like spirit ⓘ |
| action |
drained the sap and light of the Two Trees of Valinor
ⓘ
drank dry the Wells of Varda ⓘ drank dry the Wells of Varda's light ⓘ |
| alignment | evil ⓘ |
| allyOf |
Melkor
ⓘ
linked to:
Morgoth
|
| alsoKnownAs | Ungweliantë ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium
ⓘ
linked to:
legendarium of Middle-earth
The Silmarillion ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
darkness
ⓘ
spiders of Middle-earth ⓘ
linked to:
spiders of the Ephel Dúath
|
| betrayedBy |
Melkor
ⓘ
linked to:
Morgoth
|
| creator | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| demanded |
the Silmarils
ⓘ
linked to:
Silmarils
|
| descendants | great spiders of Beleriand ⓘ |
| dweltIn | Avathar ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
the Eldar
ⓘ
the Valar ⓘ
linked to:
The Valar
|
| fate | likely devoured herself in her insatiable hunger ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Middle-earth ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| inspired | terror among Elves and Valar ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Quenya ⓘ |
| morality | corrupted ⓘ |
| notableEventLocation |
Formenos
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Lammoth ⓘ Valinor ⓘ |
| notableFor |
aiding Melkor in the destruction of the Two Trees of Valinor
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devouring light ⓘ insatiable hunger ⓘ weaving unlight ⓘ |
| origin | the Void ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Darkening of Valinor ⓘ |
| possibleDescendant | Shelob ⓘ |
| power |
ability to consume light and grow in size
ⓘ
ability to shroud herself and others in impenetrable darkness ⓘ ability to spin webs of unlight ⓘ |
| relationshipWithMelkor |
later adversary
ⓘ
temporary ally ⓘ |
| species | spider-like creature ⓘ |
| threatened |
Melkor
ⓘ
linked to:
Morgoth
|
| timePeriod |
First Age (early events)
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Years of the Trees ⓘ |
| victimOf |
Melkor
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linked to:
Morgoth
|
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: Ungoliant Description of subject: Ungoliant is a primordial, monstrous spider-like spirit from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, infamous for aiding Melkor in destroying the Two Trees of Valinor and devouring light itself.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.