Aratan
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Aratan is a lesser-known Dúnedain figure from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, identified as one of Isildur’s sons who perished with him in the Disaster of the Gladden Fields.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aratan canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11049198 — 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: Aratan Context triple: [Gladden Fields, associatedCharacter, Aratan]
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A.
Aldaris
Aldaris is a prominent Protoss Judicator and staunch traditionalist from the StarCraft series, known for his rigid adherence to Protoss law and eventual opposition to Zeratul and Tassadar.
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B.
Astún
Astún is a ski resort in the Spanish Pyrenees known for its alpine terrain and winter sports facilities.
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C.
Tigani
Tigani is the former name of the town now known as Pythagoreio, a historic coastal settlement on the Greek island of Samos.
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D.
Varuna
Varuna is a large, rapidly rotating trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper Belt, notable for its elongated shape and classification as a likely dwarf-planet candidate.
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E.
Varuna
Varuna is an ancient Vedic god primarily associated with cosmic order, moral law, and the waters, often regarded as a sovereign guardian of ṛta (universal order).
- 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: Aratan Target entity description: Aratan is a lesser-known Dúnedain figure from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, identified as one of Isildur’s sons who perished with him in the Disaster of the Gladden Fields.
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A.
Aldaris
Aldaris is a prominent Protoss Judicator and staunch traditionalist from the StarCraft series, known for his rigid adherence to Protoss law and eventual opposition to Zeratul and Tassadar.
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B.
Astún
Astún is a ski resort in the Spanish Pyrenees known for its alpine terrain and winter sports facilities.
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C.
Tigani
Tigani is the former name of the town now known as Pythagoreio, a historic coastal settlement on the Greek island of Samos.
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D.
Varuna
Varuna is a large, rapidly rotating trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper Belt, notable for its elongated shape and classification as a likely dwarf-planet candidate.
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E.
Varuna
Varuna is an ancient Vedic god primarily associated with cosmic order, moral law, and the waters, often regarded as a sovereign guardian of ṛta (universal order).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dúnedain
ⓘ
Man ⓘ fictional character ⓘ |
| age | Second Age ⓘ |
| ageGroup | young adult ⓘ |
| allegiance |
House of Elendil
ⓘ
Kingdom of Gondor ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | Legendarium character with sparse detail ⓘ |
| creator | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| culture | Númenórean ⓘ |
| deathAge | Second Age 2 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Gladden Fields ⓘ |
| diedIn |
Disaster of the Gladden Fields
ⓘ
linked to:
The Disaster of the Gladden Fields
|
| era | Second Age ⓘ |
| event |
Disaster of the Gladden Fields
ⓘ
linked to:
The Disaster of the Gladden Fields
|
| father | Isildur ⓘ |
| grandfather | Elendil ⓘ |
| languageContext |
Westron (in-universe)
ⓘ
linked to:
Westron
|
| mentionedIn |
The History of Middle-earth
ⓘ
Unfinished Tales ⓘ |
| mother | Unnamed wife of Isildur ⓘ |
| nationality | Gondorian ⓘ |
| notableFor | Perishing with Isildur at the Disaster of the Gladden Fields ⓘ |
| race |
Dúnedain
ⓘ
linked to:
Dúnedain of Gondor
|
| relative | Elendil ⓘ |
| relativeType | paternal grandfather ⓘ |
| sibling |
Ciryon
ⓘ
Elendur ⓘ Valandil ⓘ |
| title | Prince of Gondor ⓘ |
| universe | Middle-earth ⓘ |
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: Aratan Description of subject: Aratan is a lesser-known Dúnedain figure from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, identified as one of Isildur’s sons who perished with him in the Disaster of the Gladden Fields.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.