Maedhros
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Maedhros is a prominent Elf of Tolkien’s legendarium, the eldest son of Fëanor, known for his tragic heroism, endurance of great suffering, and central role in the Oath-driven conflicts of the First Age.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maedhros canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11048026 — 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: Maedhros Context triple: [First Age, featuresCharacter, Maedhros]
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A.
Fingon
Fingon is a heroic Elven prince of the First Age in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, renowned for his bravery, loyalty, and pivotal role in the wars against Morgoth.
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B.
Fingolfin
Fingolfin is a High King of the Noldor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, renowned for his valor and his fateful single combat with the Dark Lord Morgoth.
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C.
Finrod Felagund
Finrod Felagund is an Elven king and master of wisdom and friendship from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, renowned for founding Nargothrond and for his noble sacrifice in aiding Beren.
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D.
Thingol
Thingol is a central Elven king in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, renowned as the ruler of Doriath and husband of the Maia Melian.
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E.
Aldarion
Aldarion is a Númenórean mariner and heir to the throne, renowned for his seafaring voyages and central role in the tale "Aldarion and Erendis" in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium.
- 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: Maedhros Target entity description: Maedhros is a prominent Elf of Tolkien’s legendarium, the eldest son of Fëanor, known for his tragic heroism, endurance of great suffering, and central role in the Oath-driven conflicts of the First Age.
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A.
Fingon
Fingon is a heroic Elven prince of the First Age in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, renowned for his bravery, loyalty, and pivotal role in the wars against Morgoth.
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B.
Fingolfin
Fingolfin is a High King of the Noldor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, renowned for his valor and his fateful single combat with the Dark Lord Morgoth.
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C.
Finrod Felagund
Finrod Felagund is an Elven king and master of wisdom and friendship from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, renowned for founding Nargothrond and for his noble sacrifice in aiding Beren.
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D.
Thingol
Thingol is a central Elven king in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, renowned as the ruler of Doriath and husband of the Maia Melian.
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E.
Aldarion
Aldarion is a Númenórean mariner and heir to the throne, renowned for his seafaring voyages and central role in the tale "Aldarion and Erendis" in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (73)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Elf
ⓘ
FictionalCharacter ⓘ Noldor ⓘ |
| age | First Age ⓘ |
| alignment | generally good but oath-driven ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Sons of Finarfin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedArtifact | Silmarils NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attacked |
Doriath
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Havens of Sirion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Tirion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Morgoth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfInjury | self-mutilation to escape Thangorodrim ⓘ |
| cededKingshipTo | Fingon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closeFriend | Fingon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| culture | Noldorin ⓘ |
| deathCause | suicide ⓘ |
| deathPlace | chasm in the earth opened by Eru ⓘ |
| enemy |
Morgoth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orcs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Fëanor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedAlliance | Union of Maedhros NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foughtIn |
Dagor Bragollach
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dagor-nuin-Giliath NERFINISHED ⓘ Nirnaeth Arnoediad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hairColor | red ⓘ |
| heldSilmaril | Silmaril of Beren and Lúthien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imprisonedAt | Thangorodrim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Quenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ledHouse | House of Fëanor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lostBodyPart | right hand ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | cast himself into a fiery chasm ⓘ |
| moralCharacter |
heroic
ⓘ
tragic ⓘ |
| mother | Nerdanel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
central role in conflicts of the First Age
ⓘ
endurance of great suffering ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
one-handed
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tall ⓘ |
| oath | Oath of Fëanor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| otherName |
Nelyafinwë
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russandol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Fingolfin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| race | Elf ⓘ |
| refusedTitle | High Kingship of the Noldor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
Finrod Felagund
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Galadriel NERFINISHED ⓘ Maeglin NERFINISHED ⓘ Turgon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rescuedBy | Fingon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Amras
NERFINISHED
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Amrod NERFINISHED ⓘ Caranthir NERFINISHED ⓘ Celegorm NERFINISHED ⓘ Curufin NERFINISHED ⓘ Maglor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subrace | Noldor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sworeOathWith |
Amras
NERFINISHED
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Amrod NERFINISHED ⓘ Caranthir NERFINISHED ⓘ Celegorm NERFINISHED ⓘ Curufin NERFINISHED ⓘ Fëanor NERFINISHED ⓘ Maglor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | High King of the Noldor in Beleriand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
First Kinslaying at Alqualondë
NERFINISHED
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Second Kinslaying at Doriath NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Kinslaying at the Havens of Sirion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tormentedBy | burning of the Silmaril ⓘ |
| universe | Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| weapon | sword ⓘ |
| workAppearsIn |
The History of Middle-earth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Silmarillion 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: Maedhros Description of subject: Maedhros is a prominent Elf of Tolkien’s legendarium, the eldest son of Fëanor, known for his tragic heroism, endurance of great suffering, and central role in the Oath-driven conflicts of the First Age.
Referenced by (3)
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