Gate of Wood
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The Gate of Wood is one of the outer defensive gates of the hidden Elven city of Gondolin in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, forming part of its layered fortifications.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gate of Wood canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11460888 — 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: Gate of Wood Context triple: [Gondolin, hasGate, Gate of Wood]
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A.
Gate of All Lands
Gate of All Lands is the monumental entrance gateway at the ancient Persian ceremonial capital of Persepolis, built under Xerxes I as a symbol of the Achaemenid Empire’s power and diversity.
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B.
Stone Gate
Stone Gate is a historic medieval city gate in Zagreb’s Upper Town, renowned as a religious shrine and one of the city’s most iconic landmarks.
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C.
Treasure-House Gate
Treasure-House Gate is the English name for Hōzōmon, the imposing inner gate of Sensō-ji Temple in Asakusa, Tokyo, known for housing important Buddhist treasures and giant lanterns.
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D.
Gate of Felicity
The Gate of Felicity is the ceremonial inner gateway of Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace, marking the entrance to the sultan’s private and administrative quarters in the Ottoman imperial complex.
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E.
Foog’s Gate
Foog’s Gate is a historic entrance within Edinburgh Castle, serving as one of the main access points to the fortress complex.
- 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: Gate of Wood Target entity description: The Gate of Wood is one of the outer defensive gates of the hidden Elven city of Gondolin in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, forming part of its layered fortifications.
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A.
Gate of All Lands
Gate of All Lands is the monumental entrance gateway at the ancient Persian ceremonial capital of Persepolis, built under Xerxes I as a symbol of the Achaemenid Empire’s power and diversity.
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B.
Stone Gate
Stone Gate is a historic medieval city gate in Zagreb’s Upper Town, renowned as a religious shrine and one of the city’s most iconic landmarks.
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C.
Treasure-House Gate
Treasure-House Gate is the English name for Hōzōmon, the imposing inner gate of Sensō-ji Temple in Asakusa, Tokyo, known for housing important Buddhist treasures and giant lanterns.
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D.
Gate of Felicity
The Gate of Felicity is the ceremonial inner gateway of Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace, marking the entrance to the sultan’s private and administrative quarters in the Ottoman imperial complex.
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E.
Foog’s Gate
Foog’s Gate is a historic entrance within Edinburgh Castle, serving as one of the main access points to the fortress complex.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defensive structure
ⓘ
fictional city gate ⓘ location in Arda ⓘ |
| accessControl | entry point on the Hidden Way to Gondolin ⓘ |
| accesses | road to Gondolin ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Book of Lost Tales
ⓘ
linked to:
The Book of Lost Tales, Part I
The Fall of Gondolin ⓘ The Silmarillion ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople |
Noldor
ⓘ
linked to:
the Noldor
Turgon ⓘ |
| color | brown ⓘ |
| defensiveRole | obstacle to enemies seeking Gondolin ⓘ |
| describedBy | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| followedBy | Gate of Bronze ⓘ |
| function |
outer defensive gate of Gondolin
ⓘ
part of layered fortifications of Gondolin ⓘ |
| guardedBy |
Elves of Gondolin
ⓘ
linked to:
Elves of Beleriand
archers ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Beleriand
ⓘ
Hidden Way to Gondolin ⓘ
linked to:
Hidden city of Gondolin
Tumladen ⓘ |
| material |
timber
ⓘ
wood ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gondolin
ⓘ
Seven Gates of Gondolin ⓘ |
| precededBy | Gate of Stone ⓘ |
| setInAge | First Age ⓘ |
| setInFictionalWorld | 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: Gate of Wood Description of subject: The Gate of Wood is one of the outer defensive gates of the hidden Elven city of Gondolin in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, forming part of its layered fortifications.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.