Maglor
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Character in the legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien
Elf
Fictional character
Minstrel
Noldo
Noldorin prince
Maglor is a tragic Elven minstrel and son of Fëanor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, renowned for his haunting songs and doomed role in the Silmarillion’s tales of the First Age.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maglor canonical | 17 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11048027 — 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: Maglor Context triple: [First Age, featuresCharacter, Maglor]
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A.
Tuor
Tuor is a heroic Man of the First Age in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, renowned for his journey to Gondolin and as the father of Eärendil.
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B.
Elladan
Elladan is one of Elrond's twin sons in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, known as a noble Elf of Rivendell who often rides to war alongside his brother Elrohir.
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C.
Maedhros
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Maglor Target entity description: Maglor is a tragic Elven minstrel and son of Fëanor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, renowned for his haunting songs and doomed role in the Silmarillion’s tales of the First Age.
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A.
Tuor
Tuor is a heroic Man of the First Age in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, renowned for his journey to Gondolin and as the father of Eärendil.
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B.
Elladan
Elladan is one of Elrond's twin sons in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, known as a noble Elf of Rivendell who often rides to war alongside his brother Elrohir.
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C.
Maedhros
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Character in the legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien
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Elf ⓘ Fictional character ⓘ Minstrel ⓘ Noldo ⓘ Noldorin prince ⓘ |
| age | First Age ⓘ |
| alignment | Initially rebellious against the Valar ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Maedhros ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The History of Middle-earth
ⓘ
The Peoples of Middle-earth ⓘ The Silmarillion ⓘ |
| artForm |
Poetry
ⓘ
Song ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Tirion ⓘ |
| brotherInArmsWith | Maedhros ⓘ |
| createdBy | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| culture | House of Fëanor ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Doriath
ⓘ
Fëanorian host’s enemies in Beleriand ⓘ Morgoth ⓘ Thingol ⓘ |
| fate |
Cast his Silmaril into the Sea
ⓘ
Wandered the shores of Middle-earth in sorrow ⓘ |
| father | Fëanor ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Middle-earth ⓘ |
| fostered |
Elrond
ⓘ
Elros ⓘ |
| gender | Male ⓘ |
| heldTerritory | Maglor’s Gap ⓘ |
| house | House of Fëanor ⓘ |
| knownFor | Showing pity to Elrond and Elros ⓘ |
| language |
Quenya
ⓘ
Sindarin ⓘ |
| laterCharacterization | More remorseful than his brothers ⓘ |
| mother | Nerdanel ⓘ |
| nationality |
Noldorin
ⓘ
linked to:
the Noldor
|
| notableFor |
Haunting songs
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Role in the Oath of Fëanor ⓘ Skill in music and poetry ⓘ |
| notableWork | Lament for the Noldor (attributed in-universe) ⓘ |
| occupation |
Minstrel
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Warrior ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Second Kinslaying at Doriath
ⓘ
linked to:
Kinslayings of the Noldor
Third Kinslaying at the Havens of Sirion ⓘ
linked to:
Sack of the Havens of Sirion
|
| race | Elf ⓘ |
| relative |
Celebrimbor
ⓘ
Finarfin ⓘ Fingolfin ⓘ Galadriel ⓘ |
| seized | Silmaril ⓘ |
| sibling |
Amras
ⓘ
Amrod ⓘ Caranthir ⓘ Celegorm ⓘ Curufin ⓘ Maedhros ⓘ |
| status | Unknown after the end of the First Age ⓘ |
| subrace |
Noldor
ⓘ
linked to:
the Noldor
|
| swore | Oath of Fëanor ⓘ |
| theme |
Doom of the Noldor
ⓘ
linked to:
Doom of Mandos
Tragic repentance ⓘ |
| title |
Lord of Maglor’s Gap
ⓘ
Son of Fëanor ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
Crossing of the Helcaraxë (indirectly, via host of Fëanor leaving others)
ⓘ
linked to:
Crossing of the Helcaraxë
Kinslaying at Alqualondë ⓘ Nirnaeth Arnoediad ⓘ Rebellion of the Noldor ⓘ
linked to:
Fëanor’s rebellion
Wars of Beleriand ⓘ
linked to:
WarsOfBeleriand
|
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: Maglor Description of subject: Maglor is a tragic Elven minstrel and son of Fëanor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, renowned for his haunting songs and doomed role in the Silmarillion’s tales of the First Age.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.