Loatheb
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Hearthstone legendary minion
Warcraft character
World of Warcraft boss
fungal abomination
raid boss
undead creature
Loatheb is a fungal abomination boss from the Naxxramas raid in the Warcraft universe, known for its deadly spores and healing-suppression mechanics.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Loatheb canonical | 5 |
| Loatheb (World of Warcraft boss) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11544765 — 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: Loatheb Context triple: [Curse of Naxxramas, containsBoss, Loatheb]
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A.
Azog the Defiler
Azog the Defiler is a powerful pale orc chieftain and primary antagonist in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit film trilogy, known for hunting Thorin Oakenshield and his company.
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B.
Heigan the Unclean
Heigan the Unclean is a notorious undead boss in World of Warcraft’s Naxxramas raid, famed for his deadly “dance” mechanic that forces players to dodge waves of plague eruptions.
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C.
Tarasque
The Tarasque is a legendary dragon-like monster from Provençal folklore, famously tamed by Saint Martha and associated with the town of Tarascon in southern France.
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D.
Fiend
Fiend is an American rapper and producer known for his work with No Limit Records in the late 1990s and collaborations with artists like Snoop Dogg.
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E.
Ebonroc
Ebonroc is a shadow-infused black dragon boss in World of Warcraft’s Blackwing Lair raid, known for his life-draining abilities and challenging tank mechanics.
- 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: Loatheb Target entity description: Loatheb is a fungal abomination boss from the Naxxramas raid in the Warcraft universe, known for its deadly spores and healing-suppression mechanics.
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A.
Azog the Defiler
Azog the Defiler is a powerful pale orc chieftain and primary antagonist in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit film trilogy, known for hunting Thorin Oakenshield and his company.
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B.
Heigan the Unclean
Heigan the Unclean is a notorious undead boss in World of Warcraft’s Naxxramas raid, famed for his deadly “dance” mechanic that forces players to dodge waves of plague eruptions.
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C.
Tarasque
The Tarasque is a legendary dragon-like monster from Provençal folklore, famously tamed by Saint Martha and associated with the town of Tarascon in southern France.
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D.
Fiend
Fiend is an American rapper and producer known for his work with No Limit Records in the late 1990s and collaborations with artists like Snoop Dogg.
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E.
Ebonroc
Ebonroc is a shadow-infused black dragon boss in World of Warcraft’s Blackwing Lair raid, known for his life-draining abilities and challenging tank mechanics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hearthstone legendary minion
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Warcraft character ⓘ World of Warcraft boss ⓘ fungal abomination ⓘ raid boss ⓘ undead creature ⓘ |
| ability |
Deathbloom
ⓘ
Inevitable Doom ⓘ Necrotic Aura ⓘ Summon Spore ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Naxxramas raid
ⓘ
World of Warcraft ⓘ Wrath of the Lich King Classic ⓘ
linked to:
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
|
| associatedWith |
Kel'Thuzad
ⓘ
Lich King ⓘ |
| cardGameAppearance | Hearthstone ⓘ |
| creatorInLore | Grand Apothecary Putress ⓘ |
| expansionIntroducedIn |
World of Warcraft: Classic
ⓘ
linked to:
World of Warcraft Classic
|
| faction | Scourge ⓘ |
| game | World of Warcraft ⓘ |
| HearthstoneEffect | increases cost of enemy spells next turn ⓘ |
| HearthstoneSet | Curse of Naxxramas ⓘ |
| language | Common (game client localization) ⓘ |
| location |
Naxxramas
ⓘ
linked to:
Naxxramas (level 80 version)
Plague Quarter ⓘ |
| lootCategory | raid epics ⓘ |
| mechanic |
Fungal Bloom buff
ⓘ
Necrotic Aura ⓘ doom timer ⓘ healing suppression ⓘ spore summoning ⓘ |
| notableFor |
encouraging high burst damage phases
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severely limiting healing ⓘ use of beneficial spores ⓘ |
| notableLoot |
Band of Unnatural Forces
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Brimstone Staff ⓘ Helm of the Corrupted Mind ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
fungus
ⓘ
necromancy ⓘ plague ⓘ |
| raceInGameData | Undead ⓘ |
| raidSizeOriginal | 40-player ⓘ |
| raidSizeReworked |
10-player
ⓘ
25-player ⓘ |
| roleInRaid | final boss of the Plague Quarter ⓘ |
| tierOfContent |
level 60 raid content
ⓘ
level 80 raid content (re-release) ⓘ |
| typeInGameData | Aberration ⓘ |
| universe |
Warcraft
ⓘ
linked to:
Warcraft universe
|
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: Loatheb Description of subject: Loatheb is a fungal abomination boss from the Naxxramas raid in the Warcraft universe, known for its deadly spores and healing-suppression mechanics.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Loatheb (card)
linked to: Loatheb
subject linked to:
floating necropolis Naxxramas