The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King
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The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King is an early, alternate title used by J.R.R. Tolkien for what became the final volume of his epic fantasy trilogy, The Lord of the Rings.
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| The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12186467 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King Context triple: [There and Back Again, linkedWork, The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King]
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The Return of the King
The Return of the King is a 1980 animated television film by Rankin/Bass that adapts the final part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, focusing on the climax of the War of the Ring and the destruction of the One Ring.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is an epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson that concludes the Lord of the Rings trilogy, renowned for its sweeping storytelling, groundbreaking visual effects, and multiple Academy Awards including Best Picture.
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Domination of Middle-earth
Domination of Middle-earth is Sauron’s overarching ambition to subjugate all peoples and realms of Tolkien’s fictional world under his tyrannical rule.
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War of the Ring
The War of the Ring is the climactic conflict in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, centered on the struggle to destroy the One Ring and defeat Sauron.
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The Hunt for the Ring
The Hunt for the Ring is a narrative by J.R.R. Tolkien that details Sauron’s efforts and the Nazgûl’s movements to recover the One Ring before the events of The Lord of the Rings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King Target entity description: The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King is an early, alternate title used by J.R.R. Tolkien for what became the final volume of his epic fantasy trilogy, The Lord of the Rings.
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A.
The Return of the King
The Return of the King is a 1980 animated television film by Rankin/Bass that adapts the final part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, focusing on the climax of the War of the Ring and the destruction of the One Ring.
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B.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is an epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson that concludes the Lord of the Rings trilogy, renowned for its sweeping storytelling, groundbreaking visual effects, and multiple Academy Awards including Best Picture.
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C.
Domination of Middle-earth
Domination of Middle-earth is Sauron’s overarching ambition to subjugate all peoples and realms of Tolkien’s fictional world under his tyrannical rule.
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D.
War of the Ring
The War of the Ring is the climactic conflict in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, centered on the struggle to destroy the One Ring and defeat Sauron.
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E.
The Hunt for the Ring
The Hunt for the Ring is a narrative by J.R.R. Tolkien that details Sauron’s efforts and the Nazgûl’s movements to recover the One Ring before the events of The Lord of the Rings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
There and Back Again (in-universe)
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linkedWork
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The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King
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subject surface form:
There and Back Again