Éowyn
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Éowyn is a noblewoman of Rohan in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, renowned for disguising herself as a man to fight in battle and slaying the Witch-king of Angmar.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Éowyn canonical | 40 |
| Lady of Rohan | 2 |
| Lady of Ithilien | 1 |
| White Lady of Rohan | 1 |
| Éowyn (granddaughter) | 1 |
| Éowyn of Rohan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1787805 — 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: Éowyn Context triple: [The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, featuresCharacter, Éowyn]
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A.
Tauriel
Tauriel is a Silvan Elf warrior and captain of the Mirkwood guard created for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit film trilogy, known for her exceptional combat skills and compassionate defiance of elven tradition.
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B.
Aragorn
Aragorn is a central heroic figure in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, a ranger and rightful king who plays a crucial role in the defeat of Sauron.
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C.
Legolas
Legolas is an Elven prince and master archer from Mirkwood who is a key member of the Fellowship of the Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
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D.
Faramir
Faramir is a noble and introspective Gondorian captain from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, known for his wisdom, mercy, and resistance to the corrupting power of the One Ring.
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E.
Frodo
Frodo is a well-known male chimpanzee from Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania, recognized for his aggressive behavior and prominence in Jane Goodall’s long-term chimpanzee studies.
- 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: Éowyn Target entity description: Éowyn is a noblewoman of Rohan in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, renowned for disguising herself as a man to fight in battle and slaying the Witch-king of Angmar.
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A.
Tauriel
Tauriel is a Silvan Elf warrior and captain of the Mirkwood guard created for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit film trilogy, known for her exceptional combat skills and compassionate defiance of elven tradition.
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B.
Aragorn
Aragorn is a central heroic figure in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, a ranger and rightful king who plays a crucial role in the defeat of Sauron.
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C.
Legolas
Legolas is an Elven prince and master archer from Mirkwood who is a key member of the Fellowship of the Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
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D.
Faramir
Faramir is a noble and introspective Gondorian captain from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, known for his wisdom, mercy, and resistance to the corrupting power of the One Ring.
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E.
Frodo
Frodo is a well-known male chimpanzee from Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania, recognized for his aggressive behavior and prominence in Jane Goodall’s long-term chimpanzee studies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Rohirrim
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ human ⓘ shieldmaiden of Rohan ⓘ |
| alliesWith |
Meriadoc Brandybuck
ⓘ
linked to:
Merry Brandybuck
|
| appearsIn |
The Lord of the Rings
ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (film) ⓘ The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Return of the King ⓘ The Two Towers ⓘ
linked to:
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
|
| appearsInRace | Men of the West ⓘ |
| characterArc | from despair and longing for death in battle to acceptance of healing and peace in Ithilien ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
bravery
ⓘ
desire for glory in battle ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Rohan ⓘ |
| creator | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| disguisedAs | male Rider of Rohan ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Rohirrim
ⓘ
linked to:
Haradrim
|
| father | Éomund ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Middle-earth ⓘ |
| foughtAlongside |
Meriadoc Brandybuck
ⓘ
linked to:
Merry Brandybuck
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | high fantasy ⓘ |
| house | House of Eorl ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Tolkien’s concept of a shieldmaiden ⓘ |
| killed | Witch-king of Angmar ⓘ |
| language | Rohirric ⓘ |
| literaryRole | heroine of The Lord of the Rings ⓘ |
| loyalTo |
King Théoden
ⓘ
linked to:
Théoden
Rohan ⓘ |
| mother | Théodwyn ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ |
| notableWork | slaying the Witch-king of Angmar ⓘ |
| participatedIn | War of the Ring ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Miranda Otto ⓘ |
| relative | Théodred ⓘ |
| residence |
Edoras
ⓘ
Ithilien ⓘ Meduseld ⓘ |
| sibling | Éomer ⓘ |
| speaksLanguage | Westron ⓘ |
| spouse | Faramir ⓘ |
| title |
Lady of Ithilien
ⓘ
linked to:
Éowyn
Lady of Rohan ⓘ
linked to:
Éowyn
White Lady of Rohan ⓘ
linked to:
Éowyn
|
| uncle | Théoden ⓘ |
| usedAlias | Dernhelm ⓘ |
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: Éowyn Description of subject: Éowyn is a noblewoman of Rohan in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, renowned for disguising herself as a man to fight in battle and slaying the Witch-king of Angmar.
Referenced by (46)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
King Théoden in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
subject linked to:
King Théoden in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
subject linked to:
Men
linked to: Éowyn