Glamdring
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Glamdring is the legendary Elven sword from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, famed for its use by Gandalf and its ability to glow in the presence of orcs.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glamdring canonical | 5 |
| Elven swords of Gondolin | 1 |
| Glamdring (temporarily) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2138052 — 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: Glamdring Context triple: [Gandalf, weapon, Glamdring]
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A.
Gungnir
Gungnir is the legendary spear of the god Odin in Norse mythology, renowned for its unerring accuracy and powerful enchantments.
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B.
Arkenstone of Thrain
The Arkenstone of Thrain is a legendary, radiant gem from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, revered as the heart of the Lonely Mountain and a symbol of the rightful kingship of Durin’s folk.
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C.
Chain Sword
Chain Sword is a retractable, chain-linked blade weapon used by the Jaeger Gipsy Danger in the Pacific Rim universe for close-quarters combat against kaiju.
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D.
Sword of Mercy of the Crown Jewels
The Sword of Mercy of the Crown Jewels, also known as Curtana, is a ceremonial British coronation sword distinguished by its blunt, squared tip symbolizing mercy and royal justice.
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E.
Roundthorn
Roundthorn is an area in Greater Manchester, England, known primarily as a business and industrial district near Wythenshawe.
- 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: Glamdring Target entity description: Glamdring is the legendary Elven sword from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, famed for its use by Gandalf and its ability to glow in the presence of orcs.
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A.
Gungnir
Gungnir is the legendary spear of the god Odin in Norse mythology, renowned for its unerring accuracy and powerful enchantments.
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B.
Arkenstone of Thrain
The Arkenstone of Thrain is a legendary, radiant gem from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, revered as the heart of the Lonely Mountain and a symbol of the rightful kingship of Durin’s folk.
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C.
Chain Sword
Chain Sword is a retractable, chain-linked blade weapon used by the Jaeger Gipsy Danger in the Pacific Rim universe for close-quarters combat against kaiju.
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D.
Sword of Mercy of the Crown Jewels
The Sword of Mercy of the Crown Jewels, also known as Curtana, is a ceremonial British coronation sword distinguished by its blunt, squared tip symbolizing mercy and royal justice.
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E.
Roundthorn
Roundthorn is an area in Greater Manchester, England, known primarily as a business and industrial district near Wythenshawe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
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: Glamdring Description of subject: Glamdring is the legendary Elven sword from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, famed for its use by Gandalf and its ability to glow in the presence of orcs.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Glamdring