Fourth Age
E268773
The Fourth Age is the era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth that follows the defeat of Sauron and the War of the Ring, marking the beginning of the dominion of Men and the fading of Elves and other ancient races.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fourth Age canonical | 32 |
| Fourth Age of Middle-earth | 23 |
| Fourth Age (early years) | 1 |
| Reign of Aragorn II Elessar | 1 |
| early Fourth Age of Middle-earth | 1 |
| the Fourth Age | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2369289 — 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: Fourth Age Context triple: [Middle-earth, hasAge, Fourth Age]
-
A.
Third Age
The Third Age is a pivotal historical era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marked by the rise and fall of Sauron and culminating in the events of The Lord of the Rings.
-
B.
Second Age
The Second Age is a pivotal era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marked by the rise and fall of Númenor, the forging of the Rings of Power, and Sauron’s first great bid for dominion.
-
C.
First Age
The First Age is the earliest great era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marked by the wars against Morgoth and the heroic tales recounted in The Silmarillion.
-
D.
The Golden Age
The Golden Age is a nostalgic collection of semi-autobiographical childhood essays by British author Kenneth Grahame, celebrating the imaginative inner world of children in a Victorian setting.
-
E.
The Golden Age
The Golden Age is the original title of the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ religious magazine that was later renamed Awake!.
- 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: Fourth Age Target entity description: The Fourth Age is the era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth that follows the defeat of Sauron and the War of the Ring, marking the beginning of the dominion of Men and the fading of Elves and other ancient races.
-
A.
Third Age
The Third Age is a pivotal historical era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marked by the rise and fall of Sauron and culminating in the events of The Lord of the Rings.
-
B.
Second Age
The Second Age is a pivotal era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marked by the rise and fall of Númenor, the forging of the Rings of Power, and Sauron’s first great bid for dominion.
-
C.
First Age
The First Age is the earliest great era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marked by the wars against Morgoth and the heroic tales recounted in The Silmarillion.
-
D.
The Golden Age
The Golden Age is a nostalgic collection of semi-autobiographical childhood essays by British author Kenneth Grahame, celebrating the imaginative inner world of children in a Victorian setting.
-
E.
The Golden Age
The Golden Age is the original title of the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ religious magazine that was later renamed Awake!.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
era of Middle-earth
ⓘ
fictional historical era ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Aragorn
ⓘ
Frodo Baggins ⓘ Gandalf ⓘ Gimli ⓘ King Elessar ⓘ
linked to:
Elessar
Legolas ⓘ Samwise Gamgee ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Legolas and Gimli’s voyage West
ⓘ
Reunited Kingdom of Gondor and Arnor ⓘ
linked to:
the Reunited Kingdom of Arnor and Gondor
Samwise Gamgee’s later voyage to the West ⓘ crowning of Aragorn as King Elessar ⓘ departure of the Ring-bearers from Middle-earth ⓘ diminution of the Shire’s special protection ⓘ |
| beginsAfterEvent |
War of the Ring
ⓘ
defeat of Sauron ⓘ destruction of the One Ring ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
diminishing of magic in Middle-earth
ⓘ
dominion of Men ⓘ fading of the Elves ⓘ waning of other ancient races ⓘ |
| cosmicChange |
Sauron is permanently overthrown
ⓘ
no new Dark Lord arises in Tolkien’s published canon ⓘ |
| follows | Third Age ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Reunited Kingdom under King Elessar
ⓘ
linked to:
the Reunited Kingdom of Arnor and Gondor
successors of King Elessar ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
end of the Elder Days
ⓘ
rise of Men ⓘ transition from mythic to historical time ⓘ |
| introducedInWork | The Lord of the Rings ⓘ |
| inUniverseLocation | Middle-earth ⓘ |
| inUniverseWorld | Arda ⓘ |
| languageShift | Westron and Mannish tongues dominate ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Appendices to The Lord of the Rings
ⓘ
linked to:
The Lord of the Rings appendices
The Return of the King ⓘ The Silmarillion ⓘ Unfinished Tales ⓘ |
| notableRaceStatus |
Dwarves decline in prominence
ⓘ
Elves largely depart Middle-earth ⓘ Hobbits remain but become hidden from Big People ⓘ |
| partOf |
legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien
ⓘ
linked to:
legendarium of Middle-earth
|
| powerStructureChange |
Rings of Power lose their power
ⓘ
Three Elven Rings become ineffective ⓘ
linked to:
Elven Ring of Power
|
| precedes | no later named Age in Tolkien’s canon ⓘ |
| settingOf | post-War of the Ring period ⓘ |
| temporalRelationToRealWorld | intended to lead toward our own historical era ⓘ |
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: Fourth Age Description of subject: The Fourth Age is the era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth that follows the defeat of Sauron and the War of the Ring, marking the beginning of the dominion of Men and the fading of Elves and other ancient races.
Referenced by (59)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fourth Age
linked to: Fourth Age
linked to: Fourth Age
linked to: Fourth Age
linked to: Fourth Age
subject linked to:
The Took family
linked to: Fourth Age
linked to: Fourth Age
linked to: Fourth Age
linked to: Fourth Age
linked to: Fourth Age
linked to: Fourth Age
subject linked to:
the Reunited Kingdom of Arnor and Gondor
linked to: Fourth Age
linked to: Fourth Age
linked to: Fourth Age
linked to: Fourth Age
linked to: Fourth Age
linked to: Fourth Age
linked to: Fourth Age
linked to: Fourth Age
linked to: Fourth Age