The Hunt for the Ring
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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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Hunt for the Ring canonical | 2 |
| Recovery of the One Ring | 1 |
| “The Hunt for the Ring” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7800280 — 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: The Hunt for the Ring Context triple: [Unfinished Tales, hasPart, The Hunt for the Ring]
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A.
Lord of Isengard
Lord of Isengard is the title held by Saruman, the powerful and ultimately treacherous wizard who rules from the tower of Orthanc in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
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B.
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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C.
Scouring of the Shire
The Scouring of the Shire is the climactic episode in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings where the hobbits return home to find their land despoiled and lead a local uprising to restore it.
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D.
Tira de la Peregrinación
Tira de la Peregrinación is a pre-Hispanic Aztec pictorial manuscript that visually narrates the Mexica migration from Aztlán to the Valley of Mexico.
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E.
Lord of Balaguer
Lord of Balaguer is a traditional noble title in Spain historically associated with the Spanish monarchy and currently held by King Felipe VI.
- 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: The Hunt for the Ring Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Lord of Isengard
Lord of Isengard is the title held by Saruman, the powerful and ultimately treacherous wizard who rules from the tower of Orthanc in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
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B.
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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C.
Scouring of the Shire
The Scouring of the Shire is the climactic episode in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings where the hobbits return home to find their land despoiled and lead a local uprising to restore it.
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D.
Tira de la Peregrinación
Tira de la Peregrinación is a pre-Hispanic Aztec pictorial manuscript that visually narrates the Mexica migration from Aztlán to the Valley of Mexico.
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E.
Lord of Balaguer
Lord of Balaguer is a traditional noble title in Spain historically associated with the Spanish monarchy and currently held by King Felipe VI.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
narrative ⓘ |
| author | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| basedOn | Tolkien’s drafts and notes for The Lord of the Rings ⓘ |
| belongsToFranchise |
Middle-earth legendarium
ⓘ
linked to:
legendarium of Middle-earth
|
| chronologicalPositionInLegendarium | events immediately preceding The Lord of the Rings ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describesEvent |
Nazgûl’s journey from Mordor
ⓘ
Nazgûl’s search in the Shire ⓘ Sauron’s intelligence-gathering about the Ring ⓘ |
| explains |
Sauron’s strategy to locate the Ring
ⓘ
background to the Nazgûl’s appearance in The Fellowship of the Ring ⓘ |
| follows | the finding of the One Ring by Bilbo Baggins ⓘ |
| form | prose narrative ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy
ⓘ
secondary-world fiction ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | posthumously published Tolkien material ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Bilbo Baggins
ⓘ
Gandalf ⓘ Gollum ⓘ Nazgûl ⓘ Saruman ⓘ Sauron ⓘ the Witch-king of Angmar ⓘ
linked to:
Witch-king of Angmar
|
| hasFictionalTimeSpan | Third Age of Middle-earth ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fear and domination
ⓘ
power of the One Ring ⓘ surveillance and pursuit ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Nazgûl
ⓘ
One Ring ⓘ
linked to:
The One Ring
Sauron ⓘ search for the One Ring ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Sauron’s efforts to recover the One Ring
ⓘ
movements of the Nazgûl ⓘ |
| partOf |
The History of Middle-earth
ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion tradition of commentary ⓘ |
| precedes | the departure of Frodo from the Shire ⓘ |
| publisher | George Allen & Unwin ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Fellowship of the Ring
ⓘ
linked to:
Fellowship of the Ring
The History of Middle-earth, Volume 12: The Peoples of Middle-earth ⓘ
linked to:
The Peoples of Middle-earth
The Lord of the Rings ⓘ The Return of the King ⓘ |
| setInFictionalUniverse | Middle-earth ⓘ |
| timeOfWriting | 20th century ⓘ |
| workInTolkienLegendarium | yes ⓘ |
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Subject: The Hunt for the Ring Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (4)
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linked to: The Hunt for the Ring