Tilion
E823159
Tilion is a Maia from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium who became the steersman of the Moon, guiding its course across the sky.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tilion canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9777432 — 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: Tilion Context triple: [Maia, notableMember, Tilion]
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A.
Tialo
Tialo is an Austronesian language of the Tomini–Tolitoli subgroup spoken in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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B.
Tirico
Tirico is the surname of American sportscaster Mike Tirico, known for his play-by-play work on major sports broadcasts.
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C.
Telti
Telti is a small town and comune in the Gallura region of northeastern Sardinia, Italy, known for its rural landscape and traditional Sardinian culture.
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D.
Teurnia
Teurnia was an important ancient Roman city that served as a major administrative and cultural center in the province of Noricum, located in what is now southern Austria.
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E.
The Turim
The Turim is a foundational 14th-century Jewish legal code by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher that systematically organizes halakhic rulings into four major sections.
- 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: Tilion Target entity description: Tilion is a Maia from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium who became the steersman of the Moon, guiding its course across the sky.
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A.
Tialo
Tialo is an Austronesian language of the Tomini–Tolitoli subgroup spoken in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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B.
Tirico
Tirico is the surname of American sportscaster Mike Tirico, known for his play-by-play work on major sports broadcasts.
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C.
Telti
Telti is a small town and comune in the Gallura region of northeastern Sardinia, Italy, known for its rural landscape and traditional Sardinian culture.
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D.
Teurnia
Teurnia was an important ancient Roman city that served as a major administrative and cultural center in the province of Noricum, located in what is now southern Austria.
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E.
The Turim
The Turim is a foundational 14th-century Jewish legal code by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher that systematically organizes halakhic rulings into four major sections.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maia
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Valar
ⓘ
linked to:
The Valar
|
| appearsIn | The Silmarillion ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Telperion ⓘ |
| basedOn | mythological lunar charioteers ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Ainur ⓘ |
| causes | eclipses of the Sun ⓘ |
| chosenBy |
Valar
ⓘ
linked to:
The Valar
|
| cosmicBody | Isil (the Moon) ⓘ |
| cosmicFunction | guide the Moon across the sky ⓘ |
| creator | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| domain | sky ⓘ |
| firstAgeActivity | steering the Moon over Middle-earth ⓘ |
| formerRole | hunter of Oromë ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| guides | Moon ⓘ |
| languageUniverse |
Middle-earth legendarium
ⓘ
linked to:
legendarium of Middle-earth
|
| loved | Telperion ⓘ |
| origin | Aman ⓘ |
| otherName | Steersman of the Moon ⓘ |
| pursues | Arien ⓘ |
| quality |
bold
ⓘ
less wary than Arien ⓘ unsteady in speed ⓘ |
| race | Maia ⓘ |
| realm | Arda ⓘ |
| role | steersman of the Moon ⓘ |
| served | Oromë ⓘ |
| serves |
Manwë
ⓘ
Varda ⓘ |
| task | bear the last silver flower of Telperion ⓘ |
| universe |
Legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien
ⓘ
linked to:
legendarium of Middle-earth
|
| vehicle | island-like vessel of the Moon ⓘ |
| weapon |
arrows
ⓘ
bow ⓘ |
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: Tilion Description of subject: Tilion is a Maia from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium who became the steersman of the Moon, guiding its course across the sky.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.