Murloc
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Murloc is a recurring tribe of small, amphibious, and often aggressive fish-like creatures featured across the Warcraft universe and prominently in Hearthstone.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Murloc canonical | 6 |
| Murlocs | 2 |
| Warcraft murlocs | 2 |
| Murloc Tidecaller | 1 |
| Murloc Tinyfin | 1 |
| Murloc Warleader | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11544553 — 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: Murloc Context triple: [Shaman (Hearthstone class), usesTribe, Murloc]
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A.
Smargadus
Smargadus was the exarch of Ravenna who commissioned the Column of Phocas in the Roman Forum in the early 7th century.
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B.
Moropus
Moropus is an extinct genus of horse-like, clawed herbivorous mammals that lived in North America during the Miocene epoch.
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C.
Grafling
Grafling is a municipality in the Bavarian district of Regen in Germany, known for its location in the scenic Bavarian Forest region.
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D.
Throsk
Throsk is a small village in central Scotland situated on the River Forth within the Stirling council area.
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E.
Morvi
Morvi is a town in the Morbi district of Gujarat, India, historically known as the seat of the former princely Morvi State.
- 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: Murloc Target entity description: Murloc is a recurring tribe of small, amphibious, and often aggressive fish-like creatures featured across the Warcraft universe and prominently in Hearthstone.
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A.
Smargadus
Smargadus was the exarch of Ravenna who commissioned the Column of Phocas in the Roman Forum in the early 7th century.
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B.
Moropus
Moropus is an extinct genus of horse-like, clawed herbivorous mammals that lived in North America during the Miocene epoch.
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C.
Grafling
Grafling is a municipality in the Bavarian district of Regen in Germany, known for its location in the scenic Bavarian Forest region.
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D.
Throsk
Throsk is a small village in central Scotland situated on the River Forth within the Stirling council area.
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E.
Morvi
Morvi is a town in the Morbi district of Gujarat, India, historically known as the seat of the former princely Morvi State.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fictional species
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Hearthstone tribe ⓘ Warcraft race ⓘ |
| alignment | Often hostile to player characters ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Hearthstone
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Heroes of the Storm ⓘ Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos ⓘ Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne ⓘ World of Warcraft ⓘ |
| associatedClassInHearthstone |
Mage
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Neutral ⓘ Paladin ⓘ Shaman ⓘ Warlock ⓘ |
| commonRoleInHearthstone |
Minion tribe
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Synergy-based tribal archetype ⓘ |
| commonRoleInWarcraft |
Low-level enemy mob
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Quest target ⓘ |
| createdBy | Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
Frequently used in Blizzard promotional material
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Popular meme within Warcraft community ⓘ |
| factionRelation |
Independent tribal communities
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Sometimes allied with Naga ⓘ Sometimes manipulated by Old Gods ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Warcraft universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos ⓘ |
| hasNotableIndividual |
King Mrgl-Mrgl
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Morgl the Oracle ⓘ Murky ⓘ Murloc Tinyfin ⓘ
linked to:
Murloc
Old Murk-Eye ⓘ Sir Finley Mrrgglton ⓘ |
| language | Nerglish ⓘ |
| mechanicalThemeInHearthstone |
Aggressive strategies
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Buffing other Murlocs ⓘ Swarming the board ⓘ |
| notableSound |
Guttural gurgling vocalizations
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“Mrglglglgl” battle cry ⓘ |
| speciesType |
Amphibious humanoid
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Fish-like creature ⓘ |
| typicalBehavior | Aggressive ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
Coastal areas
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Lakes ⓘ Shorelines ⓘ Swamps ⓘ |
| typicalSize | Small ⓘ |
| visualCharacteristic |
Colorful scales
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Large round eyes ⓘ Prominent dorsal spines or fins ⓘ Webbed hands and feet ⓘ |
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: Murloc Description of subject: Murloc is a recurring tribe of small, amphibious, and often aggressive fish-like creatures featured across the Warcraft universe and prominently in Hearthstone.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Murloc
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linked to: Murloc
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linked to: Murloc