Merry Gamgee
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Merry Gamgee is one of the children of Samwise Gamgee in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, named in honor of his friend Meriadoc Brandybuck.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Merry Gamgee canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11423983 — 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: Merry Gamgee Context triple: [Frodo Gardner, sibling, Merry Gamgee]
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May Gamgee
May Gamgee is a hobbit of the Shire from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, known as one of the daughters in the large Gamgee family to which Samwise Gamgee belongs.
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Rose Gamgee
Rose Gamgee, born Rosie Cotton, is a hobbit of the Shire in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium who marries Samwise Gamgee and becomes an important figure in the post–War of the Ring Shire.
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Hamfast Gamgee
Hamfast Gamgee, often called the Gaffer, is a humble Hobbit gardener of the Shire in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium and the father of Samwise Gamgee.
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D.
Belladonna Took
Belladonna Took is a spirited hobbit of the adventurous Took family and the mother of Bilbo Baggins in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
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E.
Daisy Gamgee
Daisy Gamgee is a hobbit of the Shire from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, known as one of the daughters in the large Gamgee family connected to Samwise Gamgee.
- 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: Merry Gamgee Target entity description: Merry Gamgee is one of the children of Samwise Gamgee in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, named in honor of his friend Meriadoc Brandybuck.
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A.
May Gamgee
May Gamgee is a hobbit of the Shire from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, known as one of the daughters in the large Gamgee family to which Samwise Gamgee belongs.
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B.
Rose Gamgee
Rose Gamgee, born Rosie Cotton, is a hobbit of the Shire in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium who marries Samwise Gamgee and becomes an important figure in the post–War of the Ring Shire.
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C.
Hamfast Gamgee
Hamfast Gamgee, often called the Gaffer, is a humble Hobbit gardener of the Shire in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium and the father of Samwise Gamgee.
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D.
Belladonna Took
Belladonna Took is a spirited hobbit of the adventurous Took family and the mother of Bilbo Baggins in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
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E.
Daisy Gamgee
Daisy Gamgee is a hobbit of the Shire from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, known as one of the daughters in the large Gamgee family connected to Samwise Gamgee.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.