King Bard the Bowman
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King Bard the Bowman is a legendary archer and later king of Dale in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, renowned for slaying the dragon Smaug.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| King Bard the Bowman canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12394352 — 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: King Bard the Bowman Context triple: [Dale, notableRuler, King Bard the Bowman]
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A.
Belegaer
Belegaer is the vast western ocean of Tolkien’s Middle-earth, separating its lands from the distant continent of Aman.
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B.
The Halfling
"The Halfling" is a science fiction novella by Leigh Brackett that blends noir-inflected crime elements with futuristic adventure and psychological intrigue.
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C.
The Knight
The Knight is a noble, chivalrous warrior and one of the most respected storytellers among the pilgrims in Geoffrey Chaucer’s *The Canterbury Tales*.
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D.
The Black Shield of Falworth
The Black Shield of Falworth is a 1954 Technicolor swashbuckling adventure film set in medieval England, starring Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.
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E.
Bel and the Dragon
Bel and the Dragon is an apocryphal addition to the Book of Daniel that recounts stories of the prophet exposing the falsity of idol worship and miraculously surviving a dragon and a lions’ den.
- 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: King Bard the Bowman Target entity description: King Bard the Bowman is a legendary archer and later king of Dale in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, renowned for slaying the dragon Smaug.
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A.
Belegaer
Belegaer is the vast western ocean of Tolkien’s Middle-earth, separating its lands from the distant continent of Aman.
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B.
The Halfling
"The Halfling" is a science fiction novella by Leigh Brackett that blends noir-inflected crime elements with futuristic adventure and psychological intrigue.
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C.
The Knight
The Knight is a noble, chivalrous warrior and one of the most respected storytellers among the pilgrims in Geoffrey Chaucer’s *The Canterbury Tales*.
-
D.
The Black Shield of Falworth
The Black Shield of Falworth is a 1954 Technicolor swashbuckling adventure film set in medieval England, starring Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.
-
E.
Bel and the Dragon
Bel and the Dragon is an apocryphal addition to the Book of Daniel that recounts stories of the prophet exposing the falsity of idol worship and miraculously surviving a dragon and a lions’ den.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
the kingdom of Dale