query: Did Gandalf have a teacher/mentor?
positive_passages.docid: 16024
positive_passages.text: Were the Middle-earth Wizards born as Wizards?
negative_passages.docid: 103642
negative_passages.text: Why wasn't gunpowder more common in Middle Earth?
negative_passages.docid: 74018
negative_passages.text: "Trainer" is to "trainee" as "mentor" is to what?
negative_passages.docid: 26823
negative_passages.text: Why didn't Gandalf carry the Ring in Maia form?
negative_passages.docid: 21705
negative_passages.text: What is the place that Gandalf falls to after the battle with the Balrog?
negative_passages.docid: 158512
negative_passages.text: How many axes did Gimli bring on the quest of the Fellowship?
negative_passages.docid: 133184
negative_passages.text: Sauron's sight details?
negative_passages.docid: 103391
negative_passages.text: What was the first school of magic mentioned in modern Fantasy literature?
negative_passages.docid: 47113
negative_passages.text: Are there any references to Eru or the Valar in the Lord of the Rings movies?
negative_passages.docid: 129467
negative_passages.text: What is Elrond's position/status, as compared to Galadriel's?
negative_passages.docid: 158073
negative_passages.text: Would the One Ring have stayed hidden if Bilbo hadn't turned up?
negative_passages.docid: 103341
negative_passages.text: How did Gandalf come to possess one of the Elf rings?
negative_passages.docid: 125141
negative_passages.text: Why didn't Chirrut Îmwe exhibit the talent he supposedly taught others?
negative_passages.docid: 133174
negative_passages.text: Is there any hint that some of the beings in Tolkien's lore may have survived into "our" times?
negative_passages.docid: 60406
negative_passages.text: Why did Gandalf become the white wizard?
negative_passages.docid: 3485
negative_passages.text: Why would Sith Masters teach apprentices, at all?
negative_passages.docid: 116935
negative_passages.text: Why was Gandalf involved with the Dwarves' quest to rob Smaug?