The Maw
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The Maw is a perilous endgame zone in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, serving as the inescapable prison of the most wicked souls and the domain of the Jailer.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Maw canonical | 40 |
| the Maw | 12 |
| Mawsworn | 2 |
| Into the Maw | 1 |
| Ruler of the Maw | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2496459 — 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: The Maw Context triple: [World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, zone, The Maw]
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A.
The Moon of Gomrath
The Moon of Gomrath is a classic British fantasy novel by Alan Garner that continues the mythic adventures begun in The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, blending English folklore with modern children’s fantasy.
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B.
Eidolon
Eidolon is an online classics journal and magazine that presents accessible, socially engaged writing on the ancient world for a broad contemporary audience.
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C.
The Monolith
The Monolith is a towering granite sculpture in Oslo’s Vigeland installation, depicting a writhing column of intertwined human figures symbolizing the cycle of life.
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D.
The Nomad
"The Nomad" is a music release by Australian actor and occasional musician Guy Pearce, showcasing his work as a recording artist beyond his film career.
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E.
Firmament
Firmament is the vast, arching expanse of sky or heavens often conceived in ancient cosmologies as a solid dome separating the earthly realm from the celestial.
- 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: The Maw Target entity description: The Maw is a perilous endgame zone in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, serving as the inescapable prison of the most wicked souls and the domain of the Jailer.
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A.
The Moon of Gomrath
The Moon of Gomrath is a classic British fantasy novel by Alan Garner that continues the mythic adventures begun in The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, blending English folklore with modern children’s fantasy.
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B.
Eidolon
Eidolon is an online classics journal and magazine that presents accessible, socially engaged writing on the ancient world for a broad contemporary audience.
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C.
The Monolith
The Monolith is a towering granite sculpture in Oslo’s Vigeland installation, depicting a writhing column of intertwined human figures symbolizing the cycle of life.
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D.
The Nomad
"The Nomad" is a music release by Australian actor and occasional musician Guy Pearce, showcasing his work as a recording artist beyond his film career.
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E.
Firmament
Firmament is the vast, arching expanse of sky or heavens often conceived in ancient cosmologies as a solid dome separating the earthly realm from the celestial.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shadowlands zone
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endgame zone ⓘ location in World of Warcraft ⓘ zone ⓘ |
| accessMethod |
Covenant assaults
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Waystone from Oribos ⓘ introductory Shadowlands questline ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
the inescapable prison of the damned
ⓘ
linked to:
The Fall of the Damned
|
| appearsIn | World of Warcraft ⓘ |
| appearsInExpansion | World of Warcraft: Shadowlands ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Covenant forces
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Maw Walkers ⓘ Ve’nari ⓘ |
| contains |
Beastwarrens
ⓘ
Calcis ⓘ Cocyrus ⓘ Crucible of the Damned ⓘ Desmotaeron ⓘ Perdition Hold ⓘ Planes of Torment ⓘ The Altar of Domination ⓘ
linked to:
Sanctum of Domination
The Crucible of the Damned ⓘ
linked to:
Crucible of the Damned
The Tremaculum ⓘ Torghast, Tower of the Damned ⓘ Zovaal’s Cauldron ⓘ |
| cosmicRole | anomaly in the Shadowlands after the Arbiter’s fall ⓘ |
| domainOf | The Jailer ⓘ |
| expandedInPatch | World of Warcraft patch 9.1 Chains of Domination ⓘ |
| factionPresence |
Kyrian Covenant
ⓘ
linked to:
Kyrian
Necrolord Covenant ⓘ
linked to:
Necrolords
Night Fae Covenant ⓘ
linked to:
Night Fae
Venthyr Covenant ⓘ
linked to:
Venthyr
|
| gameplayChange | mount restrictions later relaxed in patches ⓘ |
| gameplayFeature |
Eye of the Jailer mechanic
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Stygia currency ⓘ Ve’nari reputation ⓘ limited mounting at launch ⓘ |
| governedBy | The Jailer ⓘ |
| intendedPlayerLevel | level 60 characters at Shadowlands launch ⓘ |
| inUniverse | Warcraft universe ⓘ |
| loreFunction |
prison for the most wicked souls
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repository for irredeemable anima ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme | eternal torment and domination ⓘ |
| partOf | Shadowlands ⓘ |
| patchIntroduced | World of Warcraft patch 9.0.1 era ⓘ |
| primaryRuler | The Jailer ⓘ |
| relatedSystem |
Chains of Domination storyline
ⓘ
linked to:
Sanctum of Domination
Covenant campaigns ⓘ Torghast progression ⓘ |
| threatLevel | high-risk zone ⓘ |
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: The Maw Description of subject: The Maw is a perilous endgame zone in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, serving as the inescapable prison of the most wicked souls and the domain of the Jailer.
Referenced by (56)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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