the Four Lands
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The Four Lands is a fictional, post-apocalyptic fantasy world that serves as the primary setting for Terry Brooks’s Shannara series, featuring magic, ancient ruins, and diverse races descended from a fallen technological civilization.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Four Lands | 1 |
| the Four Lands canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4666463 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the Four Lands Context triple: [Terry Brooks, settingOfMajorWorks, the Four Lands]
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A.
Skylands
Skylands is a vast, floating world of islands and magical realms that serves as the primary universe where the Skylanders games and adventures take place.
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B.
Firelands
Firelands is a historic region in north-central Ohio originally settled as compensation lands for Connecticut residents whose homes were burned during the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
Chosen Land
Chosen Land is the English rendering of the Filipino phrase "Lupang Hinirang," referring to the Philippines as a beloved and honored homeland.
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D.
Realm of the Four Parts
Realm of the Four Parts is the English translation of the Quechua name "Tawantinsuyu," referring to the vast, four-region domain of the Inca Empire in pre-Columbian South America.
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E.
Flowed Lands
Flowed Lands is a remote, marshy area in the Adirondack High Peaks region of New York, known as the source of the Opalescent River and a destination for backcountry hikers.
- 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 Four Lands Target entity description: The Four Lands is a fictional, post-apocalyptic fantasy world that serves as the primary setting for Terry Brooks’s Shannara series, featuring magic, ancient ruins, and diverse races descended from a fallen technological civilization.
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A.
Skylands
Skylands is a vast, floating world of islands and magical realms that serves as the primary universe where the Skylanders games and adventures take place.
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B.
Firelands
Firelands is a historic region in north-central Ohio originally settled as compensation lands for Connecticut residents whose homes were burned during the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
Chosen Land
Chosen Land is the English rendering of the Filipino phrase "Lupang Hinirang," referring to the Philippines as a beloved and honored homeland.
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D.
Realm of the Four Parts
Realm of the Four Parts is the English translation of the Quechua name "Tawantinsuyu," referring to the vast, four-region domain of the Inca Empire in pre-Columbian South America.
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E.
Flowed Lands
Flowed Lands is a remote, marshy area in the Adirondack High Peaks region of New York, known as the source of the Opalescent River and a destination for backcountry hikers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fantasy setting
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fictional world ⓘ literary setting ⓘ post-apocalyptic setting ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries | Shannara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithFamily |
Leah family
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Ohmsford family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithGroup | Druids of Paranor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Arborlon
NERFINISHED
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Borderlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Callahorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Dragon’s Teeth Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Hadeshorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Havenstead NERFINISHED ⓘ Havenstead Woods NERFINISHED ⓘ Hills of Shale NERFINISHED ⓘ Leah NERFINISHED ⓘ Morrowindl ⓘ Paranor NERFINISHED ⓘ Rainbow Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Skull Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Storlock NERFINISHED ⓘ Valley of Shale NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilderness ⓘ Wolfsktaag Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Terry Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedAfter | Great Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedFrom |
Arborlon
NERFINISHED
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Callahorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Leah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
containsAncientRuins
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containsDiverseRaces ⓘ magical ⓘ post-apocalyptic ⓘ |
| hasMagicSystem |
Druid magic
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Elven magic ⓘ Wishsong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | fallen technological civilization ⓘ |
| hasRegion |
Eastland
NERFINISHED
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Northland NERFINISHED ⓘ Southland NERFINISHED ⓘ Westland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPrecursor | Old World ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy |
Dwarves
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Elves ⓘ Gnomes ⓘ Humans ⓘ Trolls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Shannara universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySettingOf | Shannara series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | far future of a ruined Earth ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: the Four Lands Description of subject: The Four Lands is a fictional, post-apocalyptic fantasy world that serves as the primary setting for Terry Brooks’s Shannara series, featuring magic, ancient ruins, and diverse races descended from a fallen technological civilization.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Four Lands