fictional setting
C13224
concept
A fictional setting is an imagined world or environment, with its own locations, cultures, and rules, in which the events of a story take place.
All labels observed (52)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| fictional setting canonical | 43 |
| fictional school | 40 |
| fictional high school | 30 |
| narrative setting | 26 |
| fictional fortress | 23 |
| fictional dimension | 16 |
| fictional historical era | 16 |
| television series setting | 10 |
| fantasy world | 7 |
| dramatic setting | 5 |
| fictional culture | 5 |
| dystopian setting | 4 |
| speculative setting | 3 |
| fictional garden | 2 |
| fictional scene | 2 |
| fictional secondary school | 2 |
| fictional territory | 2 |
| setting in a science fiction novel | 2 |
| setting in a work of fiction | 2 |
| setting in science fiction literature | 2 |
| setting of a work of fiction | 2 |
| superhero setting | 2 |
| Dungeons & Dragons setting | 1 |
| FictionalSocioCulturalSetting | 1 |
| cosmic horror setting | 1 |
| fairy-tale setting | 1 |
| fan-developed fictional setting | 1 |
| fantasy land | 1 |
| fictional land | 1 |
| fictional location in the United States | 1 |
| fictional location stand-in | 1 |
| fictional school setting | 1 |
| fictional setting collection | 1 |
| fictional sub-area | 1 |
| fictional virtual world | 1 |
| horror fiction setting | 1 |
| human culture in fiction | 1 |
| imagined setting | 1 |
| metaphysical setting | 1 |
| military fiction setting | 1 |
| region in fiction | 1 |
| setting in Stephen King works | 1 |
| setting in a fantasy novel series | 1 |
| setting in a horror novel | 1 |
| setting in a novel series | 1 |
| setting in a science fiction work | 1 |
| setting in fantasy literature | 1 |
| setting in fiction | 1 |
| setting in horror fiction | 1 |
| setting in the Cthulhu Mythos | 1 |
| steampunk setting | 1 |
| thriller fiction setting | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: fictional setting
Generated description
A fictional setting is an imagined world or environment, with its own locations, cultures, and rules, in which the events of a story take place.
Instances (271)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Isengard | fictional fortress |
| Galactic Civil War era | fictional historical era |
| High Republic era | fictional historical era |
|
United States of America (pre-Gilead, fictional setting)
surface form:
United States of America (pre-Gilead)
|
— |
| Bampton Church used as St Michael and All Angels in Downton Abbey | fictional location stand-in |
| Hawkins Middle School | fictional school |
| Ark | television series setting |
| Lawndale High School | fictional high school |
| Smeltings School | fictional school |
| Atlantic Ocean (fictional setting) | — |
| Marvel Multiverse | narrative setting |
| Ewen High School | fictional high school |
| Xavier Institute for Higher Learning | fictional school |
| Marvel Universe | narrative setting |
| Fizzy Lifting Drinks room | setting in a work of fiction |
| The Entity's Realm | fictional dimension |
| The World of the Saga | — |
| The World of Opera | — |
| Belogorsky Fortress | fictional fortress |
| Midtown High School | fictional high school |
| Shermer High School | fictional high school |
| Keller family home | dramatic setting |
| Blandings Castle gardens | fictional garden |
| Woodcrest | television series setting |
| Point Place High School | fictional high school |
| The Silence of the Lambs universe | narrative setting |
| Keller backyard | dramatic setting |
| Hardy family universe | narrative setting |
| the Athenian wood | dramatic setting |
| Wildfire laboratory | setting in a science fiction novel |
| SS Poseidon | narrative setting |
| Test Pilot (film universe) | narrative setting |
| Grove High School | fictional school |
| United States (fictional setting) | — |
| Empire universe | television series setting |
| New York City (fictionalized music scene) | — |
| Future Earth | speculative setting |
| Central City High School | fictional high school |
|
Sedleigh (fictional school)
surface form:
Sedleigh
|
fictional school |
| Llanabba Castle school | fictional school |
| Sunnydale High School | fictional high school |
| Desert region of Discworld | setting in fantasy literature |
|
fictional town of Titipu
surface form:
Titipu
|
setting of a work of fiction |
|
“Auerbach’s Cellar in Leipzig”
surface form:
Auerbach’s Cellar in Leipzig
|
fictional scene |
| Faerie Land | fantasy world |
| Brobdingnag | fictional land |
| Hollywood Arts High School | fictional school |
| Oz | fantasy world |
|
Mr. Waterman
surface form:
Stoolbend High School
|
fictional high school |
| The Further | fictional dimension |