Dark Land
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Dark Land is the final, lava-filled world ruled by Bowser in Super Mario Bros. 3, known for its high difficulty and fortress-heavy layout.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dark Land canonical | 5 |
| Dark Lands | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2934706 — 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: Dark Land Context triple: [Super Mario Bros. 3, notableWorld, Dark Land]
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A.
Undying Lands
The Undying Lands are a blessed, immortal realm across the sea in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, serving as a final haven of peace and healing for Elves and a few chosen mortals.
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B.
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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C.
Wanderland
Wanderland is the second studio album by American singer Kelis, known for its experimental blend of R&B, hip hop, and electronic influences.
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D.
The Cursed Earth
The Cursed Earth is a major Judge Dredd epic set in a radioactive, lawless wasteland between Mega-City One and Mega-City Two, known for its post-apocalyptic road-quest narrative and dark satire.
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E.
Inhuman Land
Inhuman Land is a harrowing memoir by Polish writer Józef Czapski that chronicles the suffering and experiences of Polish deportees in the Soviet Union during World War II.
- 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: Dark Land Target entity description: Dark Land is the final, lava-filled world ruled by Bowser in Super Mario Bros. 3, known for its high difficulty and fortress-heavy layout.
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A.
Undying Lands
The Undying Lands are a blessed, immortal realm across the sea in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, serving as a final haven of peace and healing for Elves and a few chosen mortals.
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B.
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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C.
Wanderland
Wanderland is the second studio album by American singer Kelis, known for its experimental blend of R&B, hip hop, and electronic influences.
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D.
The Cursed Earth
The Cursed Earth is a major Judge Dredd epic set in a radioactive, lawless wasteland between Mega-City One and Mega-City Two, known for its post-apocalyptic road-quest narrative and dark satire.
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E.
Inhuman Land
Inhuman Land is a harrowing memoir by Polish writer Józef Czapski that chronicles the suffering and experiences of Polish deportees in the Soviet Union during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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video game level ⓘ world in Super Mario Bros. 3 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bowser’s Castle
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surface form:
Bowser’s Castle world
World 8 ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Super Mario Bros. 3 ⓘ |
| belongsToFaction | Koopa Troop ⓘ |
| contains |
Bowser’s Castle
ⓘ
airship levels ⓘ hand trap levels ⓘ lava-filled stages ⓘ tank levels ⓘ |
| difficultyRank | hardest world in Super Mario Bros. 3 ⓘ |
| endGoal | rescue Princess Toadstool ⓘ |
| enemyType |
Airship crew
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Hammer Bro ⓘ Koopa Troopa ⓘ Tank enemies ⓘ |
| finalWorldOf | Super Mario Bros. 3 ⓘ |
| gameDeveloperContext | Nintendo ⓘ |
| gameGenreContext | platform game ⓘ |
| gamePublisherContext | Nintendo ⓘ |
| hasBoss | Bowser ⓘ |
| hasMusicStyle |
final world theme
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ominous ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
final battle
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fortress ⓘ lava ⓘ |
| introducedIn | 1988 ⓘ |
| levelCategory | late-game world ⓘ |
| mapStructure |
fortresses blocking progress
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multiple branching paths ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
Bowser’s Castle
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surface form:
Bowser’s stronghold
climactic setting ⓘ |
| notableFor |
fortress-heavy layout
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high difficulty ⓘ warship and tank stages ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Super Mario series ⓘ |
| platformContext |
Nintendo Entertainment System
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surface form:
Famicom
Nintendo Entertainment System ⓘ |
| precededBy | Pipe Land ⓘ |
| precedes | end credits of Super Mario Bros. 3 ⓘ |
| primaryAntagonist | Bowser ⓘ |
| regionType | world map area ⓘ |
| ruledBy | Bowser ⓘ |
| settingFeature |
castle strongholds
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dark skies ⓘ volcanic terrain ⓘ |
| worldNumber | 8 ⓘ |
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: Dark Land Description of subject: Dark Land is the final, lava-filled world ruled by Bowser in Super Mario Bros. 3, known for its high difficulty and fortress-heavy layout.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dark Lands
this entity surface form:
Dark Lands