Northfarthing
E901723
Northfarthing is one of the four principal divisions of the Shire in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, known for its rural hobbit settlements and northern location.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Northfarthing canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11047159 — 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: Northfarthing Context triple: [The Shire, containsRegion, Northfarthing]
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A.
Sharrow Vale
Sharrow Vale is a vibrant residential and shopping district in Sheffield, England, known for its independent shops, cafes, and proximity to the Porter Brook.
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B.
Norrice
Norrice is a given name or surname that functions as a variant form of the name Norris.
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C.
Black Marsh
Black Marsh is a swampy, treacherous province in The Elder Scrolls universe, known as the homeland of the reptilian Argonian race.
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D.
Windlestone
Windlestone is a village in County Durham, England, known for its historic country house, Windlestone Hall, and its rural surroundings.
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E.
Watervale
Watervale is a small South Australian town renowned for its high-quality Riesling wines within the Clare Valley wine region.
- 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: Northfarthing Target entity description: Northfarthing is one of the four principal divisions of the Shire in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, known for its rural hobbit settlements and northern location.
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A.
Sharrow Vale
Sharrow Vale is a vibrant residential and shopping district in Sheffield, England, known for its independent shops, cafes, and proximity to the Porter Brook.
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B.
Norrice
Norrice is a given name or surname that functions as a variant form of the name Norris.
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C.
Black Marsh
Black Marsh is a swampy, treacherous province in The Elder Scrolls universe, known as the homeland of the reptilian Argonian race.
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D.
Windlestone
Windlestone is a village in County Durham, England, known for its historic country house, Windlestone Hall, and its rural surroundings.
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E.
Watervale
Watervale is a small South Australian town renowned for its high-quality Riesling wines within the Clare Valley wine region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
farthing of the Shire
ⓘ
fictional location ⓘ region of the Shire ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
The Fellowship of the Ring
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lord of the Rings Prologue: Concerning Hobbits NERFINISHED ⓘ The Return of the King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture | Shire-hobbits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battleInvolvedCharacter | Bandobras Took NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battleInvolvedRace | orcs ⓘ |
| borders |
Bindbale Wood
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastfarthing NERFINISHED ⓘ Tookland NERFINISHED ⓘ Westfarthing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cartographicallyDescribedIn | maps of the Shire in The Lord of the Rings ⓘ |
| containsRegion | Greenfields NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsSettlement |
Greenfields
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hardbottle NERFINISHED ⓘ Long Cleeve NERFINISHED ⓘ Oatbarton NERFINISHED ⓘ Scary ⓘ |
| createdBy | J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Thain of the Shire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClimate | temperate ⓘ |
| hasDirectionWithinShire | north ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | north quarter of the Shire ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | informal local Shire administration ⓘ |
| hasNotableProduct |
barley
ⓘ
oats ⓘ pipe-weed (to a lesser extent) ⓘ |
| hasTerrain |
hills
ⓘ
rolling farmland ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | Hobbits ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Battle of Bywater
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
agriculture ⓘ barley fields ⓘ production of grain ⓘ rural hobbit settlements ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Westron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalUniverse | Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Appendices to The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | the Shire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| siteOfEvent | Battle of Greenfields NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Eriador (as a wider region) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Fourth Age
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Third Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Northfarthing Description of subject: Northfarthing is one of the four principal divisions of the Shire in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, known for its rural hobbit settlements and northern location.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.