Harry Potter novel series

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book series fantasy novel series

The Harry Potter novel series is J.K. Rowling’s globally popular seven-book fantasy saga chronicling the coming-of-age and battles of young wizard Harry Potter in the magical world.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Harry Potter series	46
Harry Potter book series	9
Harry Potter franchise	5
Harry Potter novel series canonical	2
Harry Potter (franchise)	1
Harry Potter books	1
Harry Potter novels	1
Harry Potter novels by J. K. Rowling	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1009941 — 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: Harry Potter novel series
Context triple: [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, basedOn, Harry Potter novel series]

A. Harry Potter
Harry Potter is a young wizard who attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and becomes famous for surviving an attack by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort.
B. Harry Potter film series
The Harry Potter film series is a blockbuster fantasy franchise of eight movies adapting J.K. Rowling’s novels about a young wizard and his battle against the dark lord Voldemort.
C. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first film in the Harry Potter series, introducing the young wizard Harry and his early adventures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
D. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" is the seventh and final novel in J.K. Rowling's fantasy series, concluding Harry Potter's battle against Lord Voldemort.
E. His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials is a fantasy television series adaptation of Philip Pullman’s acclaimed novel trilogy, featuring parallel worlds, daemons, and a young heroine’s journey against a powerful theocratic authority.
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: Harry Potter novel series
Target entity description: The Harry Potter novel series is J.K. Rowling’s globally popular seven-book fantasy saga chronicling the coming-of-age and battles of young wizard Harry Potter in the magical world.

A. Harry Potter
Harry Potter is a young wizard who attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and becomes famous for surviving an attack by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort.
B. Harry Potter film series
The Harry Potter film series is a blockbuster fantasy franchise of eight movies adapting J.K. Rowling’s novels about a young wizard and his battle against the dark lord Voldemort.
C. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first film in the Harry Potter series, introducing the young wizard Harry and his early adventures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
D. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" is the seventh and final novel in J.K. Rowling's fantasy series, concluding Harry Potter's battle against Lord Voldemort.
E. His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials is a fantasy television series adaptation of Philip Pullman’s acclaimed novel trilogy, featuring parallel worlds, daemons, and a young heroine’s journey against a powerful theocratic authority.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book series ⓘ fantasy novel series ⓘ
adaptedInto	Harry Potter film series ⓘ
author	J. K. Rowling ⓘ
awarded	British Book Awards ⓘ Nestlé Smarties Book Prize ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
firstBook	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ⓘ linked to: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (novel)
firstPublicationDate	1997 ⓘ
genre	fantasy ⓘ
hasCharacter	Albus Dumbledore ⓘ Bellatrix Lestrange ⓘ Draco Malfoy ⓘ Ginny Weasley ⓘ Minerva McGonagall ⓘ Neville Longbottom ⓘ Remus Lupin ⓘ Rubeus Hagrid ⓘ Severus Snape ⓘ Sirius Black ⓘ
hasPart	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ⓘ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ⓘ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ⓘ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ⓘ linked to: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ⓘ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ⓘ linked to: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (novel) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lastBook	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ⓘ
lastPublicationDate	2007 ⓘ
mainAntagonist	Lord Voldemort ⓘ
mainCharacter	Harry Potter ⓘ Hermione Granger ⓘ Ron Weasley ⓘ
mediaFranchise	Harry Potter franchise ⓘ linked to: Harry Potter film series
notableFor	global popularity ⓘ influence on modern fantasy literature ⓘ
numberOfBooks	7 ⓘ
protagonist	Harry Potter ⓘ
publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing ⓘ Scholastic Corporation ⓘ
setting	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry ⓘ Wizarding World ⓘ
subgenre	young adult fantasy ⓘ
targetAudience	children ⓘ young adults ⓘ
theme	coming of age ⓘ death ⓘ friendship ⓘ good versus evil ⓘ prejudice ⓘ

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