McGonagall
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McGonagall is the surname most famously associated with William McGonagall, a Scottish poet often cited as one of the worst in the English language.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| McGonagall canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21077568 — 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: McGonagall Context triple: [William McGonagall, familyName, McGonagall]
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A.
Minerva McGonagall
Minerva McGonagall is a stern yet fair witch who serves as Deputy Headmistress, Transfiguration professor, and Head of Gryffindor House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter series.
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B.
Amelia Bones
Amelia Bones is a high-ranking, fair-minded witch in the Harry Potter series who leads the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and is respected for her integrity and competence.
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C.
Mrs. Crouch
Mrs. Crouch is the ailing wife of Barty Crouch Sr. in the Harry Potter series, who secretly swaps places with her imprisoned son Barty Crouch Jr. in Azkaban to help him escape.
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D.
Professor Sprout
Professor Sprout is the Herbology professor and Head of Hufflepuff House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter series.
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E.
Horace Slughorn
Horace Slughorn is a fictional Hogwarts Potions Master and Slytherin Head of House in the Harry Potter series, known for his talent, vanity, and habit of cultivating influential students.
- 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: McGonagall Target entity description: McGonagall is the surname most famously associated with William McGonagall, a Scottish poet often cited as one of the worst in the English language.
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A.
Minerva McGonagall
Minerva McGonagall is a stern yet fair witch who serves as Deputy Headmistress, Transfiguration professor, and Head of Gryffindor House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter series.
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B.
Amelia Bones
Amelia Bones is a high-ranking, fair-minded witch in the Harry Potter series who leads the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and is respected for her integrity and competence.
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C.
Mrs. Crouch
Mrs. Crouch is the ailing wife of Barty Crouch Sr. in the Harry Potter series, who secretly swaps places with her imprisoned son Barty Crouch Jr. in Azkaban to help him escape.
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D.
Professor Sprout
Professor Sprout is the Herbology professor and Head of Hufflepuff House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter series.
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E.
Horace Slughorn
Horace Slughorn is a fictional Hogwarts Potions Master and Slytherin Head of House in the Harry Potter series, known for his talent, vanity, and habit of cultivating influential students.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.