How to Train Your Dragon (film series)

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film series media franchise

How to Train Your Dragon (film series) is a popular animated fantasy franchise from DreamWorks Animation that follows a young Viking named Hiccup and his dragon Toothless through adventures that explore friendship, courage, and the coexistence of humans and dragons.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
How to Train Your Dragon	29
How to Train Your Dragon franchise	10
How to Train Your Dragon film series	9
How to Train Your Dragon 2	7
How to Train Your Dragon (film series) canonical	5
How to Train Your Dragon (franchise)	5
How to Train Your Dragon universe	3
How to Train Your Dragon book series	2
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	2
How to Train Your Dragon book series (adaptations and related media)	1
How to Train Your Dragon cinematic universe	1
How to Train Your Dragon film franchise	1
How to Train Your Dragon film trilogy	1
How to Train Your Dragon trilogy	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2462116 — 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: How to Train Your Dragon (film series)
Context triple: [DreamWorks Animation films (selected periods), includesFranchise, How to Train Your Dragon (film series)]

A. Dragons
Dragons is a professional Welsh rugby union team based in Newport that competes in major regional and international club competitions.
B. Avatar: The Last Airbender
Avatar: The Last Airbender is an acclaimed animated fantasy television series that follows a young hero who can control all four elements as he strives to bring balance to a world divided by war.
C. Guardians
Guardians are the uniformed service members of the United States Space Force, responsible for conducting and supporting military operations in space.
D. Gurren Lagann
Gurren Lagann is a popular Japanese mecha anime series known for its over-the-top action, inspirational themes, and distinctive visual style.
E. Brave
Brave is a 2012 Pixar animated fantasy film that follows a Scottish princess, Merida, who defies tradition and inadvertently unleashes a curse she must undo to save her family.
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: How to Train Your Dragon (film series)
Target entity description: How to Train Your Dragon (film series) is a popular animated fantasy franchise from DreamWorks Animation that follows a young Viking named Hiccup and his dragon Toothless through adventures that explore friendship, courage, and the coexistence of humans and dragons.

A. Dragons
Dragons is a professional Welsh rugby union team based in Newport that competes in major regional and international club competitions.
B. Avatar: The Last Airbender
Avatar: The Last Airbender is an acclaimed animated fantasy television series that follows a young hero who can control all four elements as he strives to bring balance to a world divided by war.
C. Guardians
Guardians are the uniformed service members of the United States Space Force, responsible for conducting and supporting military operations in space.
D. Gurren Lagann
Gurren Lagann is a popular Japanese mecha anime series known for its over-the-top action, inspirational themes, and distinctive visual style.
E. Brave
Brave is a 2012 Pixar animated fantasy film that follows a Scottish princess, Merida, who defies tradition and inadvertently unleashes a curse she must undo to save her family.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film series ⓘ media franchise ⓘ
authorOfSourceMaterial	Cressida Cowell ⓘ
awards	Academy Award nominations for Best Animated Feature ⓘ
basedOn	How to Train Your Dragon book series ⓘ linked to: How to Train Your Dragon (film series)
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
creator	DreamWorks Animation ⓘ
distributor	20th Century Fox ⓘ Paramount Pictures ⓘ Universal Pictures ⓘ
firstFilmReleaseYear	2010 ⓘ
genre	action-adventure ⓘ animated fantasy ⓘ family film ⓘ
hasPart	How to Train Your Dragon (2010 film) ⓘ How to Train Your Dragon 2 ⓘ How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World ⓘ
hasTelevisionSpinOff	Dragons: Defenders of Berk ⓘ linked to: Dragons: Riders of Berk Dragons: Race to the Edge ⓘ Dragons: Riders of Berk ⓘ Dragons: The Nine Realms ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	Astrid Hofferson ⓘ Fishlegs Ingerman ⓘ Gobber the Belch ⓘ Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III ⓘ Ruffnut Thorston ⓘ Snotlout Jorgenson ⓘ Stoick the Vast ⓘ Toothless ⓘ Tuffnut Thorston ⓘ Valka ⓘ
musicComposer	John Powell ⓘ
notableFor	character development of Hiccup and Toothless ⓘ depiction of human–dragon relationships ⓘ
notableSong	Sticks & Stones ⓘ
notableSongPerformer	Jónsi ⓘ
ownership	Universal Pictures ⓘ
parentCompany	NBCUniversal ⓘ
productionCompany	DreamWorks Animation ⓘ
secondFilmReleaseYear	2014 ⓘ
setting	Island of Berk ⓘ
targetAudience	children ⓘ families ⓘ
theme	coexistence of humans and dragons ⓘ coming of age ⓘ courage ⓘ family ⓘ friendship ⓘ
thirdFilmReleaseYear	2019 ⓘ
visualStyle	computer-animated 3D ⓘ

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