Ludo Bagman

E391590

British wizard Fictional character Head of Department of Magical Games and Sports Ministry of Magic employee Quidditch player Wizard

Ludo Bagman is a jovial but irresponsible former Quidditch star who serves as head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports and plays a dubious role in the events surrounding the Triwizard Tournament.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ludo Bagman canonical	5
Ludo Bagman (film character)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3795460 — 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: Ludo Bagman
Context triple: [Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, character, Ludo Bagman]

A. Gussie Fink-Nottle
Gussie Fink-Nottle is a shy, newt-obsessed friend of Bertie Wooster in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves stories, known for his timidity and comic misadventures.
B. Gilderoy Lockhart
Gilderoy Lockhart is a vain, self-absorbed wizard and celebrity author who briefly serves as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series.
C. Barty Crouch Jr.
Barty Crouch Jr. is a dark wizard and devoted Death Eater in the Harry Potter series, best known for impersonating Mad-Eye Moody to help Voldemort return to power.
D. Griphook
Griphook is a goblin banker from Gringotts in the Harry Potter series, known for guiding Harry to his vault and later helping him break into Bellatrix Lestrange’s vault.
E. Aberforth Dumbledore
Aberforth Dumbledore is a gruff but loyal wizard who runs the Hog's Head Inn in Hogsmeade and plays a key supporting role in the later events of the Harry Potter series.
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: Ludo Bagman
Target entity description: Ludo Bagman is a jovial but irresponsible former Quidditch star who serves as head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports and plays a dubious role in the events surrounding the Triwizard Tournament.

A. Gussie Fink-Nottle
Gussie Fink-Nottle is a shy, newt-obsessed friend of Bertie Wooster in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves stories, known for his timidity and comic misadventures.
B. Gilderoy Lockhart
Gilderoy Lockhart is a vain, self-absorbed wizard and celebrity author who briefly serves as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series.
C. Barty Crouch Jr.
Barty Crouch Jr. is a dark wizard and devoted Death Eater in the Harry Potter series, best known for impersonating Mad-Eye Moody to help Voldemort return to power.
D. Griphook
Griphook is a goblin banker from Gringotts in the Harry Potter series, known for guiding Harry to his vault and later helping him break into Bellatrix Lestrange’s vault.
E. Aberforth Dumbledore
Aberforth Dumbledore is a gruff but loyal wizard who runs the Hog's Head Inn in Hogsmeade and plays a key supporting role in the later events of the Harry Potter series.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British wizard ⓘ Fictional character ⓘ Head of Department of Magical Games and Sports ⓘ Ministry of Magic employee ⓘ Quidditch player ⓘ Wizard ⓘ
accusedOf	Passing information to Death Eaters ⓘ
affiliation	Department of Magical Games and Sports ⓘ linked to: Department of Magical Games and Sports (fictional) Ministry of Magic ⓘ
appearsIn	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ⓘ Harry Potter series ⓘ linked to: Harry Potter novel series
attemptsTo	Help Harry Potter in the Triwizard Tournament ⓘ
conflictWith	Goblins over unpaid gambling debts ⓘ
creator	J. K. Rowling ⓘ
defendedBy	Barty Crouch Sr. (indirectly, through his own testimony) ⓘ linked to: Barty Crouch Sr.
familyName	Bagman ⓘ
fullName	Ludovic Bagman ⓘ
gamblingHabit	Owes gold to goblins ⓘ Places bets on Quidditch matches ⓘ
gender	Male ⓘ
givenName	Ludo ⓘ
houseTeam	Wimbourne Wasps ⓘ
interaction	Interacts frequently with Harry Potter during the Triwizard Tournament ⓘ Makes a bet with Fred Weasley and George Weasley ⓘ
knownFor	Involvement in the Triwizard Tournament organization ⓘ Outstanding Beater for the Wimbourne Wasps ⓘ Role in the 1994 Quidditch World Cup organization ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalIssue	Tried before the Wizengamot for association with Death Eaters ⓘ
loyalty	Ministry of Magic rather than Death Eaters ⓘ
medium	Literature ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	Booming, enthusiastic voice ⓘ
occupation	Head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports ⓘ Quidditch Beater ⓘ
personalityTrait	Gambling-prone ⓘ Irresponsible ⓘ Jovial ⓘ
positionInQuidditch	Beater ⓘ
relative	Otto Bagman ⓘ
reputation	Famous Quidditch star ⓘ
roleInEvent	Announcer at the 1994 Quidditch World Cup ⓘ Judge in the Triwizard Tournament ⓘ Organizer of the 422nd Quidditch World Cup ⓘ
species	Human ⓘ
timePeriodActive	Late 20th century ⓘ
universe	Wizarding World ⓘ
verdict	Acquitted by the Wizengamot ⓘ