Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (novel)

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children's novel debut novel fantasy novel

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (novel) is J.K. Rowling's debut fantasy book that introduces the young wizard Harry Potter and his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	42
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	3
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (novel) canonical	2
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997 novel)	1
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (UK audiobook)	1
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (book)	1
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (US title)	1
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone	1
the Philosopher’s Stone	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4235096 — 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 and the Philosopher's Stone (novel)
Context triple: [Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, basedOn, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (novel)]

A. 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.
B. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth film in the Harry Potter fantasy series, following Harry’s struggle against the return of Voldemort and the oppressive regime at Hogwarts led by Dolores Umbridge.
C. Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts
Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts is an immersive 3D dark ride and roller coaster hybrid themed around the Gringotts bank break-in from the Harry Potter films.
D. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth fantasy novel in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, in which Harry competes in the dangerous Triwizard Tournament while Voldemort regains power.
E. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third fantasy novel in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, in which Harry learns more about his parents’ past while confronting the mysterious escaped convict Sirius Black.
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 and the Philosopher's Stone (novel)
Target entity description: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (novel) is J.K. Rowling's debut fantasy book that introduces the young wizard Harry Potter and his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

A. 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.
B. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth film in the Harry Potter fantasy series, following Harry’s struggle against the return of Voldemort and the oppressive regime at Hogwarts led by Dolores Umbridge.
C. Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts
Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts is an immersive 3D dark ride and roller coaster hybrid themed around the Gringotts bank break-in from the Harry Potter films.
D. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth fantasy novel in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, in which Harry competes in the dangerous Triwizard Tournament while Voldemort regains power.
E. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third fantasy novel in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, in which Harry learns more about his parents’ past while confronting the mysterious escaped convict Sirius Black.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	children's novel ⓘ debut novel ⓘ fantasy novel ⓘ
alternateTitle	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ
alternateTitleUsedIn	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
antagonist	Lord Voldemort NERFINISHED ⓘ Quirinus Quirrell NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	J. K. Rowling NERFINISHED ⓘ
awarded	British Book Award for Children's Book of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ Nestlé Smarties Book Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTheme	courage ⓘ friendship ⓘ good versus evil ⓘ identity ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
debutWorkOf	J. K. Rowling NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresMagicalObject	Philosopher's Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresOrganization	Gryffindor House NERFINISHED ⓘ Hogwarts staff NERFINISHED ⓘ Slytherin House NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	fantasy ⓘ school story ⓘ young adult fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (soundtrack) NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIllustrator	Thomas Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacter	Albus Dumbledore NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Potter NERFINISHED ⓘ Hermione Granger NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Weasley NERFINISHED ⓘ Rubeus Hagrid NERFINISHED ⓘ Severus Snape NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person limited ⓘ
notableEdition	Scholastic edition NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOfFranchise	Harry Potter franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	none ⓘ
publicationDate	1997-06-26 ⓘ
publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing NERFINISHED ⓘ
series	Harry Potter NERFINISHED ⓘ
setIn	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Whinging NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetAudience	children ⓘ young adults ⓘ

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Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone → basedOn → Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (novel) ⓘ

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone → alternateTitle → Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ⓘ