Horcrux
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A Horcrux is a dark magical object in the Harry Potter universe used to conceal a fragment of a wizard’s soul, granting them a form of immortality.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Horcrux canonical | 4 |
| Horcruxes | 3 |
| Voldemort's Horcrux collection | 2 |
| Harry Potter (Horcrux) | 1 |
| Horcrux of Lord Voldemort | 1 |
| Lord Voldemort's soul | 1 |
| Voldemort's soul | 1 |
| Voldemort's soul fragment | 1 |
| Voldemort’s Horcrux collection | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5111617 — 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: Horcrux Context triple: [Ravenclaw, diademUsedAs, Horcrux]
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A.
Tom Riddle's diary
Tom Riddle's diary is a dark magical artifact and Horcrux in the Harry Potter series that contains a fragment of Voldemort's soul and possesses the power to manipulate and possess those who write in it.
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B.
Elder Wand
The Elder Wand is a legendary and supremely powerful wizarding wand from the Harry Potter series, famed as one of the Deathly Hallows and sought after for its unbeatable magical strength.
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C.
Itsari
Itsari is a dialect of the Dargin language spoken by a small community in the North Caucasus region of Dagestan, Russia.
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D.
Marauder's Map
The Marauder's Map is a magical parchment in the Harry Potter series that reveals a detailed, live layout of Hogwarts, including the real-time locations of people within the castle.
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E.
Lestrange vault
The Lestrange vault is a heavily protected Gringotts Wizarding Bank vault in the Harry Potter series, notorious for storing some of Voldemort’s most dangerous treasures.
- 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: Horcrux Target entity description: A Horcrux is a dark magical object in the Harry Potter universe used to conceal a fragment of a wizard’s soul, granting them a form of immortality.
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A.
Tom Riddle's diary
Tom Riddle's diary is a dark magical artifact and Horcrux in the Harry Potter series that contains a fragment of Voldemort's soul and possesses the power to manipulate and possess those who write in it.
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B.
Elder Wand
The Elder Wand is a legendary and supremely powerful wizarding wand from the Harry Potter series, famed as one of the Deathly Hallows and sought after for its unbeatable magical strength.
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C.
Itsari
Itsari is a dialect of the Dargin language spoken by a small community in the North Caucasus region of Dagestan, Russia.
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D.
Marauder's Map
The Marauder's Map is a magical parchment in the Harry Potter series that reveals a detailed, live layout of Hogwarts, including the real-time locations of people within the castle.
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E.
Lestrange vault
The Lestrange vault is a heavily protected Gringotts Wizarding Bank vault in the Harry Potter series, notorious for storing some of Voldemort’s most dangerous treasures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dark magical object
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Magical object ⓘ Object in the Harry Potter universe ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Harry Potter series
ⓘ
linked to:
Harry Potter novel series
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| associatedWith |
Death Eaters
ⓘ
Lord Voldemort ⓘ Tom Marvolo Riddle ⓘ
linked to:
Lord Voldemort
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| canBeDestroyedBy |
Basilisk venom
ⓘ
Fiendfyre ⓘ Killing the creator (in some cases) ⓘ Sword of Gryffindor imbued with basilisk venom ⓘ
linked to:
Sword of Gryffindor
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| createdBy | Dark magic ⓘ |
| effectOnCreator |
Damages the creator’s soul
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Splits the soul ⓘ |
| effectOnNearbyPeople |
Can influence thoughts
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Can possess or control ⓘ Causes negative emotions ⓘ |
| firstMentionedIn | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ⓘ |
| inUniverseEthicalView | Universally condemned by ethical witches and wizards ⓘ |
| inUniverseLegalStatus | Illegal in the wizarding world ⓘ |
| knowledgeSourceInCanon |
Horace Slughorn
ⓘ
Tom Riddle’s diary memory ⓘ
linked to:
Tom Riddle's diary
|
| moralStatus |
Darkest form of magic
ⓘ
Deeply evil ⓘ |
| notableExample |
Harry Potter (unintended)
ⓘ
linked to:
Harry Potter
Helga Hufflepuff’s cup ⓘ
linked to:
Helga Hufflepuff's cup
Marvolo Gaunt’s ring ⓘ
linked to:
Marvolo Gaunt's ring
Nagini ⓘ Rowena Ravenclaw’s diadem ⓘ
linked to:
Ravenclaw’s diadem
Salazar Slytherin’s locket ⓘ
linked to:
Salazar Slytherin's locket
Tom Riddle’s diary ⓘ
linked to:
Tom Riddle's diary
|
| notableUser | Lord Voldemort ⓘ |
| numberLimit | No explicit magical limit but considered extremely dangerous to multiply ⓘ |
| property |
Anchors the creator to life
ⓘ
Can contain a sentient fragment of the creator ⓘ Can protect itself magically ⓘ Prevents true death of the creator while intact ⓘ |
| purpose |
To conceal a fragment of a wizard’s soul
ⓘ
To grant the creator a form of immortality ⓘ |
| requires |
Complex spell
ⓘ
Murder ⓘ |
| requiresForCreation |
Deliberate act of murder
ⓘ
Incantation known only to advanced dark wizards ⓘ |
| tabooStatus |
Banned subject at Hogwarts
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Restricted magical practice ⓘ |
| usedIn | Wizarding World ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Horcrux Description of subject: A Horcrux is a dark magical object in the Harry Potter universe used to conceal a fragment of a wizard’s soul, granting them a form of immortality.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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