Grand High Witch
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The Grand High Witch is the terrifying, child-hating leader of all witches and the main antagonist in Roald Dahl’s story "The Witches," including its 2020 film adaptation.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Grand High Witch canonical | 5 |
| the Grand High Witch | 2 |
| Anne Hathaway as the Grand High Witch | 1 |
| Grand High Witch of All the World | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6162207 — 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: Grand High Witch Context triple: [The Witches (2020 film), character, Grand High Witch]
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A.
Witch
A Witch in Minecraft is a hostile, potion-throwing mob that uses various brews to attack players and heal itself.
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B.
Warlock
Warlock is a Hearthstone hero class themed around dark magic and demonic powers, often trading its own health for powerful cards and effects.
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C.
Warlock
"Warlock" is a historical adventure novel by Wilbur Smith set in ancient Egypt, continuing the saga of the master strategist and mage Taita.
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D.
Witch Wraith
Witch Wraith is a fantasy novel by Terry Brooks in the Shannara universe, concluding The Dark Legacy of Shannara trilogy with a climactic struggle to save the Four Lands from ancient evil.
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E.
Winter Warlock
Winter Warlock is a reformed magical villain from the classic Rankin/Bass Christmas special "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town," known for transforming from a fearsome sorcerer into a kindly ally of Kris Kringle.
- 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: Grand High Witch Target entity description: The Grand High Witch is the terrifying, child-hating leader of all witches and the main antagonist in Roald Dahl’s story "The Witches," including its 2020 film adaptation.
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A.
Witch
A Witch in Minecraft is a hostile, potion-throwing mob that uses various brews to attack players and heal itself.
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B.
Warlock
Warlock is a Hearthstone hero class themed around dark magic and demonic powers, often trading its own health for powerful cards and effects.
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C.
Warlock
"Warlock" is a historical adventure novel by Wilbur Smith set in ancient Egypt, continuing the saga of the master strategist and mage Taita.
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D.
Witch Wraith
Witch Wraith is a fantasy novel by Terry Brooks in the Shannara universe, concluding The Dark Legacy of Shannara trilogy with a climactic struggle to save the Four Lands from ancient evil.
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E.
Winter Warlock
Winter Warlock is a reformed magical villain from the classic Rankin/Bass Christmas special "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town," known for transforming from a fearsome sorcerer into a kindly ally of Kris Kringle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ villain ⓘ witch ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | character in The Witches (stage and screen adaptations) ⓘ |
| appearanceFeature |
bald head under a wig
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clawed hands with gloves ⓘ hideous true face beneath a mask of beauty ⓘ square feet with no toes ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Witches (1990 film)
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The Witches (2020 film) ⓘ The Witches (novel) ⓘ
linked to:
The Witches
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| basedOnWork |
The Witches (novel)
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linked to:
The Witches
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| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom (publication context) ⓘ |
| creator | Roald Dahl ⓘ |
| deathCause | poisoning by her own Formula 86 (in novel and 1990 film) ⓘ |
| defeatedBy |
Boy (mouse form)
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Grandmother (The Witches) ⓘ |
| enemy |
Boy (protagonist of The Witches)
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Grandmother (The Witches) ⓘ |
| fictionalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Witches ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Witches (1983 novel)
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linked to:
The Witches
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| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | children’s fantasy ⓘ |
| goal | to exterminate all children ⓘ |
| literaryRole | embodiment of absolute evil in The Witches ⓘ |
| nationality | Norwegian (in novel’s backstory context) ⓘ |
| notableTrait | hates children ⓘ |
| notableWork | Formula 86 Delayed-Action Mouse-Maker ⓘ |
| occupation | supreme leader of witches ⓘ |
| organization | worldwide community of witches ⓘ |
| plan | to turn children into mice using Formula 86 ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Anjelica Huston
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Anne Hathaway ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
The Witches (1990 film)
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The Witches (2020 film) ⓘ |
| position | leader of all witches ⓘ |
| power |
ability to concoct magical potions
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ability to disguise herself as a beautiful woman ⓘ magic ⓘ |
| roleInWork | main antagonist in The Witches ⓘ |
| species | witch ⓘ |
| title |
Grand High Witch of All the World
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linked to:
Grand High Witch
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| workAuthor | Roald Dahl ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 1983 ⓘ |
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: Grand High Witch Description of subject: The Grand High Witch is the terrifying, child-hating leader of all witches and the main antagonist in Roald Dahl’s story "The Witches," including its 2020 film adaptation.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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