Professor Quirrell
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Professor Quirrell is the nervous and stuttering Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts who secretly serves as a host for Lord Voldemort in the first Harry Potter story.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quirinus Quirrell | 5 |
| Professor Quirinus Quirrell | 2 |
| Professor Quirrell canonical | 2 |
| Quirrell | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10916680 — 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: Professor Quirrell Context triple: [Ian Hart, portrayed, Professor Quirrell]
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A.
Horace Slughorn
Horace Slughorn is a fictional Hogwarts Potions Master and Slytherin Head of House in the Harry Potter series, known for his talent, vanity, and habit of cultivating influential students.
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B.
Professor Filius Flitwick
Professor Filius Flitwick is the diminutive, cheerful Charms Master and Head of Ravenclaw House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter series.
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C.
Argus Filch
Argus Filch is the cantankerous, magic-less caretaker of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, known for his strictness and dislike of students in the Harry Potter series.
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D.
Rubeus Hagrid
Rubeus Hagrid is the half-giant gamekeeper and Care of Magical Creatures professor at Hogwarts, known for his kindness, loyalty, and love of dangerous magical creatures in the Harry Potter series.
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E.
Ludo Bagman
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.
- 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: Professor Quirrell Target entity description: Professor Quirrell is the nervous and stuttering Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts who secretly serves as a host for Lord Voldemort in the first Harry Potter story.
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A.
Horace Slughorn
Horace Slughorn is a fictional Hogwarts Potions Master and Slytherin Head of House in the Harry Potter series, known for his talent, vanity, and habit of cultivating influential students.
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B.
Professor Filius Flitwick
Professor Filius Flitwick is the diminutive, cheerful Charms Master and Head of Ravenclaw House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter series.
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C.
Argus Filch
Argus Filch is the cantankerous, magic-less caretaker of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, known for his strictness and dislike of students in the Harry Potter series.
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D.
Rubeus Hagrid
Rubeus Hagrid is the half-giant gamekeeper and Care of Magical Creatures professor at Hogwarts, known for his kindness, loyalty, and love of dangerous magical creatures in the Harry Potter series.
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E.
Ludo Bagman
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Death Eater associate
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Hogwarts staff member ⓘ fictional character ⓘ wizard ⓘ |
| alignment | evil ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
ⓘ
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) ⓘ
linked to:
film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ⓘ
linked to:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
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| associatedWith |
Albus Dumbledore
ⓘ
Harry Potter ⓘ Hogwarts staff ⓘ Lord Voldemort ⓘ Severus Snape ⓘ |
| attemptedCrime |
attempted murder of Harry Potter
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attempted theft of the Philosopher's Stone ⓘ |
| bloodStatus | half-blood ⓘ |
| createdBy | J. K. Rowling ⓘ |
| deathCause | physical contact with Harry Potter while possessed by Voldemort ⓘ |
| deathLocationDetail | Chamber housing the Mirror of Erised ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry ⓘ |
| disguise | turban hiding Voldemort's face ⓘ |
| employer | Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry ⓘ |
| familyName |
Quirrell
ⓘ
linked to:
Professor Quirrell
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| firstAppearance | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ⓘ |
| franchise | Harry Potter ⓘ |
| fullName |
Quirinus Quirrell
ⓘ
linked to:
Professor Quirrell
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName |
Quirinus
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linked to:
Mars Quirinus
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| goal | to obtain the Philosopher's Stone for Lord Voldemort ⓘ |
| houseAffiliation | Ravenclaw ⓘ |
| houseWhileAtSchool | Ravenclaw ⓘ |
| knownFor |
attempting to steal the Philosopher's Stone
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hosting Lord Voldemort on the back of his head ⓘ nervous and stuttering behaviour ⓘ |
| lastAppearance | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ⓘ |
| literaryUniverse |
Harry Potter universe
ⓘ
linked to:
HarryPotterUniverse
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| loyalty |
Albus Dumbledore
ⓘ
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry ⓘ Lord Voldemort ⓘ Lord Voldemort (secretly) ⓘ
linked to:
Lord Voldemort
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| nationality | British ⓘ |
| occupation | Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Ian Hart ⓘ |
| position | Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher ⓘ |
| schoolAttended | Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry ⓘ |
| species | human ⓘ |
| teachesSubject | Defence Against the Dark Arts ⓘ |
| wandHand | right-handed ⓘ |
| yearOfTeaching | Harry Potter's first year at Hogwarts ⓘ |
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: Professor Quirrell Description of subject: Professor Quirrell is the nervous and stuttering Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts who secretly serves as a host for Lord Voldemort in the first Harry Potter story.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (novel)
linked to: Professor Quirrell
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subject linked to:
Fluffy the three-headed dog
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subject linked to:
Ian Davies
subject linked to:
Ian Davies
linked to: Professor Quirrell
linked to: Professor Quirrell
linked to: Professor Quirrell