Gaunt family
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The Gaunt family is a pure-blood wizarding lineage in the Harry Potter series, notorious for its obsession with blood purity, descent from Salazar Slytherin, and eventual connection to Lord Voldemort.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gaunt family canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20210926 — 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: Gaunt family Context triple: [Merope Gaunt, relatedTo, Gaunt family]
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A.
Mortimer family
The Mortimer family is a prominent American lineage known for its social standing, wealth, and connections to other influential East Coast families.
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B.
Throckmorton family
The Throckmorton family is an English noble lineage prominent since the medieval period, known for its political influence, recusant Catholic ties, and historic seat at Coughton Court in Warwickshire.
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C.
Godfrey family
The Godfrey family was a prominent colonial-era family associated with the Goose Creek area in the former Province of South Carolina.
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D.
Montfort family
The Montfort family was a prominent medieval French noble house known for its influential crusaders and political leaders, including Simon de Montfort.
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E.
FitzAlan family
The FitzAlan family was a powerful Anglo-Norman noble dynasty that held the Earldom of Arundel and played a major role in medieval English politics and aristocracy.
- 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: Gaunt family Target entity description: The Gaunt family is a pure-blood wizarding lineage in the Harry Potter series, notorious for its obsession with blood purity, descent from Salazar Slytherin, and eventual connection to Lord Voldemort.
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A.
Mortimer family
The Mortimer family is a prominent American lineage known for its social standing, wealth, and connections to other influential East Coast families.
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B.
Throckmorton family
The Throckmorton family is an English noble lineage prominent since the medieval period, known for its political influence, recusant Catholic ties, and historic seat at Coughton Court in Warwickshire.
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C.
Godfrey family
The Godfrey family was a prominent colonial-era family associated with the Goose Creek area in the former Province of South Carolina.
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D.
Montfort family
The Montfort family was a prominent medieval French noble house known for its influential crusaders and political leaders, including Simon de Montfort.
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E.
FitzAlan family
The FitzAlan family was a powerful Anglo-Norman noble dynasty that held the Earldom of Arundel and played a major role in medieval English politics and aristocracy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.