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 (13)

Label	Occurrences
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	137
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (novel) canonical	8
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	8
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone	3
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997 novel)	2
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (US title)	2
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone	2
"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"	1
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"	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 (novel)	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 ⓘ linked to: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (novel)
alternateTitleUsedIn	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
antagonist	Lord Voldemort ⓘ Quirinus Quirrell ⓘ linked to: Professor Quirrell
author	J. K. Rowling ⓘ
awarded	British Book Award for Children's Book of the Year ⓘ linked to: Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Nestlé Smarties Book Prize ⓘ
centralTheme	courage ⓘ friendship ⓘ good versus evil ⓘ identity ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
debutWorkOf	J. K. Rowling ⓘ
featuresMagicalObject	Philosopher's Stone ⓘ
featuresOrganization	Gryffindor House ⓘ Hogwarts staff ⓘ Slytherin House ⓘ linked to: Slytherin
firstPublishedIn	United Kingdom ⓘ
followedBy	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ⓘ
genre	fantasy ⓘ school story ⓘ young adult fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) ⓘ linked to: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (soundtrack) ⓘ linked to: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) ⓘ
hasIllustrator	Thomas Taylor ⓘ
mainCharacter	Albus Dumbledore ⓘ Harry Potter ⓘ Hermione Granger ⓘ Ron Weasley ⓘ Rubeus Hagrid ⓘ Severus Snape ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person limited ⓘ
notableEdition	Scholastic edition ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOfFranchise	Harry Potter franchise ⓘ linked to: Harry Potter novel series
precededBy	none ⓘ
publicationDate	1997-06-26 ⓘ
publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing ⓘ
series	Harry Potter ⓘ
setIn	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry ⓘ Little Whinging ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
targetAudience	children ⓘ young adults ⓘ

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Referenced by (168)

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 ⓘ