Defence Against the Dark Arts
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Defence Against the Dark Arts is a core magical subject at Hogwarts that teaches students to recognize, resist, and combat dark creatures, curses, and other malevolent magical threats.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Defence Against the Dark Arts canonical | 23 |
| Defense Against the Dark Arts | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5111108 — 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: Defence Against the Dark Arts Context triple: [Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, hasSubject, Defence Against the Dark Arts]
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A.
Dumbledore's Army
Dumbledore's Army is a secret student organization at Hogwarts, founded by Harry Potter to teach practical Defense Against the Dark Arts and resist Dolores Umbridge and Voldemort's forces.
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B.
The Old Perfessor
The Old Perfessor was the colorful, malapropism-prone baseball manager Casey Stengel, famed for leading the New York Yankees to multiple World Series titles and for his eccentric, folksy persona.
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C.
Muggle
A Muggle is a non-magical person in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter universe, typically unaware of the existence of the wizarding world.
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D.
Ministry of Magic
The Ministry of Magic is the central governing body of the magical community in the Harry Potter universe, overseeing wizarding law, security, and administration in Britain.
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E.
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.
- 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: Defence Against the Dark Arts Target entity description: Defence Against the Dark Arts is a core magical subject at Hogwarts that teaches students to recognize, resist, and combat dark creatures, curses, and other malevolent magical threats.
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A.
Dumbledore's Army
Dumbledore's Army is a secret student organization at Hogwarts, founded by Harry Potter to teach practical Defense Against the Dark Arts and resist Dolores Umbridge and Voldemort's forces.
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B.
The Old Perfessor
The Old Perfessor was the colorful, malapropism-prone baseball manager Casey Stengel, famed for leading the New York Yankees to multiple World Series titles and for his eccentric, folksy persona.
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C.
Muggle
A Muggle is a non-magical person in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter universe, typically unaware of the existence of the wizarding world.
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D.
Ministry of Magic
The Ministry of Magic is the central governing body of the magical community in the Harry Potter universe, overseeing wizarding law, security, and administration in Britain.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hogwarts subject
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core subject ⓘ magical subject ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ⓘ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ⓘ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ⓘ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ⓘ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ⓘ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ⓘ Harry Potter series ⓘ
linked to:
Harry Potter novel series
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| associatedWith | curse on the teaching position ⓘ |
| examType |
N.E.W.T.
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O.W.L. ⓘ
linked to:
O.W.L. examinations
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| focusesOn |
counter-curses
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dark creatures ⓘ dark curses ⓘ defensive magic ⓘ malevolent magical threats ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor | frequent staff turnover ⓘ |
| includesTopic |
Boggarts
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Counter-curses ⓘ Curses ⓘ Dementors ⓘ
linked to:
Dementor
Disarming Charm ⓘ Grindylows ⓘ Hexes ⓘ Impediment Jinx ⓘ Inferi ⓘ Jinxes ⓘ Kappas ⓘ Patronus Charm ⓘ Protective enchantments ⓘ Red Caps ⓘ Shield Charms ⓘ Stunning Spell ⓘ Unforgivable Curses ⓘ
linked to:
Dark Arts
Vampires ⓘ Werewolves ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| school | Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry ⓘ |
| taughtBy |
Alastor Moody
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linked to:
Mad-Eye Moody
Amycus Carrow ⓘ Barty Crouch Jr. ⓘ Dolores Umbridge ⓘ Gilderoy Lockhart ⓘ Quirinus Quirrell ⓘ
linked to:
Professor Quirrell
Remus Lupin ⓘ Severus Snape ⓘ |
| yearLevel |
fifth year
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first year ⓘ fourth year ⓘ second year ⓘ seventh year ⓘ sixth year ⓘ third year ⓘ |
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: Defence Against the Dark Arts Description of subject: Defence Against the Dark Arts is a core magical subject at Hogwarts that teaches students to recognize, resist, and combat dark creatures, curses, and other malevolent magical threats.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.