Ethel Hallow in The Worst Witch
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Ethel Hallow in *The Worst Witch* is a proud, competitive, and often antagonistic young witch who serves as Mildred Hubble’s snobbish rival at Miss Cackle’s Academy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ethel Hallow in The Worst Witch canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5360840 — 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: Ethel Hallow in The Worst Witch Context triple: [Felicity Jones, playedCharacter, Ethel Hallow in The Worst Witch]
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A.
Mrs. Prest
Mrs. Prest is a resourceful and inquisitive Englishwoman in Henry James’s novella "The Aspern Papers," who helps the narrator gain access to the reclusive Juliana Bordereau in Venice.
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B.
Hermione Gingold
Hermione Gingold was a British-born actress and comedienne known for her sharp wit, distinctive throaty voice, and memorable character roles on stage and screen in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Madeleine Potter
Madeleine Potter is an American actress known for her work in film, television, and theatre, including prominent roles in literary adaptations.
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D.
Polly Wilkins
Polly Wilkins is a fictional character appearing in the action spy film "The King’s Man."
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E.
Charlotte Wilder
Charlotte Wilder was an American poet and academic, known both for her own literary work and as the sister of playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder.
- 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: Ethel Hallow in The Worst Witch Target entity description: Ethel Hallow in *The Worst Witch* is a proud, competitive, and often antagonistic young witch who serves as Mildred Hubble’s snobbish rival at Miss Cackle’s Academy.
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A.
Mrs. Prest
Mrs. Prest is a resourceful and inquisitive Englishwoman in Henry James’s novella "The Aspern Papers," who helps the narrator gain access to the reclusive Juliana Bordereau in Venice.
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B.
Hermione Gingold
Hermione Gingold was a British-born actress and comedienne known for her sharp wit, distinctive throaty voice, and memorable character roles on stage and screen in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Madeleine Potter
Madeleine Potter is an American actress known for her work in film, television, and theatre, including prominent roles in literary adaptations.
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D.
Polly Wilkins
Polly Wilkins is a fictional character appearing in the action spy film "The King’s Man."
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E.
Charlotte Wilder
Charlotte Wilder was an American poet and academic, known both for her own literary work and as the sister of playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
student ⓘ witch ⓘ |
| alignment | morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The New Worst Witch
ⓘ
linked to:
The Worst Witch
The Worst Witch ⓘ The Worst Witch (TV series, 1998) ⓘ
linked to:
The Worst Witch
The Worst Witch (TV series, 2017) ⓘ
linked to:
The Worst Witch
|
| appearsInGenre | children’s fantasy ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries |
The Worst Witch book series
ⓘ
linked to:
The Worst Witch
|
| attendsSchool |
Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches
ⓘ
linked to:
The Worst Witch
|
| belongsToFamily | Hallow family ⓘ |
| classmateOf |
Enid Nightshade
ⓘ
Maud Spellbody ⓘ Mildred Hubble ⓘ
linked to:
Mildred Hubble (fictional character)
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| creator | Jill Murphy ⓘ |
| educationLevel | junior witch ⓘ |
| familyName | Hallow ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Worst Witch (1974 novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Worst Witch
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasCharacterArc | gradual softening of hostility toward Mildred Hubble ⓘ |
| hasMagicAbility |
broomstick flying
ⓘ
spellcasting ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Sybil Hallow ⓘ |
| headmistressAtSchool | Miss Cackle ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Hallow family reputation ⓘ |
| medium |
children’s novel
ⓘ
television series ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
high magical competence
ⓘ
perfectionist ⓘ |
| occupation | student witch ⓘ |
| oftenOpposes | Mildred Hubble’s success ⓘ |
| oftenPunishedBy | Miss Hardbroom ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
ambitious
ⓘ
antagonistic ⓘ competitive ⓘ proud ⓘ snobbish ⓘ |
| rivalOf |
Mildred Hubble
ⓘ
linked to:
Mildred Hubble (fictional character)
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| roleInStory | deuteragonist and rival ⓘ |
| setting | Miss Cackle’s Academy ⓘ |
| socialStatus | from an influential witch family ⓘ |
| species | human witch ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
| teacherAtSchool | Miss Hardbroom ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Ethel Hallow in The Worst Witch Description of subject: Ethel Hallow in *The Worst Witch* is a proud, competitive, and often antagonistic young witch who serves as Mildred Hubble’s snobbish rival at Miss Cackle’s Academy.
Referenced by (1)
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