Janus Thickey Ward

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fictional location hospital ward

Janus Thickey Ward is a specialized ward at St Mungo's Hospital in the Harry Potter series that houses patients suffering from long-term spell damage and mental injuries.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Janus Thickey Ward canonical	2
Janus Thickey	1
Janus Thickey Ward for Long-Term Residents	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10975448 — 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: Janus Thickey Ward
Context triple: [Gilderoy Lockhart, wardAtStMungos, Janus Thickey Ward]

A. Avrion Mitchison
Avrion Mitchison is a British immunologist renowned for his pioneering work on immune tolerance and the cellular basis of the immune response.
B. Thaddeus Valentine
Thaddeus Valentine is a powerful and morally ambiguous London historian and engineer who serves as the primary antagonist in the 2018 post-apocalyptic film "Mortal Engines."
C. Gulian McEvers
Gulian McEvers was an early American merchant and broker in New York City who was among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
D. Thaddeus Bradley
Thaddeus Bradley is a skeptical former magician turned professional debunker who exposes illusionists’ tricks in the film "Now You See Me."
E. Remington Alexander Blackstock
Remington Alexander Blackstock is the son of American singer and television personality Kelly Clarkson and her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock.
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: Janus Thickey Ward
Target entity description: Janus Thickey Ward is a specialized ward at St Mungo's Hospital in the Harry Potter series that houses patients suffering from long-term spell damage and mental injuries.

A. Avrion Mitchison
Avrion Mitchison is a British immunologist renowned for his pioneering work on immune tolerance and the cellular basis of the immune response.
B. Thaddeus Valentine
Thaddeus Valentine is a powerful and morally ambiguous London historian and engineer who serves as the primary antagonist in the 2018 post-apocalyptic film "Mortal Engines."
C. Gulian McEvers
Gulian McEvers was an early American merchant and broker in New York City who was among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
D. Thaddeus Bradley
Thaddeus Bradley is a skeptical former magician turned professional debunker who exposes illusionists’ tricks in the film "Now You See Me."
E. Remington Alexander Blackstock
Remington Alexander Blackstock is the son of American singer and television personality Kelly Clarkson and her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional location ⓘ hospital ward ⓘ
appearsIn	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ⓘ linked to: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ⓘ
associatedWithTheme	consequences of dark magic ⓘ irreversibility of some magical injuries ⓘ
creator	J. K. Rowling ⓘ
fictionalStatus	nonexistent in the real world ⓘ
hasFloor	Spell Damage floor of St Mungo's ⓘ
hasFunction	containment of incurable magical conditions ⓘ long-term care for spell-damaged patients ⓘ
hasPatient	Alice Longbottom ⓘ Broderick Bode ⓘ Frank Longbottom ⓘ Gilderoy Lockhart ⓘ
hasRoomType	shared patient rooms ⓘ
hasSecurityLevel	restricted access to general public ⓘ
hasVisitingCharacters	Arthur Weasley ⓘ Ginny Weasley ⓘ Harry Potter ⓘ Hermione Granger ⓘ Luna Lovegood ⓘ Molly Weasley ⓘ Neville Longbottom ⓘ Ron Weasley ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedInFictionalUniverse	Harry Potter universe ⓘ linked to: HarryPotterUniverse
locatedInWork	Harry Potter book series ⓘ linked to: Harry Potter novel series
mentionedAs	Janus Thickey Ward for Long-Term Residents ⓘ linked to: Janus Thickey Ward
namedAfter	Janus Thickey ⓘ linked to: Janus Thickey Ward
narrativeRole	illustrates fate of victims of Death Eaters ⓘ setting for Neville Longbottom's family backstory ⓘ shows consequences of Gilderoy Lockhart's backfired Memory Charm ⓘ
partOf	St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries ⓘ
specialization	long-term spell damage ⓘ mental injuries caused by magic ⓘ
treatmentApproach	palliative care rather than cure ⓘ
treatsCondition	brain damage from magical artifacts ⓘ curse damage ⓘ irreversible spell damage ⓘ memory loss from magical causes ⓘ mental instability from magical causes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gilderoy Lockhart → wardAtStMungos → Janus Thickey Ward ⓘ

St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries → hasWard → Janus Thickey Ward ⓘ

Janus Thickey Ward → namedAfter → Janus Thickey ⓘ

linked to: Janus Thickey Ward

Janus Thickey Ward → mentionedAs → Janus Thickey Ward for Long-Term Residents ⓘ