Sorting Hat

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The Sorting Hat is a sentient, magical hat at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that determines which house each new student belongs to.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Sorting Hat to Harry Potter 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artifact in the Harry Potter universe
hat
magical object
sentient object
activationMethod placed on student's head
alignment generally benevolent
appearsIn Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets NERFINISHED
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child NERFINISHED
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire NERFINISHED
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince NERFINISHED
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix NERFINISHED
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone NERFINISHED
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban NERFINISHED
Harry Potter film series NERFINISHED
associatedObject Sword of Gryffindor NERFINISHED
associatedWith Gryffindor house NERFINISHED
Hufflepuff house NERFINISHED
Ravenclaw house NERFINISHED
Slytherin house NERFINISHED
canConsiderChoice true
canSing true
canSpeak true
color patched brown
createdBy Godric Gryffindor NERFINISHED
creator J. K. Rowling NERFINISHED
decisionBasis student's personality traits
student's preferences
student's values
fictionalUniverse Harry Potter series NERFINISHED
Wizarding World NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone NERFINISHED
genre fantasy literature object
hasAbility Legilimency-like mind reading
singing songs
telepathy
hasSong annual Sorting Hat song
keptIn Headmaster's office at Hogwarts
language English
locatedIn Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry NERFINISHED
material cloth
notableEvent considered Slytherin for Harry Potter
produced Godric Gryffindor's sword for Harry Potter
sorted Harry Potter into Gryffindor
ownedBy Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry NERFINISHED
performsEvent Sorting Ceremony NERFINISHED
primaryFunction sorting students into Hogwarts houses
usedBy Hogwarts staff NERFINISHED
first-year students
usedFor assessing students' qualities
house assignment

Referenced by (2)

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Fawkes brings Sorting Hat
this entity surface form: Sorting Hat to Harry Potter
Gryffindor House hasHouseRelic Sorting Hat