The Shrieking Shack
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The Shrieking Shack is a notorious, supposedly haunted house in Hogsmeade that serves as a key location for revelations about Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Harry’s past in the Harry Potter series.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shrieking Shack | 4 |
| The Shrieking Shack canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T971599 — 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: The Shrieking Shack Context triple: [Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, setting, The Shrieking Shack]
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A.
Coldharbour
Coldharbour is a small rural village in Surrey, England, situated on the slopes of Leith Hill within the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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B.
Nightcliff
Nightcliff is a coastal suburb of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory, known for its scenic foreshore, jetty, and relaxed residential atmosphere.
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C.
Val-Kill Cottage
Val-Kill Cottage is the modest stone house in Hyde Park, New York, that served as Eleanor Roosevelt’s primary residence and retreat, now preserved as part of a National Historic Site.
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D.
Craven Arms
Craven Arms is a small market town in south Shropshire, England, known as a gateway to the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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E.
Wildhaus
Wildhaus is a village in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen, known as the alpine birthplace of Protestant reformer Huldrych Zwingli.
- 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: The Shrieking Shack Target entity description: The Shrieking Shack is a notorious, supposedly haunted house in Hogsmeade that serves as a key location for revelations about Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Harry’s past in the Harry Potter series.
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A.
Coldharbour
Coldharbour is a small rural village in Surrey, England, situated on the slopes of Leith Hill within the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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B.
Nightcliff
Nightcliff is a coastal suburb of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory, known for its scenic foreshore, jetty, and relaxed residential atmosphere.
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C.
Val-Kill Cottage
Val-Kill Cottage is the modest stone house in Hyde Park, New York, that served as Eleanor Roosevelt’s primary residence and retreat, now preserved as part of a National Historic Site.
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D.
Craven Arms
Craven Arms is a small market town in south Shropshire, England, known as a gateway to the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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E.
Wildhaus
Wildhaus is a village in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen, known as the alpine birthplace of Protestant reformer Huldrych Zwingli.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional building
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haunted house ⓘ location in the Harry Potter series ⓘ |
| accessMethod | tunnel beneath the Whomping Willow ⓘ |
| actuallyUsedFor | safe transformation place for a werewolf ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
ⓘ
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ⓘ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ⓘ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Harry Potter
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Hermione Granger ⓘ James Potter ⓘ Peter Pettigrew ⓘ Remus Lupin ⓘ Ron Weasley ⓘ Severus Snape ⓘ Sirius Black ⓘ |
| associatedWithGroup | Marauders ⓘ |
| condition | dilapidated ⓘ |
| connectedBy | secret passage from Hogwarts Whomping Willow ⓘ |
| constructedBy | Hogwarts staff ⓘ |
| constructedFor | accommodating Remus Lupin as a student werewolf ⓘ |
| createdBy | J. K. Rowling ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ⓘ |
| genreAssociation | fantasy literature ⓘ |
| keyEventLocation |
Remus Lupin’s werewolf identity revelation
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confrontation between Harry Potter and Sirius Black ⓘ confrontation involving Severus Snape in Prisoner of Azkaban ⓘ death of Severus Snape ⓘ exposure of Peter Pettigrew’s survival ⓘ revelation of Sirius Black’s innocence ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hogsmeade
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Scotland ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalUniverse | Wizarding World ⓘ |
| nearbyLocation |
Hogsmeade
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surface form:
Hogsmeade village
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry ⓘ |
| originalPurpose | place for Remus Lupin to transform during full moons ⓘ |
| ownedBy | unknown ⓘ |
| partOf | Hogsmeade locations in Harry Potter franchise ⓘ |
| perceivedAs | dangerous by Hogsmeade residents ⓘ |
| reputation | most haunted building in Britain ⓘ |
| rumoredToBe | haunted ⓘ |
| soundInsulation | enchanted to contain howls and noises ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | protective enchantments ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Harry Potter
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Hermione Granger ⓘ Peter Pettigrew ⓘ Remus Lupin ⓘ Ron Weasley ⓘ Severus Snape ⓘ Sirius Black ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Shrieking Shack Description of subject: The Shrieking Shack is a notorious, supposedly haunted house in Hogsmeade that serves as a key location for revelations about Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Harry’s past in the Harry Potter series.
Referenced by (6)
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Shrieking Shack
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Shrieking Shack
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Shrieking Shack