Privet Drive
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Privet Drive is the suburban street in the Harry Potter series where Harry lives with the Dursley family before discovering his magical heritage.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Privet Drive canonical | 4 |
| 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey | 2 |
| 4 Privet Drive | 1 |
| 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey (Harry Potter film series) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4235124 — 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: Privet Drive Context triple: [Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, setting, Privet Drive]
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A.
Acorn Street
Acorn Street is a famously picturesque, cobblestone residential lane in Boston often cited as one of the most photographed streets in the United States.
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B.
Baker Street
Baker Street is a famous street in London best known for its association with Sherlock Holmes and its mix of shops, offices, and tourist attractions.
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C.
Redcliffe Way
Redcliffe Way is a roadway serving as a key transport route within the Redcliffe area.
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D.
Rosemary Lane
Rosemary Lane was an American actress and singer best known as one of the Lane Sisters, who appeared in several popular Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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E.
Woburn Place
Woburn Place is a major thoroughfare in central London, known for its hotels, offices, and proximity to several Bloomsbury squares and institutions.
- 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: Privet Drive Target entity description: Privet Drive is the suburban street in the Harry Potter series where Harry lives with the Dursley family before discovering his magical heritage.
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A.
Acorn Street
Acorn Street is a famously picturesque, cobblestone residential lane in Boston often cited as one of the most photographed streets in the United States.
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B.
Baker Street
Baker Street is a famous street in London best known for its association with Sherlock Holmes and its mix of shops, offices, and tourist attractions.
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C.
Redcliffe Way
Redcliffe Way is a roadway serving as a key transport route within the Redcliffe area.
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D.
Rosemary Lane
Rosemary Lane was an American actress and singer best known as one of the Lane Sisters, who appeared in several popular Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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E.
Woburn Place
Woburn Place is a major thoroughfare in central London, known for its hotels, offices, and proximity to several Bloomsbury squares and institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional street
ⓘ
location in the Harry Potter series ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
Muggle world
ⓘ
abuse and neglect of Harry Potter ⓘ contrast between magical and non-magical life ⓘ |
| authorCreatedBy | J. K. Rowling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryInUniverse | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Wizarding World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearsInChapter | Chapter 1 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ⓘ |
| genreContext | fantasy literature ⓘ |
| hasNeighborCharacter |
Arabella Figg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yvonne (friend of Petunia Dursley) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeOfCharacter |
Dudley Dursley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harry Potter NERFINISHED ⓘ Petunia Dursley NERFINISHED ⓘ Vernon Dursley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| householdTypeAtNumber4 | detached house ⓘ |
| inhabitantAttitude | strongly anti-magic residents at number 4 ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalCounty | Surrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalTown | Little Whinging NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium |
films
ⓘ
novels ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
Harry Potter's childhood home
ⓘ
setting of Harry's life with the Dursleys ⓘ |
| notableResidence | 4 Privet Drive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Harry Potter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | neat and respectable suburban street ⓘ |
| realWorldFilmingLocationForNumber4 | Picket Post Close, Bracknell, Berkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sceneOfEvent |
Dementor attack on Dudley Dursley
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Dobby's warning to Harry ⓘ Harry's departure under Order of the Phoenix protection ⓘ arrival of Hogwarts letters to Harry ⓘ delivery of Harry Potter as a baby to the Dursleys ⓘ |
| streetNumberOfDursleyHouse | 4 ⓘ |
| visitedByCharacter |
Albus Dumbledore
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dobby NERFINISHED ⓘ Minerva McGonagall NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of the Phoenix members ⓘ Rubeus Hagrid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Privet Drive Description of subject: Privet Drive is the suburban street in the Harry Potter series where Harry lives with the Dursley family before discovering his magical heritage.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Uncle Vernon Dursley (Harry Potter film series)
this entity surface form:
4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey (Harry Potter film series)
this entity surface form:
4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey
this entity surface form:
4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey
this entity surface form:
4 Privet Drive