Wicked Witch of the West
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The Wicked Witch of the West is the iconic green-skinned villain from L. Frank Baum’s Oz stories, best known as Dorothy’s primary antagonist in the classic film adaptation of The Wizard of Oz.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wicked Witch of the West canonical | 26 |
| Elphaba | 5 |
| The Wicked Witch of the West | 1 |
| Wicked Witch of the West flying on broomstick | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T379825 — 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: Wicked Witch of the West Context triple: [The Wizard of Oz, character, Wicked Witch of the West]
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A.
Glinda the Good Witch
Glinda the Good Witch is a benevolent and powerful sorceress from L. Frank Baum’s Oz universe, best known for guiding Dorothy on her journey home.
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B.
Princess Ozma
Princess Ozma is a fictional royal character from L. Frank Baum’s Oz book series, serving as the rightful ruler of the Land of Oz.
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C.
Haggith
Haggith is a lesser-known wife of King David in the Hebrew Bible and the mother of his son Adonijah.
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D.
Smaug
Smaug is the powerful, treasure-hoarding dragon and primary antagonist in J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel "The Hobbit."
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E.
Jezebel
Jezebel is a feminist-leaning online magazine and blog known for its sharp commentary on gender, culture, and media.
- 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: Wicked Witch of the West Target entity description: The Wicked Witch of the West is the iconic green-skinned villain from L. Frank Baum’s Oz stories, best known as Dorothy’s primary antagonist in the classic film adaptation of The Wizard of Oz.
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A.
Glinda the Good Witch
Glinda the Good Witch is a benevolent and powerful sorceress from L. Frank Baum’s Oz universe, best known for guiding Dorothy on her journey home.
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B.
Princess Ozma
Princess Ozma is a fictional royal character from L. Frank Baum’s Oz book series, serving as the rightful ruler of the Land of Oz.
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C.
Haggith
Haggith is a lesser-known wife of King David in the Hebrew Bible and the mother of his son Adonijah.
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D.
Smaug
Smaug is the powerful, treasure-hoarding dragon and primary antagonist in J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel "The Hobbit."
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E.
Jezebel
Jezebel is a feminist-leaning online magazine and blog known for its sharp commentary on gender, culture, and media.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonist
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ literary character ⓘ villain ⓘ witch ⓘ |
| alignment | evil ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | Oz book series ⓘ |
| catchphrase | "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!" ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | melting by water ⓘ |
| commanded |
Winged Monkeys
ⓘ
Winkies ⓘ |
| costumeElement |
long black dress
ⓘ
pointed black hat ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | L. Frank Baum ⓘ |
| domain | western part of the Land of Oz ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
The Cowardly Lion
ⓘ
surface form:
Cowardly Lion
Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
surface form:
Dorothy Gale
Glinda the Good Witch ⓘ The Scarecrow ⓘ
surface form:
Scarecrow
The Tin Man ⓘ
surface form:
Tin Woodman
The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
surface form:
Wizard of Oz
|
| eyeColor | yellow ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Land of Oz ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceDate | 1900 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| goal |
to avenge the death of the Wicked Witch of the East
ⓘ
to obtain the Ruby Slippers ⓘ |
| hairColor | black ⓘ |
| iconicFeature |
cackling laugh
ⓘ
flying on a broomstick ⓘ |
| influenced | popular culture depictions of witches ⓘ |
| killedBy |
Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz
ⓘ
surface form:
Dorothy Gale
|
| notableWork |
The Wizard of Oz
ⓘ
surface form:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Margaret Hamilton ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
The Wizard of Oz
ⓘ
surface form:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
|
| positionInStory | primary antagonist to Dorothy Gale ⓘ |
| power |
command over Winged Monkeys
ⓘ
magic ⓘ |
| relative | Wicked Witch of the East ⓘ |
| residence |
Land of Oz
ⓘ
surface form:
Land of the Winkies
|
| skinColor | green ⓘ |
| species | human witch ⓘ |
| title | Wicked Witch of the West self-link ⓘ |
| weakness | water ⓘ |
| weapon |
broomstick
ⓘ
fireballs ⓘ |
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: Wicked Witch of the West Description of subject: The Wicked Witch of the West is the iconic green-skinned villain from L. Frank Baum’s Oz stories, best known as Dorothy’s primary antagonist in the classic film adaptation of The Wizard of Oz.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dorothy Gale
subject surface form:
Wicked
this entity surface form:
Elphaba
this entity surface form:
Elphaba
this entity surface form:
Elphaba
this entity surface form:
Wicked Witch of the West flying on broomstick
this entity surface form:
Elphaba
this entity surface form:
Elphaba
this entity surface form:
The Wicked Witch of the West