Hogwarts Express
E491561
The Hogwarts Express is the iconic scarlet steam train in the Harry Potter series that transports students between London’s King’s Cross Station and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hogwarts Express canonical | 6 |
| 75955 Hogwarts Express | 1 |
| Hogwarts Express at Platform 9¾ | 1 |
| Hogwarts Express train | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5072434 — 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: Hogwarts Express Context triple: [Hogwarts Express connection, basedOn, Hogwarts Express]
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A.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first film in the Harry Potter series, introducing the young wizard Harry and his early adventures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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B.
Flight of the Hippogriff
Flight of the Hippogriff is a family-friendly outdoor roller coaster in Universal’s Harry Potter-themed areas, themed around Hagrid’s care of magical creatures and designed as a training flight over his hut and pumpkin patch.
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C.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (novel)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (novel) is J.K. Rowling's debut fantasy book that introduces the young wizard Harry Potter and his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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D.
Dumbledore's Army
Dumbledore's Army is a secret student organization at Hogwarts, founded by Harry Potter to teach practical Defense Against the Dark Arts and resist Dolores Umbridge and Voldemort's forces.
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E.
Harry’s Wondrous World
"Harry’s Wondrous World" is a popular orchestral concert suite by John Williams that combines and develops key musical themes from his score to the first Harry Potter film.
- 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: Hogwarts Express Target entity description: The Hogwarts Express is the iconic scarlet steam train in the Harry Potter series that transports students between London’s King’s Cross Station and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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A.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first film in the Harry Potter series, introducing the young wizard Harry and his early adventures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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B.
Flight of the Hippogriff
Flight of the Hippogriff is a family-friendly outdoor roller coaster in Universal’s Harry Potter-themed areas, themed around Hagrid’s care of magical creatures and designed as a training flight over his hut and pumpkin patch.
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C.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (novel)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (novel) is J.K. Rowling's debut fantasy book that introduces the young wizard Harry Potter and his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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D.
Dumbledore's Army
Dumbledore's Army is a secret student organization at Hogwarts, founded by Harry Potter to teach practical Defense Against the Dark Arts and resist Dolores Umbridge and Voldemort's forces.
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E.
Harry’s Wondrous World
"Harry’s Wondrous World" is a popular orchestral concert suite by John Williams that combines and develops key musical themes from his score to the first Harry Potter film.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional train
ⓘ
object in the Harry Potter universe ⓘ vehicle ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hogsmeade
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hogwarts Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ King's Cross Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| color | scarlet ⓘ |
| connectsLocation |
Hogsmeade Station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King's Cross Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | J. K. Rowling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| departureFrequency | start of each Hogwarts term ⓘ |
| departurePlatform | Platform Nine and Three-Quarters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| departureTime | 11:00 a.m. ⓘ |
| featuredAt | The Wizarding World of Harry Potter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredInFilmSeries | Harry Potter film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceMedium | novel ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| genre | fantasy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | theme park attraction ⓘ |
| hasCarriageType | compartment coaches ⓘ |
| hasCrewMember |
train conductor
ⓘ
trolley witch ⓘ |
| hasFandom | Harry Potter fandom ⓘ |
| hasOnboardLocation |
lavatories
ⓘ
luggage racks ⓘ student compartments ⓘ |
| hasRouteType | school train route ⓘ |
| notablePassenger |
Draco Malfoy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harry Potter NERFINISHED ⓘ Hermione Granger NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Weasley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offersService | food trolley ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Hogwarts staff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam ⓘ |
| returnFrequency | end of each Hogwarts term ⓘ |
| servesInstitution | Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingUniverse | Wizarding World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes | transition between Muggle world and wizarding world ⓘ |
| transports | Hogwarts students ⓘ |
| usesMagic | yes ⓘ |
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: Hogwarts Express Description of subject: The Hogwarts Express is the iconic scarlet steam train in the Harry Potter series that transports students between London’s King’s Cross Station and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hogwarts Express train
subject surface form:
Platform 9¾
subject surface form:
Trevor
this entity surface form:
Hogwarts Express at Platform 9¾
this entity surface form:
75955 Hogwarts Express