Smeltings School
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Smeltings School is a prestigious and old-fashioned private boys' school in the Harry Potter series, known for its strict discipline, snobbish reputation, and distinctive maroon tailcoats and knobbly sticks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Smeltings School canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5111053 — 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: Smeltings School Context triple: [Dudley Dursley, education, Smeltings School]
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A.
Marling School
Marling School is a selective grammar school for boys located in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England.
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B.
Paton School
Paton School is a public elementary school serving students in the town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
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C.
West School
West School is a public elementary school serving students in the New Canaan, Connecticut community.
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D.
Robert Bloomfield Academy
Robert Bloomfield Academy is a primary school serving the local community in Shefford, Bedfordshire, England.
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E.
Rednock School
Rednock School is a secondary school and sixth form serving students in and around the town of Dursley in Gloucestershire, England.
- 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: Smeltings School Target entity description: Smeltings School is a prestigious and old-fashioned private boys' school in the Harry Potter series, known for its strict discipline, snobbish reputation, and distinctive maroon tailcoats and knobbly sticks.
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A.
Marling School
Marling School is a selective grammar school for boys located in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England.
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B.
Paton School
Paton School is a public elementary school serving students in the town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
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C.
West School
West School is a public elementary school serving students in the New Canaan, Connecticut community.
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D.
Robert Bloomfield Academy
Robert Bloomfield Academy is a primary school serving the local community in Shefford, Bedfordshire, England.
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E.
Rednock School
Rednock School is a secondary school and sixth form serving students in and around the town of Dursley in Gloucestershire, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
boys' school
ⓘ
educational institution in fiction ⓘ fictional school ⓘ private school ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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 ⓘ |
| attendedBy |
Dudley Dursley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Piers Polkiss NERFINISHED ⓘ Vernon Dursley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastWith | Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| creator | J. K. Rowling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discipline | strict ⓘ |
| dressCodeStyle | Victorian-inspired ⓘ |
| educationLevel | secondary education ⓘ |
| fictionalLocationType | boarding school ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | non-magical institution ⓘ |
| firstAppearedInChapter | The Letters from No One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationAppearance | 1997 ⓘ |
| genderAdmission | boys only ⓘ |
| genre | fantasy literature setting ⓘ |
| hasColor |
maroon
ⓘ
orange ⓘ |
| knobblyStickPurpose | used for hitting each other for practice ⓘ |
| knownFor |
distinctive maroon tailcoats
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knobbly sticks ⓘ producing socially snobbish graduates ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| medium | novels ⓘ |
| mentionedBy | Petunia Dursley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownerUniverseFamilyConnection | Dursley family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reputation |
old-fashioned
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snobbish ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
conventional non-magical education
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upper-middle-class English respectability ⓘ |
| targetSocialClass |
status-conscious families
ⓘ
wealthy families ⓘ |
| type | prestigious school ⓘ |
| uniformItem |
flat straw hat
ⓘ
knobbly stick ⓘ maroon tailcoat ⓘ orange knickerbockers ⓘ |
| universe | Harry Potter series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Smeltings School Description of subject: Smeltings School is a prestigious and old-fashioned private boys' school in the Harry Potter series, known for its strict discipline, snobbish reputation, and distinctive maroon tailcoats and knobbly sticks.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.