Lily Potter

E495320

fictional character witch

Lily Potter is Harry Potter’s Muggle-born mother, remembered for sacrificing her life to protect him from Voldemort in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lily Potter canonical	8
Lily Evans	2
Lily Evans Potter	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5111042 — 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: Lily Potter
Context triple: [Dudley Dursley, relativeOf, Lily Potter]

A. Ariana Dumbledore
Ariana Dumbledore is the troubled younger sister of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series, whose tragic life and death profoundly shape his character and past.
B. Hermione Granger
Hermione Granger is a brilliant, studious, and resourceful young witch in the Harry Potter series, known for her intelligence, strong moral compass, and close friendship with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley.
C. Mary Storer Potter
Mary Storer Potter was the first wife of American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, whom he married in 1831 and who died tragically young.
D. Jean Hermione Johnstone
Jean Hermione Johnstone was the mother of renowned composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and was herself a musician and violinist.
E. Kendra Dumbledore
Kendra Dumbledore is a reclusive Muggle-born witch in the Harry Potter series, known primarily as the strict and secretive mother of Albus Dumbledore whose troubled family life shaped much of his early history.
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: Lily Potter
Target entity description: Lily Potter is Harry Potter’s Muggle-born mother, remembered for sacrificing her life to protect him from Voldemort in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series.

A. Ariana Dumbledore
Ariana Dumbledore is the troubled younger sister of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series, whose tragic life and death profoundly shape his character and past.
B. Hermione Granger
Hermione Granger is a brilliant, studious, and resourceful young witch in the Harry Potter series, known for her intelligence, strong moral compass, and close friendship with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley.
C. Mary Storer Potter
Mary Storer Potter was the first wife of American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, whom he married in 1831 and who died tragically young.
D. Jean Hermione Johnstone
Jean Hermione Johnstone was the mother of renowned composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and was herself a musician and violinist.
E. Kendra Dumbledore
Kendra Dumbledore is a reclusive Muggle-born witch in the Harry Potter series, known primarily as the strict and secretive mother of Albus Dumbledore whose troubled family life shaped much of his early history.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ witch ⓘ
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 ⓘ
bloodRelation	Evans family NERFINISHED ⓘ
bloodStatus	Muggle-born ⓘ
causeOfDeath	killed by Lord Voldemort ⓘ
child	Harry Potter NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdBy	J. K. Rowling NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathBySpell	Killing Curse ⓘ
deathYear	1981 ⓘ
diedAt	Godric's Hollow NERFINISHED ⓘ
diedIn	First Wizarding War NERFINISHED ⓘ
enemy	Lord Voldemort NERFINISHED ⓘ
eyeColor	green ⓘ
familyName	Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ
father	Mr Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ
friend	James Potter NERFINISHED ⓘ Remus Lupin NERFINISHED ⓘ Severus Snape NERFINISHED ⓘ Sirius Black NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Lily J. Potter NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Lily NERFINISHED ⓘ
hairColor	red ⓘ
house	Gryffindor NERFINISHED ⓘ
maidenName	Lily Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ
maritalStatus	married ⓘ
memberOf	Order of the Phoenix NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother	Mrs Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableFor	sacrificing her life to save her son ⓘ
occupation	member of the Order of the Phoenix ⓘ
patronus	doe NERFINISHED ⓘ
protectedFrom	Lord Voldemort NERFINISHED ⓘ
protectionType	sacrificial protection ⓘ
sacrificedHerselfFor	Harry Potter NERFINISHED ⓘ
school	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry NERFINISHED ⓘ
sibling	Petunia Dursley NERFINISHED ⓘ Petunia Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ
species	human ⓘ
spouse	James Potter NERFINISHED ⓘ
universe	Wizarding World NERFINISHED ⓘ
wandCore	phoenix feather ⓘ
wandLength	10 1/4 inches ⓘ
wandWood	willow ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dudley Dursley → relativeOf → Lily Potter ⓘ

Harry Potter → mother → Lily Potter ⓘ

Remus Lupin → friendOf → Lily Potter ⓘ

Peter Pettigrew → betrayed → Lily Potter ⓘ

Peter Pettigrew → causedDeathOf → Lily Potter ⓘ

Severus Snape → unrequitedLove → Lily Potter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lily Evans

Petunia Dursley → sister → Lily Potter ⓘ

Petunia Dursley → relative → Lily Potter ⓘ

Order of the Phoenix → member → Lily Potter ⓘ

Gryffindor House → notableMember → Lily Potter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lily Evans Potter

Horace Slughorn → taughtStudent → Lily Potter ⓘ