American (wizarding world)
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American (wizarding world) refers to witches and wizards associated with the magical community of the United States in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, including its own institutions, culture, and laws distinct from those of European wizarding societies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American (wizarding world) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9835701 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American (wizarding world) Context triple: [Seraphina Picquery, nationality, American (wizarding world)]
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A.
Americal
Americal was the nickname of the U.S. Army’s 23rd Infantry Division, a World War II–era unit known for its service in the Pacific Theater and later in the Vietnam War.
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AMERICAN
AMERICAN is the radio callsign used by pilots and air traffic control to identify flights operated by American Airlines.
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C.
Amerks
Amerks is the common nickname for the Rochester Americans, a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League.
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D.
Amer
Amer is a common Arabic surname borne by various notable individuals across the Middle East and North Africa.
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E.
All American
"All American" is the nickname and motto of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, reflecting its origins as a unit composed of soldiers from all 48 states.
- 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: American (wizarding world) Target entity description: American (wizarding world) refers to witches and wizards associated with the magical community of the United States in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, including its own institutions, culture, and laws distinct from those of European wizarding societies.
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A.
Americal
Americal was the nickname of the U.S. Army’s 23rd Infantry Division, a World War II–era unit known for its service in the Pacific Theater and later in the Vietnam War.
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B.
AMERICAN
AMERICAN is the radio callsign used by pilots and air traffic control to identify flights operated by American Airlines.
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C.
Amerks
Amerks is the common nickname for the Rochester Americans, a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League.
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D.
Amer
Amer is a common Arabic surname borne by various notable individuals across the Middle East and North Africa.
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E.
All American
"All American" is the nickname and motto of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, reflecting its origins as a unit composed of soldiers from all 48 states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
collective term for witches and wizards
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fictional nationality ⓘ wizarding community ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)
NERFINISHED
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (partly) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pottermore / Wizarding World online writings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America (wizarding world) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | J. K. Rowling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Magical Congress of the United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBankingInstitution | unseen American wizarding banks (not fully described) ⓘ |
| hasCapitalMagicalCity | New York City (wizarding world) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalFeature |
distinct wand registration and licensing practices
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greater emphasis on No-Maj–wizard separation in early 20th century ⓘ strong institutional regulation of romantic relationships with No-Majs (historically) ⓘ use of different magical terminology from British wizards ⓘ |
| hasCurrency | Dragot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentBody | Magical Congress of the United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInstitution |
Department of No-Maj Relations (MACUSA)
NERFINISHED
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Major Investigation Department (MACUSA) NERFINISHED ⓘ Wand Permit Office (MACUSA) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKnownQuidditchLeague | American National Quidditch League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKnownQuidditchTeam |
Moose Jaw Meteorites (North American region)
NERFINISHED
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Sweetwater All-Stars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageVariant | American English (wizarding usage) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLawEnforcementAgency |
Auror Office (MACUSA)
NERFINISHED
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Department of Magical Security (MACUSA) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegalCode | Rappaport’s Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorCityCommunity |
New York wizarding community
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Salem wizarding community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Mary Lou Barebone (No-Maj antagonist connected to American wizarding society)
NERFINISHED
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Percival Graves (Gellert Grindelwald in disguise) NERFINISHED ⓘ Queenie Goldstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Seraphina Picquery NERFINISHED ⓘ Tina Goldstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPopularSportVariant | Quadpot ⓘ |
| hasSchool | Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSecrecyRegime | International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy (American implementation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSports |
Quadpot
NERFINISHED
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Quidditch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWandMakers | various American wandmakers (not fully named in canon) ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
Salem witch trials (wizarding reinterpretation)
NERFINISHED
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founding of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry ⓘ founding of MACUSA ⓘ |
| partOf |
Wizarding World franchise
NERFINISHED
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magical community of the United States ⓘ |
| RappaportsLawEffect | strict segregation between magical and No-Maj communities ⓘ |
| RappaportsLawStatus | repealed by 20th century ⓘ |
| schoolLocation | Mount Greylock, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInFictionalUniverse | Harry Potter universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | MACUSA wizard ⓘ |
| usesTermForNonMagicalPeople |
No-Maj
NERFINISHED
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No-Maj (American English variant of Muggle) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: American (wizarding world) Description of subject: American (wizarding world) refers to witches and wizards associated with the magical community of the United States in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, including its own institutions, culture, and laws distinct from those of European wizarding societies.
Referenced by (1)
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