Alphard Black
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Alphard Black is a minor character in the Harry Potter series, known as a member of the Black family who was disowned for leaving his fortune to his niece Nymphadora Tonks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alphard Black canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11471391 — 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: Alphard Black Context triple: [Black family, notableMember, Alphard Black]
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A.
Severus
Severus (Libius Severus) was a Western Roman Emperor who ruled from 461 to 465 AD during the empire’s late, turbulent decline.
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B.
Alastor
Alastor is a narrative poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley that explores themes of idealism, isolation, and the destructive pursuit of unattainable beauty.
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C.
Siricius
Siricius was a late 4th-century Bishop of Rome recognized as one of the first popes to issue formal decretals that helped shape early canon law.
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D.
Regulus Arcturus Black
Regulus Arcturus Black is a minor yet pivotal character in the Harry Potter series, a former Slytherin and Death Eater who ultimately defies Voldemort by attempting to destroy one of his Horcruxes.
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E.
Dementus
Dementus is the ruthless and power-hungry warlord antagonist in the film "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga."
- 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: Alphard Black Target entity description: Alphard Black is a minor character in the Harry Potter series, known as a member of the Black family who was disowned for leaving his fortune to his niece Nymphadora Tonks.
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A.
Severus
Severus (Libius Severus) was a Western Roman Emperor who ruled from 461 to 465 AD during the empire’s late, turbulent decline.
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B.
Alastor
Alastor is a narrative poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley that explores themes of idealism, isolation, and the destructive pursuit of unattainable beauty.
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C.
Siricius
Siricius was a late 4th-century Bishop of Rome recognized as one of the first popes to issue formal decretals that helped shape early canon law.
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D.
Regulus Arcturus Black
Regulus Arcturus Black is a minor yet pivotal character in the Harry Potter series, a former Slytherin and Death Eater who ultimately defies Voldemort by attempting to destroy one of his Horcruxes.
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E.
Dementus
Dementus is the ruthless and power-hungry warlord antagonist in the film "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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human ⓘ pure-blood wizard ⓘ wizard ⓘ |
| alignment | anti–pure-blood supremacist ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harry Potter series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | literature ⓘ |
| appearsOn | Black family tapestry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bequeathedFortuneTo |
Andromeda Tonks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nymphadora Tonks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bloodStatus | pure-blood ⓘ |
| createdBy | J. K. Rowling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disownedBy | Black family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyTreeDepictedIn | Black family tree tapestry at 12 Grimmauld Place NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Wizarding World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| greatUncleOf | Nymphadora Tonks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | canon (Harry Potter) ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Alphard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| houseAffiliation | House of Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being disowned from the Black family
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leaving his fortune to a relative who married a Muggle-born ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedBy | Sirius Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| opposedIdeologyOf | Black family pure-blood supremacy ⓘ |
| reasonForDisownment |
left money to Andromeda Tonks
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supported a relative who married a Muggle-born ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Andromeda Tonks
NERFINISHED
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Bellatrix Lestrange NERFINISHED ⓘ Narcissa Malfoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Nymphadora Tonks NERFINISHED ⓘ Regulus Black NERFINISHED ⓘ Sirius Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| removedFrom | Black family tapestry ⓘ |
| siblingOf | Orion Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported |
Andromeda Tonks
NERFINISHED
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Nymphadora Tonks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| uncleOf |
Andromeda Tonks
NERFINISHED
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Bellatrix Lestrange NERFINISHED ⓘ Narcissa Malfoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Regulus Black NERFINISHED ⓘ Sirius Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Alphard Black Description of subject: Alphard Black is a minor character in the Harry Potter series, known as a member of the Black family who was disowned for leaving his fortune to his niece Nymphadora Tonks.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.