The Magicians trilogy
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The Magicians trilogy is a contemporary fantasy book series by Lev Grossman that follows a group of young magicians through a dark, adult reimagining of magical education and parallel worlds.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Magicians trilogy canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11754185 — 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: The Magicians trilogy Context triple: [Lev Grossman, notableSeries, The Magicians trilogy]
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A.
The Magicians (TV series)
The Magicians is a fantasy drama television series that follows a group of students at a secret magical university as they discover and struggle with the dark, dangerous realities of the magical world.
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B.
Scholomance trilogy
The Scholomance trilogy is a contemporary fantasy book series by Naomi Novik that follows magically gifted students struggling to survive a deadly, sentient school.
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C.
Books of Magic
Books of Magic is a dark fantasy comic series from DC’s Vertigo imprint that follows a young boy, Timothy Hunter, as he is introduced to the hidden world of magic and destiny.
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D.
His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials is a fantasy television series adaptation of Philip Pullman’s acclaimed novel trilogy, featuring parallel worlds, daemons, and a young heroine’s journey against a powerful theocratic authority.
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E.
Histoire de la Magie
Histoire de la Magie is a seminal 19th-century occult work that surveys the history, theories, and practices of magic from ancient times to the modern era.
- 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: The Magicians trilogy Target entity description: The Magicians trilogy is a contemporary fantasy book series by Lev Grossman that follows a group of young magicians through a dark, adult reimagining of magical education and parallel worlds.
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A.
The Magicians (TV series)
The Magicians is a fantasy drama television series that follows a group of students at a secret magical university as they discover and struggle with the dark, dangerous realities of the magical world.
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B.
Scholomance trilogy
The Scholomance trilogy is a contemporary fantasy book series by Naomi Novik that follows magically gifted students struggling to survive a deadly, sentient school.
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C.
Books of Magic
Books of Magic is a dark fantasy comic series from DC’s Vertigo imprint that follows a young boy, Timothy Hunter, as he is introduced to the hidden world of magic and destiny.
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D.
His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials is a fantasy television series adaptation of Philip Pullman’s acclaimed novel trilogy, featuring parallel worlds, daemons, and a young heroine’s journey against a powerful theocratic authority.
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E.
Histoire de la Magie
Histoire de la Magie is a seminal 19th-century occult work that surveys the history, theories, and practices of magic from ancient times to the modern era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book series
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fantasy novel series ⓘ |
| adaptationNetwork | Syfy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | The Magicians (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Magicians novels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Lev Grossman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsElement |
magic school
ⓘ
parallel worlds ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| firstBook | The Magicians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstBookPublicationYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary fantasy
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fantasy ⓘ portal fantasy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Magician King
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Magician's Land NERFINISHED ⓘ The Magicians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTVTieInEdition | yes ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Harry Potter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Chronicles of Narnia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | metafictional ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alice Quinn
NERFINISHED
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Eliot Waugh NERFINISHED ⓘ Janet NERFINISHED ⓘ Julia Wicker NERFINISHED ⓘ Quentin Coldwater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedAs | The Magicians series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableAward | Alex Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 3 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Penguin Books
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Viking Press ⓘ
surface form:
Viking Press
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| secondBook | The Magician King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondBookPublicationYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| setting |
Brakebills University for Magical Pedagogy
NERFINISHED
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Fillory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgenre | dark fantasy ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
| theme |
coming of age
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depression ⓘ disillusionment ⓘ escapism ⓘ power and responsibility ⓘ |
| thirdBook | The Magician's Land NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thirdBookPublicationYear | 2014 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: The Magicians trilogy Description of subject: The Magicians trilogy is a contemporary fantasy book series by Lev Grossman that follows a group of young magicians through a dark, adult reimagining of magical education and parallel worlds.
Referenced by (2)
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