Nicholas Hughes
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Nicholas Hughes was the son of poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, who became a respected fisheries biologist before his tragic death in 2009.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nicholas Hughes canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T549303 — 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: Nicholas Hughes Context triple: [Sylvia Plath, child, Nicholas Hughes]
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A.
Nicholas Beauman
Nicholas Beauman is a British editor and publisher known for championing and reissuing neglected literary works, particularly through the imprint Persephone Books.
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B.
Alexander Parris
Alexander Parris was a prominent 19th-century American architect and engineer best known for his austere Greek Revival and early granite public buildings in New England.
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C.
Anthony Poggo
Anthony Poggo is an Anglican bishop and church leader who serves as the Secretary General of the worldwide Anglican Communion’s Anglican Consultative Council.
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D.
John Brett
John Brett was a 19th-century British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, renowned for his highly detailed landscapes and maritime scenes.
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E.
Nicholas Baker
Nicholas Baker is an alternate name associated with Niels Bohr, the pioneering Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory.
- 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: Nicholas Hughes Target entity description: Nicholas Hughes was the son of poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, who became a respected fisheries biologist before his tragic death in 2009.
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A.
Nicholas Beauman
Nicholas Beauman is a British editor and publisher known for championing and reissuing neglected literary works, particularly through the imprint Persephone Books.
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B.
Alexander Parris
Alexander Parris was a prominent 19th-century American architect and engineer best known for his austere Greek Revival and early granite public buildings in New England.
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C.
Anthony Poggo
Anthony Poggo is an Anglican bishop and church leader who serves as the Secretary General of the worldwide Anglican Communion’s Anglican Consultative Council.
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D.
John Brett
John Brett was a 19th-century British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, renowned for his highly detailed landscapes and maritime scenes.
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E.
Nicholas Baker
Nicholas Baker is an alternate name associated with Niels Bohr, the pioneering Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
ⓘ
fisheries biologist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 47 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| citizenshipStatus | British emigrant to the United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1962-01-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2009-03-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Dalhousie University
ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ |
| employer | University of Alaska Fairbanks ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Hughes ⓘ |
| father | Ted Hughes ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
conservation biology
ⓘ
ecology ⓘ fisheries biology ⓘ |
| givenName | Nicholas ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Sylvia Plath
ⓘ
surface form:
Aurelia Plath
Frieda Hughes ⓘ Olwyn Hughes ⓘ William Hughes ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
surface form:
Alaska, United States
England ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | suicide by hanging ⓘ |
| mother | Sylvia Plath ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the son of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes
ⓘ
research on salmon ecology ⓘ |
| notableWork | studies of Pacific salmon populations ⓘ |
| occupation |
fisheries biologist
ⓘ
professor ⓘ |
| parentOf | no known children ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | North Tawton, Devon, England ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Fairbanks
ⓘ
surface form:
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
|
| residence |
Fairbanks
ⓘ
surface form:
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Frieda Hughes ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Fairbanks
ⓘ
surface form:
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nicholas Hughes Description of subject: Nicholas Hughes was the son of poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, who became a respected fisheries biologist before his tragic death in 2009.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.