Hoskins
E178619
Hoskins is a surname most notably associated with the late English actor Bob Hoskins, renowned for his roles in films such as "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "Mona Lisa."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hoskins canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1577935 — 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: Hoskins Context triple: [Bob Hoskins, familyName, Hoskins]
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A.
Harbison
Harbison is a surname most notably associated with American composer John Harbison, known for his contributions to contemporary classical music.
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B.
Hayes
Hayes is a suburban district in southeast London, England, known for its residential character and green spaces within the London Borough of Bromley.
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C.
Hines
Hines is a surname most famously associated with Earl Hines, the influential American jazz pianist and bandleader.
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D.
Harrington
Harrington is a small coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its beaches, fishing, and proximity to the Manning River and Crowdy Bay National Park.
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E.
Aldridge
Aldridge is an English-origin surname borne by various notable individuals in fields such as sports, entertainment, and the arts.
- 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: Hoskins Target entity description: Hoskins is a surname most notably associated with the late English actor Bob Hoskins, renowned for his roles in films such as "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "Mona Lisa."
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A.
Harbison
Harbison is a surname most notably associated with American composer John Harbison, known for his contributions to contemporary classical music.
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B.
Hayes
Hayes is a suburban district in southeast London, England, known for its residential character and green spaces within the London Borough of Bromley.
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C.
Hines
Hines is a surname most famously associated with Earl Hines, the influential American jazz pianist and bandleader.
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D.
Harrington
Harrington is a small coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its beaches, fishing, and proximity to the Manning River and Crowdy Bay National Park.
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E.
Aldridge
Aldridge is an English-origin surname borne by various notable individuals in fields such as sports, entertainment, and the arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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family name ⓘ film ⓘ film ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ surname ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
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Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor ⓘ Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
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| castMember |
Bob Hoskins
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Bob Hoskins ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Hoskins self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama film
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crime film ⓘ drama film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ live-action/animated film ⓘ |
| givenName | Bob ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| name | Bob Hoskins ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Brazil
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Hook ⓘ Mona Lisa ⓘ Super Mario Bros. ⓘ The Long Good Friday ⓘ Who Framed Roger Rabbit ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| usedBy | Bob Hoskins ⓘ |
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: Hoskins Description of subject: Hoskins is a surname most notably associated with the late English actor Bob Hoskins, renowned for his roles in films such as "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "Mona Lisa."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bob Hoskins