Sir William Hodge
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Sir William Hodge was a distinguished British judge who served as a Lord Justice of Appeal and was known for his significant contributions to the English legal system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sir William Hodge canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3398174 — 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: Sir William Hodge Context triple: [Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge, hasGraveOf, Sir William Hodge]
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A.
Sir John Hoddinott
Sir John Hoddinott was a senior British police officer who served as Chief Constable of Hampshire Constabulary and was noted for his leadership in modernizing policing practices.
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B.
Sir William Martin
Sir William Martin was a 19th-century British-born jurist who became a foundational figure in New Zealand’s legal system and an influential advocate for Māori rights.
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C.
Sir Matthew Holworthy
Sir Matthew Holworthy was a 17th-century English merchant and philanthropist known for his substantial benefactions to educational institutions, including Harvard University.
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D.
W. E. H. Berwick
W. E. H. Berwick was a British mathematician known for his work in number theory and for his contributions to the London Mathematical Society.
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E.
Sir John Woodward Brown
Sir John Woodward Brown was a distinguished British figure, likely recognized for notable contributions in public or professional life and remembered as an eminent former pupil of Chigwell School.
- 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: Sir William Hodge Target entity description: Sir William Hodge was a distinguished British judge who served as a Lord Justice of Appeal and was known for his significant contributions to the English legal system.
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A.
Sir John Hoddinott
Sir John Hoddinott was a senior British police officer who served as Chief Constable of Hampshire Constabulary and was noted for his leadership in modernizing policing practices.
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B.
Sir William Martin
Sir William Martin was a 19th-century British-born jurist who became a foundational figure in New Zealand’s legal system and an influential advocate for Māori rights.
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C.
Sir Matthew Holworthy
Sir Matthew Holworthy was a 17th-century English merchant and philanthropist known for his substantial benefactions to educational institutions, including Harvard University.
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D.
W. E. H. Berwick
W. E. H. Berwick was a British mathematician known for his work in number theory and for his contributions to the London Mathematical Society.
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E.
Sir John Woodward Brown
Sir John Woodward Brown was a distinguished British figure, likely recognized for notable contributions in public or professional life and remembered as an eminent former pupil of Chigwell School.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British judge
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judge ⓘ person ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| legalSystem | English law ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | contributions to the English legal system ⓘ |
| occupation | judge ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Lord Justice of Appeal
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Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Justice of Appeal of England and Wales
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| workLocation | England ⓘ |
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: Sir William Hodge Description of subject: Sir William Hodge was a distinguished British judge who served as a Lord Justice of Appeal and was known for his significant contributions to the English legal system.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.