David Hodgkin
E366919
David Hodgkin is a relatively obscure individual whose primary noted distinction is sharing the Hodgkin surname associated with the historically significant Hodgkin family name.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Hodgkin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3342931 — 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: David Hodgkin Context triple: [Hodgkin, hasNotableBearer, David Hodgkin]
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A.
Jonathan Hodgkin
Jonathan Hodgkin is a British biologist and geneticist known for his research on the genetics, development, and behavior of the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans.
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B.
Peter Hodgkin
Peter Hodgkin is a notable individual who shares the Hodgkin surname, which is associated with several distinguished figures in science and academia.
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C.
Gordon Hodgkin
Gordon Hodgkin was a British painter and printmaker renowned for his vibrant, abstract works that often evoked emotional and remembered interiors.
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D.
Adrian Hodgkin
Adrian Hodgkin was a British biochemist known for his contributions to the study of nerve impulses and membrane physiology.
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E.
Will Harridge
Will Harridge was an American baseball executive who served as president of the American League from 1931 to 1959.
- 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: David Hodgkin Target entity description: David Hodgkin is a relatively obscure individual whose primary noted distinction is sharing the Hodgkin surname associated with the historically significant Hodgkin family name.
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A.
Jonathan Hodgkin
Jonathan Hodgkin is a British biologist and geneticist known for his research on the genetics, development, and behavior of the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans.
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B.
Peter Hodgkin
Peter Hodgkin is a notable individual who shares the Hodgkin surname, which is associated with several distinguished figures in science and academia.
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C.
Gordon Hodgkin
Gordon Hodgkin was a British painter and printmaker renowned for his vibrant, abstract works that often evoked emotional and remembered interiors.
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D.
Adrian Hodgkin
Adrian Hodgkin was a British biochemist known for his contributions to the study of nerve impulses and membrane physiology.
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E.
Will Harridge
Will Harridge was an American baseball executive who served as president of the American League from 1931 to 1959.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (4)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| familyName | Hodgkin ⓘ |
| name | David Hodgkin self-link ⓘ |
| sharesSurnameWith | Hodgkin family ⓘ |
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: David Hodgkin Description of subject: David Hodgkin is a relatively obscure individual whose primary noted distinction is sharing the Hodgkin surname associated with the historically significant Hodgkin family name.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.