John
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John Hopkinson was a British physicist and electrical engineer known for his pioneering work in electromagnetism and the development of electrical power systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9298623 — 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.
Target entity: John Context triple: [John Hopkinson, givenName, John]
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John
John is the given name of the renowned American author John Steinbeck, known for works such as "The Grapes of Wrath" and "Of Mice and Men."
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John
John is the given name of John A. Roebling II, an American civil engineer and philanthropist from the prominent Roebling family associated with major bridge construction.
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John
John is the first name of John Marston, the iconic outlaw protagonist from the Red Dead Redemption video game series.
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John
John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, was a 14th-century English prince and younger son of King Edward II of England.
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John
John is the given name of John Francis Dodge, an American automobile pioneer and co-founder of the Dodge Brothers Company.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: John Target entity description: John Hopkinson was a British physicist and electrical engineer known for his pioneering work in electromagnetism and the development of electrical power systems.
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John
John is the given name of the British physicist J. J. Thomson, who is best known for discovering the electron and proposing the plum pudding model of the atom.
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John
John is the given name of John Cockcroft, a pioneering British physicist and Nobel laureate known for his work on nuclear physics and particle acceleration.
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John
John is the given name of John Hays Hammond Jr., an American inventor known for his pioneering work in radio control and naval weaponry.
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John
John is the given name of Sir John Fowler, a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer known for major railway and bridge projects such as the Forth Bridge.
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John
John is the given name of Sir John Kingman, a prominent British mathematician and statistician known for his work in probability theory and population genetics.
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Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electrical engineer
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physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Hopkinson Prize (namesake)
NERFINISHED
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Royal Medal of the Royal Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | mountaineering accident ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1849-07-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1898-08-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Queenwood School
NERFINISHED
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Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| employer |
City and Guilds of London Institute
NERFINISHED
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King's College London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Hopkinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
electrical engineering
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electrical power systems ⓘ electromagnetism ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Alfred Hopkinson
NERFINISHED
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Bertrand Hopkinson NERFINISHED ⓘ John Hopkinson (son) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Edward Hopkinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Fellow of the Royal Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to magnetic circuits theory
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development of electrical power systems ⓘ pioneering work in electromagnetism ⓘ work on three‑wire electrical distribution systems ⓘ |
| notableIdea | Hopkinson's law for magnetic circuits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
development of the three‑wire electrical distribution system
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papers on magnetic permeability and hysteresis ⓘ |
| occupation |
electrical engineer
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physicist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Lancashire
NERFINISHED
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Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Switzerland
NERFINISHED
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Zermatt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Engineer at the Lighthouse Department of the Trinity House
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Professor of Electrical Engineering at King's College London ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: John Description of subject: John Hopkinson was a British physicist and electrical engineer known for his pioneering work in electromagnetism and the development of electrical power systems.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.