Hobgood
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Hobgood is the former name of Niland, a small community in Imperial County, California, known for its proximity to the Salton Sea and the offbeat art site Salvation Mountain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hobgood canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21753326 — 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: Hobgood Context triple: [Niland, California, formerName, Hobgood]
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A.
Hobkin
Hobkin is a relatively uncommon surname that appears to be a variant or related form of the English surname Hopkin.
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B.
Godehart
Godehart is a German given name, serving as a variant form of the name Gotthard.
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C.
Hobbinol
Hobbinol is a rustic shepherd figure in Edmund Spenser’s pastoral poem "The Shepheardes Calender," representing an idealized, thoughtful country swain.
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D.
Hober Mallow
Hober Mallow is a central character in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, known as a shrewd merchant and political strategist who helps shape the early destiny of the Foundation.
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E.
Harrick
Harrick is a surname most notably associated with Jim Harrick, an American college basketball coach who led UCLA to the 1995 NCAA championship.
- 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: Hobgood Target entity description: Hobgood is the former name of Niland, a small community in Imperial County, California, known for its proximity to the Salton Sea and the offbeat art site Salvation Mountain.
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A.
Hobkin
Hobkin is a relatively uncommon surname that appears to be a variant or related form of the English surname Hopkin.
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B.
Godehart
Godehart is a German given name, serving as a variant form of the name Gotthard.
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C.
Hobbinol
Hobbinol is a rustic shepherd figure in Edmund Spenser’s pastoral poem "The Shepheardes Calender," representing an idealized, thoughtful country swain.
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D.
Hober Mallow
Hober Mallow is a central character in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, known as a shrewd merchant and political strategist who helps shape the early destiny of the Foundation.
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E.
Harrick
Harrick is a surname most notably associated with Jim Harrick, an American college basketball coach who led UCLA to the 1995 NCAA championship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.