Hodges
E182770
Hodges is a surname most famously associated with Gil Hodges, the American Major League Baseball first baseman and manager.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hodges canonical | 30 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1615395 — 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: Hodges Context triple: [Gil Hodges, familyName, Hodges]
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A.
Hicks
Hicks is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, sports, entertainment, and other fields.
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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.
Hunte
The Hunte is a river in northwestern Germany that flows through Lower Saxony before joining the Weser.
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D.
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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E.
Daboll
Daboll is a surname most prominently associated with Brian Daboll, a professional American football coach in the National Football League.
- 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: Hodges Target entity description: Hodges is a surname most famously associated with Gil Hodges, the American Major League Baseball first baseman and manager.
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A.
Hicks
Hicks is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, sports, entertainment, and other fields.
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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.
Hunte
The Hunte is a river in northwestern Germany that flows through Lower Saxony before joining the Weser.
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D.
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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E.
Daboll
Daboll is a surname most prominently associated with Brian Daboll, a professional American football coach in the National Football League.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| category |
English-language surnames
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Patronymic surnames ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | given name Hodge ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Andrew Hodges
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Betty Hodges ⓘ C. Walter Hodges ⓘ Carl Hodges ⓘ Chas Hodges ⓘ David Hodges ⓘ Dean Hodges ⓘ Eddie Hodges ⓘ Eric Hodges ⓘ George Hodges ⓘ Gil Hodges ⓘ Jack Hodges ⓘ Jim Hodges ⓘ Jim Hodges (artist) ⓘ Jim Hodges (politician) ⓘ Johnny Hodges ⓘ Leroy Hodges ⓘ Luther Hodges ⓘ Luther Hodges Jr. ⓘ
linked to:
Luther Hodges
Michael Hodges ⓘ Noel Hodges ⓘ Paul Hodges ⓘ Robert Hodges ⓘ Wilfrid Hodges ⓘ William Hodges ⓘ Zane Hodges ⓘ |
| hasToponymicUse |
Hodges Peak
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Hodges, Alabama ⓘ Hodges, South Carolina ⓘ Hodges, Texas ⓘ Lake Hodges ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | association with baseball player and manager Gil Hodges ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Australia
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Canada ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| variantOf | Hodge ⓘ |
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: Hodges Description of subject: Hodges is a surname most famously associated with Gil Hodges, the American Major League Baseball first baseman and manager.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Gilbert Ray Hodges
subject linked to:
Major General John C. H. Lee
subject linked to:
Jim Hodges (politician)