Keith Hopkins
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Keith Hopkins was a prominent British historian and sociologist of the ancient world, known especially for his influential work on Roman social and economic history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Keith Hopkins canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2316842 — 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: Keith Hopkins Context triple: [Richard Saller, coAuthorWith, Keith Hopkins]
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A.
Keith Scholey
Keith Scholey is a British wildlife filmmaker and producer known for creating and overseeing major nature documentaries, including the acclaimed series Our Planet.
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B.
Keith Harris
Keith Harris is an American record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with major pop and R&B artists such as the Black Eyed Peas.
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C.
Andrew Humphrey
Andrew Humphrey was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to become Chief of the Air Staff and later Chief of the Defence Staff in the United Kingdom.
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D.
Keith Fenton
Keith Fenton is the charming yet unfaithful boyfriend whose behavior sparks the romantic mind games at the center of the film "Two Can Play That Game."
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E.
Brian Pippard
Brian Pippard was a prominent British physicist known for his pioneering work in superconductivity and for serving as Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge.
- 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: Keith Hopkins Target entity description: Keith Hopkins was a prominent British historian and sociologist of the ancient world, known especially for his influential work on Roman social and economic history.
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A.
Keith Scholey
Keith Scholey is a British wildlife filmmaker and producer known for creating and overseeing major nature documentaries, including the acclaimed series Our Planet.
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B.
Keith Harris
Keith Harris is an American record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with major pop and R&B artists such as the Black Eyed Peas.
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C.
Andrew Humphrey
Andrew Humphrey was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to become Chief of the Air Staff and later Chief of the Defence Staff in the United Kingdom.
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D.
Keith Fenton
Keith Fenton is the charming yet unfaithful boyfriend whose behavior sparks the romantic mind games at the center of the film "Two Can Play That Game."
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E.
Brian Pippard
Brian Pippard was a prominent British physicist known for his pioneering work in superconductivity and for serving as Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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historian ⓘ human ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Roman Empire studies
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economic history of the ancient world ⓘ social history of the ancient world ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Cambridge
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linked to:
Cambridge University
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| employer |
King's College, Cambridge
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linked to:
King’s College, Cambridge
University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
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| fieldOfWork |
Roman history
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ancient history ⓘ economic history ⓘ historical sociology ⓘ social history ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
study of Roman social structure
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use of sociological models in ancient history ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
sociological approaches to ancient history
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work on Roman economic history ⓘ work on Roman social history ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A World Full of Gods
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Conquerors and Slaves ⓘ Death and Renewal ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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sociologist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Fellow of King's College, Cambridge
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Professor of Ancient History at the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
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: Keith Hopkins Description of subject: Keith Hopkins was a prominent British historian and sociologist of the ancient world, known especially for his influential work on Roman social and economic history.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.