Neville Hodgkin
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Neville Hodgkin is a person notable for bearing the surname Hodgkin, which is associated with several distinguished figures in science and medicine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Neville Hodgkin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3342929 — 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: Neville Hodgkin Context triple: [Hodgkin, hasNotableBearer, Neville Hodgkin]
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A.
R. A. Hodgkin
R. A. Hodgkin was a British mathematician known for contributions to algebra and topology, particularly in homological algebra and K-theory.
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B.
Alan Hodgkin
Alan Hodgkin was a British physiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the ionic mechanisms of nerve cell membranes and the generation of nerve impulses.
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C.
Nicholas Hodgkin
Nicholas Hodgkin is a British mathematician known for his contributions to differential equations and mathematical analysis.
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D.
A. V. Hill
A. V. Hill was a British physiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on muscle physiology and the biophysics of nerve and muscle function.
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E.
William Hodgkin
William Hodgkin is a notable individual who shares the distinguished Hodgkin surname, recognized for its association with prominent figures in medicine and science.
- 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: Neville Hodgkin Target entity description: Neville Hodgkin is a person notable for bearing the surname Hodgkin, which is associated with several distinguished figures in science and medicine.
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A.
R. A. Hodgkin
R. A. Hodgkin was a British mathematician known for contributions to algebra and topology, particularly in homological algebra and K-theory.
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B.
Alan Hodgkin
Alan Hodgkin was a British physiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the ionic mechanisms of nerve cell membranes and the generation of nerve impulses.
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C.
Nicholas Hodgkin
Nicholas Hodgkin is a British mathematician known for his contributions to differential equations and mathematical analysis.
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D.
A. V. Hill
A. V. Hill was a British physiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on muscle physiology and the biophysics of nerve and muscle function.
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E.
William Hodgkin
William Hodgkin is a notable individual who shares the distinguished Hodgkin surname, recognized for its association with prominent figures in medicine and science.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (8)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | person ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Hodgkin ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Neville ⓘ |
| nameSharesSurnameWith |
Alan Hodgkin
ⓘ
surface form:
Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
Dorothy Hodgkin ⓘ Thomas Hodgkin ⓘ |
| surnameAssociatedWithField |
medicine
ⓘ
science ⓘ |
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: Neville Hodgkin Description of subject: Neville Hodgkin is a person notable for bearing the surname Hodgkin, which is associated with several distinguished figures in science and medicine.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.