Adrian Hodgkin
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Adrian Hodgkin was a British biochemist known for his contributions to the study of nerve impulses and membrane physiology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Adrian Hodgkin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3342920 — 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: Adrian Hodgkin Context triple: [Hodgkin, hasNotableBearer, Adrian Hodgkin]
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A.
Jonathan Hodgkin
Jonathan Hodgkin is a British biologist and geneticist known for his research on the genetics, development, and behavior of the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans.
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B.
Richard Hiscott
Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
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C.
Geoffrey Haslam
Geoffrey Haslam is a record producer best known for his work on Bette Midler’s debut album "The Divine Miss M."
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D.
Andrew Hodges
Andrew Hodges is a British mathematician and biographer best known for writing the acclaimed Alan Turing biography "Alan Turing: The Enigma," which inspired the film "The Imitation Game."
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E.
Geoffrey Beevers
Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor best known to Doctor Who fans for his chilling portrayal of the villainous Time Lord known as the Master.
- 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: Adrian Hodgkin Target entity description: Adrian Hodgkin was a British biochemist known for his contributions to the study of nerve impulses and membrane physiology.
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A.
Jonathan Hodgkin
Jonathan Hodgkin is a British biologist and geneticist known for his research on the genetics, development, and behavior of the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans.
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B.
Richard Hiscott
Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
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C.
Geoffrey Haslam
Geoffrey Haslam is a record producer best known for his work on Bette Midler’s debut album "The Divine Miss M."
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D.
Andrew Hodges
Andrew Hodges is a British mathematician and biographer best known for writing the acclaimed Alan Turing biography "Alan Turing: The Enigma," which inspired the film "The Imitation Game."
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E.
Geoffrey Beevers
Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor best known to Doctor Who fans for his chilling portrayal of the villainous Time Lord known as the Master.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biochemist
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human ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| areaOfExpertise |
action potentials
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cellular physiology ⓘ membrane transport ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Hodgkin ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biochemistry
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membrane physiology ⓘ nerve impulse research ⓘ neurophysiology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Adrian ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | British ⓘ |
| hasNotability | scientific research in physiology ⓘ |
| isA | British biochemist ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
research on membrane physiology
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study of nerve impulses ⓘ |
| occupation | biochemist ⓘ |
| studies |
cell membranes
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electrophysiology ⓘ nerve impulses ⓘ |
| workLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
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: Adrian Hodgkin Description of subject: Adrian Hodgkin was a British biochemist known for his contributions to the study of nerve impulses and membrane physiology.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.