Andy Hopper
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Andy Hopper is a British computer scientist and entrepreneur known for his influential work in computer networking, systems research, and the founding of several technology companies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Andy Hopper canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3421670 — 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: Andy Hopper Context triple: [Acorn Computers, foundedBy, Andy Hopper]
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A.
Ken Hutchison
Ken Hutchison was a Scottish actor known for his intense character roles in film and television during the 1970s and 1980s.
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B.
Matt Hulett
Matt Hulett is an American technology and business executive known for leading and scaling multiple software and digital media companies.
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C.
Kevin Hageman
Kevin Hageman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on animated and family films and television series, including contributions to The Lego Movie franchise.
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D.
Michael Potts
Michael Potts is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including notable roles in projects like "The Wire," "True Detective," and various Broadway productions.
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E.
Adam Hurlburt
Adam Hurlburt is a musician best known as a member of the indie supergroup Gayngs.
- 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: Andy Hopper Target entity description: Andy Hopper is a British computer scientist and entrepreneur known for his influential work in computer networking, systems research, and the founding of several technology companies.
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A.
Ken Hutchison
Ken Hutchison was a Scottish actor known for his intense character roles in film and television during the 1970s and 1980s.
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B.
Matt Hulett
Matt Hulett is an American technology and business executive known for leading and scaling multiple software and digital media companies.
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C.
Kevin Hageman
Kevin Hageman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on animated and family films and television series, including contributions to The Lego Movie franchise.
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D.
Michael Potts
Michael Potts is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including notable roles in projects like "The Wire," "True Detective," and various Broadway productions.
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E.
Adam Hurlburt
Adam Hurlburt is a musician best known as a member of the indie supergroup Gayngs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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computer scientist ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
CBE
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Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering ⓘ Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) ⓘ
surface form:
Fellow of the Royal Society
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| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Trinity College, Cambridge
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Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| employer |
Cambridge University
ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
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| familyName | Hopper ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer networking
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computer science ⓘ distributed systems ⓘ mobile computing ⓘ sensor networks ⓘ systems research ⓘ ubiquitous computing ⓘ |
| founded |
Acorn Computers
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Cambridge Broadband Networks ⓘ Orbiscom ⓘ RealVNC ⓘ Virata ⓘ |
| givenName | Andy ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Academia Europaea
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Royal Academy of Engineering ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ |
| name | Andy Hopper self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
contributions to energy-efficient computing
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development of VNC technology (through RealVNC) ⓘ research in computer networking ⓘ research in distributed systems ⓘ research in mobile and ubiquitous computing ⓘ |
| occupation |
computer scientist
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technology entrepreneur ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
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Head of the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory ⓘ Professor of Computer Technology at the University of Cambridge ⓘ Treasurer and Vice-President of the Royal Society ⓘ |
| residence |
Cambridge, England
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surface form:
Cambridge, 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: Andy Hopper Description of subject: Andy Hopper is a British computer scientist and entrepreneur known for his influential work in computer networking, systems research, and the founding of several technology companies.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.