Hewson
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Hewson is an Irish surname most notably associated with activist Ali Hewson and her husband, U2 lead singer Bono (Paul David Hewson).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hewson canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5861071 — 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: Hewson Context triple: [Ali Hewson, familyName, Hewson]
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A.
Sloane
Sloane is a surname historically associated with prominent American families, including members of the Vanderbilt lineage.
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B.
Sloane
Sloane is a music producer known for working on the track "Off the Grid."
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C.
Halliwell Hobbes
Halliwell Hobbes was a British character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films during the 1930s and 1940s.
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D.
Sarah Mellon
Sarah Mellon was an American heiress and philanthropist from the prominent Mellon banking family.
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E.
Lisa Harriton
Lisa Harriton is an American singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and composer best known for her work in pop and film music, including contributions to hit songs from "The Lego Movie."
- 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: Hewson Target entity description: Hewson is an Irish surname most notably associated with activist Ali Hewson and her husband, U2 lead singer Bono (Paul David Hewson).
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A.
Sloane
Sloane is a surname historically associated with prominent American families, including members of the Vanderbilt lineage.
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B.
Sloane
Sloane is a music producer known for working on the track "Off the Grid."
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C.
Halliwell Hobbes
Halliwell Hobbes was a British character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films during the 1930s and 1940s.
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D.
Sarah Mellon
Sarah Mellon was an American heiress and philanthropist from the prominent Mellon banking family.
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E.
Lisa Harriton
Lisa Harriton is an American singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and composer best known for her work in pop and film music, including contributions to hit songs from "The Lego Movie."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
activist
ⓘ
human ⓘ songwriter ⓘ stage name ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| category |
English-language surnames
ⓘ
Irish surnames ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ireland ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| derivedFromGivenName | Hugh ⓘ |
| familyName | Hewson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
anti-nuclear activism
ⓘ
human rights activism ⓘ |
| genre | rock music ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Ali Hewson
ⓘ
Bono ⓘ Paul David Hewson ⓘ
linked to:
Paul Hewson
|
| hasVariant |
Heweson
ⓘ
Hewison ⓘ Huison ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| memberOf | U2 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns
ⓘ
campaigning against the Sellafield nuclear plant ⓘ ethical fashion projects ⓘ global poverty activism ⓘ humanitarian activism ⓘ lead singer of U2 ⓘ |
| occupation | lead vocalist ⓘ |
| realName |
Paul David Hewson
ⓘ
linked to:
Paul Hewson
|
| spouse |
Bono
ⓘ
Paul David Hewson ⓘ
linked to:
Paul Hewson
|
| stageName | Bono ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Paul David Hewson
ⓘ
linked to:
Paul Hewson
|
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: Hewson Description of subject: Hewson is an Irish surname most notably associated with activist Ali Hewson and her husband, U2 lead singer Bono (Paul David Hewson).
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.