Hodgson
E716788
Hodgson is the middle name of William Edward Hodgson Berwick, an English mathematician known for his work in number theory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hodgson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8184127 — 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: Hodgson Context triple: [William Edward Hodgson Berwick, middleName, Hodgson]
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A.
Mike Hodgson
Mike Hodgson is an artist known for his background artwork on the animated fantasy film "The Black Cauldron."
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B.
David Hodges
David Hodges is an American songwriter, producer, and former Evanescence member known for co-writing numerous pop and rock hits for major artists.
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C.
Ralph Hodgson
Ralph Hodgson was an English poet best known for his lyrical, nature-focused verse and his role in the early 20th-century Georgian poetry movement.
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D.
Luke Hodgkin
Luke Hodgkin is a British mathematician and historian of mathematics, known for his work on the social and historical context of mathematical development.
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E.
John Hough
John Hough is a British film and television director best known for his work in horror and genre cinema during the 1970s and 1980s.
- 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: Hodgson Target entity description: Hodgson is the middle name of William Edward Hodgson Berwick, an English mathematician known for his work in number theory.
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A.
Mike Hodgson
Mike Hodgson is an artist known for his background artwork on the animated fantasy film "The Black Cauldron."
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B.
David Hodges
David Hodges is an American songwriter, producer, and former Evanescence member known for co-writing numerous pop and rock hits for major artists.
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C.
Ralph Hodgson
Ralph Hodgson was an English poet best known for his lyrical, nature-focused verse and his role in the early 20th-century Georgian poetry movement.
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D.
Luke Hodgkin
Luke Hodgkin is a British mathematician and historian of mathematics, known for his work on the social and historical context of mathematical development.
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E.
John Hough
John Hough is a British film and television director best known for his work in horror and genre cinema during the 1970s and 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
middle name ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Berwick ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | number theory ⓘ |
| givenName |
Edward
ⓘ
William ⓘ |
| hasMiddleName | Hodgson ⓘ |
| isMiddleNameOf | William Edward Hodgson Berwick ⓘ |
| occupation | mathematician ⓘ |
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: Hodgson Description of subject: Hodgson is the middle name of William Edward Hodgson Berwick, an English mathematician known for his work in number theory.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Hodgson