Hodgson
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Hodgson is an English-language surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, literature, and science.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hodgson canonical | 10 |
| Hodgson (as commonly attributed for the genus name) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8924087 — 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: [Brian Houghton Hodgson, familyName, Hodgson]
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A.
Hodgson
Hodgson is the middle name of William Edward Hodgson Berwick, an English mathematician known for his work in number theory.
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B.
David Hodgson
David Hodgson was a 19th-century English landscape painter associated with the Norwich School, known for his depictions of Norfolk architecture and scenery.
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C.
Mike Hodgson
Mike Hodgson is an artist known for his background artwork on the animated fantasy film "The Black Cauldron."
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 an English-language surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, literature, and science.
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A.
Hodgson
Hodgson is the middle name of William Edward Hodgson Berwick, an English mathematician known for his work in number theory.
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B.
David Hodgson
David Hodgson was a 19th-century English landscape painter associated with the Norwich School, known for his depictions of Norfolk architecture and scenery.
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C.
Mike Hodgson
Mike Hodgson is an artist known for his background artwork on the animated fantasy film "The Black Cauldron."
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | surname ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
English surnames
ⓘ
Patronymic surnames ⓘ |
| hasFieldOfNotableBearers |
literature
ⓘ
politics ⓘ science ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Brian Hodgson
ⓘ
Christopher Hodgson ⓘ David Hodgson ⓘ Edward Hodgson ⓘ Francis Hodgson ⓘ Geoffrey Hodgson ⓘ George Hodgson ⓘ Gordon Hodgson ⓘ Hannah Hodgson ⓘ John Hodgson ⓘ Joseph Hodgson ⓘ Ken Hodgson ⓘ Marshall Hodgson ⓘ Peter Hodgson ⓘ Ralph Hodgson ⓘ Robert Hodgson ⓘ Roy Hodgson ⓘ Shadworth Hollway Hodgson ⓘ
linked to:
Shadworth Hodgson
Steve Hodgson ⓘ Terry Hodgson ⓘ William Hodgson ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
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 an English-language surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, literature, and science.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hodgson