H. Richard Hornberger
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H. Richard Hornberger was an American surgeon and author best known for writing the novel "MASH," which inspired the acclaimed film and television series about a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| H. Richard Hornberger canonical | 3 |
| H. Richard Hornberger Jr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10338897 — 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: H. Richard Hornberger Context triple: [Richard Hooker, realName, H. Richard Hornberger]
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A.
Jerome J. Hanauer
Jerome J. Hanauer was an American investment banker and partner at the prominent Wall Street firm Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
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B.
Richard A. Chaifetz
Richard A. Chaifetz is an American neuropsychologist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist known for founding ComPsych Corporation and making major contributions to higher education and business schools.
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C.
Allen G. Siegler
Allen G. Siegler was an American cinematographer active during the early to mid-20th century, known for his work on numerous Hollywood films.
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D.
Robert P. Wilder
Robert P. Wilder was a prominent late-19th-century American evangelical leader and missionary advocate who helped inspire and organize the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions.
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E.
Carl I. Hagen
Carl I. Hagen is a Norwegian politician best known as the long-time leader and key architect of the right-wing Progress Party’s rise in national politics.
- 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: H. Richard Hornberger Target entity description: H. Richard Hornberger was an American surgeon and author best known for writing the novel "MASH," which inspired the acclaimed film and television series about a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War.
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A.
Jerome J. Hanauer
Jerome J. Hanauer was an American investment banker and partner at the prominent Wall Street firm Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
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B.
Richard A. Chaifetz
Richard A. Chaifetz is an American neuropsychologist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist known for founding ComPsych Corporation and making major contributions to higher education and business schools.
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C.
Allen G. Siegler
Allen G. Siegler was an American cinematographer active during the early to mid-20th century, known for his work on numerous Hollywood films.
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D.
Robert P. Wilder
Robert P. Wilder was a prominent late-19th-century American evangelical leader and missionary advocate who helped inspire and organize the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions.
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E.
Carl I. Hagen
Carl I. Hagen is a Norwegian politician best known as the long-time leader and key architect of the right-wing Progress Party’s rise in national politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American military doctor
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person ⓘ surgeon ⓘ |
| basedOnExperienceOf | Mobile Army Surgical Hospital ⓘ |
| conflict | Korean War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Bowdoin College
ⓘ
Cornell University Medical College ⓘ
linked to:
Weill Cornell Medical College
|
| fieldOfWork |
literature
ⓘ
medicine ⓘ surgery ⓘ |
| genre |
humor
ⓘ
satire ⓘ war fiction ⓘ |
| inspired |
M*A*S*H (TV series)
ⓘ
MASH (1970 film) ⓘ
linked to:
MASH
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| notableFor | writing the novel MASH that inspired a film and television series ⓘ |
| notableWork |
MASH
ⓘ
linked to:
MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors
MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors ⓘ |
| occupation |
military physician
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novelist ⓘ surgeon ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Trenton, New Jersey ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| usedPseudonym | Richard Hooker ⓘ |
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: H. Richard Hornberger Description of subject: H. Richard Hornberger was an American surgeon and author best known for writing the novel "MASH," which inspired the acclaimed film and television series about a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.