R. A. Hodgkin
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R. A. Hodgkin was a British mathematician known for contributions to algebra and topology, particularly in homological algebra and K-theory.
All labels observed (1)
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| R. A. Hodgkin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3342914 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: R. A. Hodgkin Context triple: [Hodgkin, hasNotableBearer, R. A. Hodgkin]
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A.
Alan Hodgkin
Alan Hodgkin was a British physiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the ionic mechanisms of nerve cell membranes and the generation of nerve impulses.
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B.
A. V. Hill
A. V. Hill was a British physiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on muscle physiology and the biophysics of nerve and muscle function.
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August Krogh
August Krogh was a Danish physiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on capillary blood flow and the regulation of circulation and respiration.
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D.
Arthur Geoffrey Walker
Arthur Geoffrey Walker was a British mathematician and physicist best known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology, particularly the development of the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) metric.
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E.
Walter Cannon
Walter Cannon was an American physiologist best known for coining the term "fight or flight response" and advancing the concept of homeostasis in the study of the autonomic nervous system.
- 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: R. A. Hodgkin Target entity description: R. A. Hodgkin was a British mathematician known for contributions to algebra and topology, particularly in homological algebra and K-theory.
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A.
Alan Hodgkin
Alan Hodgkin was a British physiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the ionic mechanisms of nerve cell membranes and the generation of nerve impulses.
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B.
A. V. Hill
A. V. Hill was a British physiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on muscle physiology and the biophysics of nerve and muscle function.
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C.
August Krogh
August Krogh was a Danish physiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on capillary blood flow and the regulation of circulation and respiration.
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D.
Arthur Geoffrey Walker
Arthur Geoffrey Walker was a British mathematician and physicist best known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology, particularly the development of the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) metric.
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E.
Walter Cannon
Walter Cannon was an American physiologist best known for coining the term "fight or flight response" and advancing the concept of homeostasis in the study of the autonomic nervous system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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mathematician ⓘ topologist ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity | 20th-century mathematics ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | British ⓘ |
| familyName | Hodgkin ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
K-theory
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algebra ⓘ homological algebra ⓘ topology ⓘ |
| givenName |
R.
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linked to:
R
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| hasAcademicDiscipline | mathematics ⓘ |
| hasNotableContribution |
applications of homological methods in topology
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research in K-theory ⓘ research in algebraic topology ⓘ |
| isA | British mathematician ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to K-theory
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contributions to algebra ⓘ contributions to homological algebra ⓘ contributions to topology ⓘ |
| occupation | mathematician ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: R. A. Hodgkin Description of subject: R. A. Hodgkin was a British mathematician known for contributions to algebra and topology, particularly in homological algebra and K-theory.
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