Arthur Hodgkin
E361984
Arthur Hodgkin is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Hodgkin surname, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arthur Hodgkin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3342938 — 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: Arthur Hodgkin Context triple: [Hodgkin, hasNotableBearer, Arthur Hodgkin]
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A.
R. A. Hodgkin
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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B.
Neville Hodgkin
Neville Hodgkin is a person notable for bearing the surname Hodgkin, which is associated with several distinguished figures in science and medicine.
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C.
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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D.
Nicholas Hodgkin
Nicholas Hodgkin is a British mathematician known for his contributions to differential equations and mathematical analysis.
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E.
Edward Hodgkin
Edward Hodgkin is a notable individual who shares the Hodgkin surname, which is associated with several distinguished figures in science and medicine.
- 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: Arthur Hodgkin Target entity description: Arthur Hodgkin is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Hodgkin surname, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
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A.
R. A. Hodgkin
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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B.
Neville Hodgkin
Neville Hodgkin is a person notable for bearing the surname Hodgkin, which is associated with several distinguished figures in science and medicine.
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C.
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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D.
Nicholas Hodgkin
Nicholas Hodgkin is a British mathematician known for his contributions to differential equations and mathematical analysis.
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E.
Edward Hodgkin
Edward Hodgkin is a notable individual who shares the Hodgkin surname, which is associated with several distinguished figures in science and medicine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (5)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Arthur ⓘ |
| hasSurname | Hodgkin ⓘ |
| name | Arthur Hodgkin ⓘ |
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: Arthur Hodgkin Description of subject: Arthur Hodgkin is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Hodgkin surname, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.