Robert Hopton
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Robert Hopton was an English landowner and politician of the early 17th century, notable as a member of the gentry and the father of Royalist commander Ralph Hopton.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert Hopton canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6619250 — 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: Robert Hopton Context triple: [Ralph Hopton, father, Robert Hopton]
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A.
John Honeyman
John Honeyman was a prominent 19th-century Scottish architect known for designing notable public buildings and observatories.
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B.
Louis Hobson
Louis Hobson is an American musical theatre actor best known for his work on Broadway, including originating a role in the acclaimed rock musical "Next to Normal."
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C.
Edward Brophy
Edward Brophy was an American character actor and comedian known for his distinctive raspy voice and frequent appearances in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films.
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D.
John Hodges
John Hodges is a film and television producer best known as a co-founder and former chief operating officer of the independent entertainment company A24.
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E.
Philip Herriton
Philip Herriton is a central character in E.M. Forster's novel "Where Angels Fear to Tread," depicted as a conventional, somewhat repressed Englishman whose experiences in Italy challenge his assumptions and emotional reserve.
- 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: Robert Hopton Target entity description: Robert Hopton was an English landowner and politician of the early 17th century, notable as a member of the gentry and the father of Royalist commander Ralph Hopton.
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A.
John Honeyman
John Honeyman was a prominent 19th-century Scottish architect known for designing notable public buildings and observatories.
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B.
Louis Hobson
Louis Hobson is an American musical theatre actor best known for his work on Broadway, including originating a role in the acclaimed rock musical "Next to Normal."
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C.
Edward Brophy
Edward Brophy was an American character actor and comedian known for his distinctive raspy voice and frequent appearances in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films.
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D.
John Hodges
John Hodges is a film and television producer best known as a co-founder and former chief operating officer of the independent entertainment company A24.
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E.
Philip Herriton
Philip Herriton is a central character in E.M. Forster's novel "Where Angels Fear to Tread," depicted as a conventional, somewhat repressed Englishman whose experiences in Italy challenge his assumptions and emotional reserve.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English landowner
ⓘ
English politician ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | early 17th century ⓘ |
| child |
Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton
ⓘ
linked to:
1st Baron Hopton
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| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| familyName | Hopton ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton
ⓘ
linked to:
1st Baron Hopton
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | English gentry ⓘ |
| motherOfChild | Jane Kemys ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | member of the gentry ⓘ |
| notableFor | being father of Royalist commander Ralph Hopton ⓘ |
| notableWork | service as a Member of Parliament ⓘ |
| owned |
Witham Friary estate
ⓘ
linked to:
Witham Friary
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| politicalAlignment | Royalist family background ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Justice of the Peace
ⓘ
Member of Parliament of England ⓘ Sheriff of Somerset ⓘ
linked to:
High Sheriff of Somerset
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| relative |
Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton
ⓘ
linked to:
1st Baron Hopton
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| residence |
Somerset
ⓘ
Witham Friary ⓘ |
| spouse | Jane Kemys ⓘ |
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: Robert Hopton Description of subject: Robert Hopton was an English landowner and politician of the early 17th century, notable as a member of the gentry and the father of Royalist commander Ralph Hopton.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.