John C. Hodges
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John C. Hodges was an American English professor and scholar best known for authoring the widely used Harbrace College Handbook on English usage and composition.
All labels observed (1)
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| John C. Hodges canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3684041 — 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: John C. Hodges Context triple: [John C. Hodges Library, namedAfter, John C. Hodges]
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A.
John R. Hodges
John R. Hodges is the fictional elderly protagonist of the 1951 comedy film "As Young as You Feel," known for impersonating a company executive to protest mandatory retirement.
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B.
John R. Hodge
John R. Hodge was a U.S. Army general who led American occupation forces in southern Korea after World War II and later held senior commands in the postwar U.S. military.
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C.
Charles S. Hamlin
Charles S. Hamlin was an American lawyer and public official who became the first chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, helping to establish the early framework of U.S. central banking policy.
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D.
John A. Hardenbrook
John A. Hardenbrook was one of the early New York City brokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
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E.
Harry E. Edington
Harry E. Edington was a Hollywood film producer active during the classic studio era, known for his work on notable dramas such as "Kitty Foyle."
- 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: John C. Hodges Target entity description: John C. Hodges was an American English professor and scholar best known for authoring the widely used Harbrace College Handbook on English usage and composition.
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A.
John R. Hodges
John R. Hodges is the fictional elderly protagonist of the 1951 comedy film "As Young as You Feel," known for impersonating a company executive to protest mandatory retirement.
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B.
John R. Hodge
John R. Hodge was a U.S. Army general who led American occupation forces in southern Korea after World War II and later held senior commands in the postwar U.S. military.
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C.
Charles S. Hamlin
Charles S. Hamlin was an American lawyer and public official who became the first chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, helping to establish the early framework of U.S. central banking policy.
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D.
John A. Hardenbrook
John A. Hardenbrook was one of the early New York City brokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
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E.
Harry E. Edington
Harry E. Edington was a Hollywood film producer active during the classic studio era, known for his work on notable dramas such as "Kitty Foyle."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American academic
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English professor ⓘ person ⓘ style guide ⓘ writing handbook ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
English
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
English composition
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English language ⓘ grammar ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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reference works ⓘ |
| influencedDomain |
college-level writing instruction
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teaching of English composition ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
college students
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teachers of English composition ⓘ |
| knownFor | authoring the Harbrace College Handbook ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
English composition
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English usage ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork | Harbrace College Handbook ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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professor of English ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| workLocation |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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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: John C. Hodges Description of subject: John C. Hodges was an American English professor and scholar best known for authoring the widely used Harbrace College Handbook on English usage and composition.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.