Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk
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Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk, better known as Colonel Tom Parker, was the influential and controversial music manager most famous for guiding Elvis Presley’s career.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12667399 — 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: Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk Context triple: [Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker, portraysCharacterBirthName, Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk]
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A.
Cornelis Vreeswijk
Cornelis Vreeswijk was a Dutch-Swedish troubadour, singer-songwriter, and poet renowned for his influential contributions to Swedish folk and protest music in the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Hendrik de Vries
Hendrik de Vries was a mathematician who supervised and mentored the influential algebraist Bartel Leendert van der Waerden.
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C.
Adriaan Dortsman
Adriaan Dortsman was a prominent 17th-century Dutch architect known for his refined Dutch Classicist designs in Amsterdam, including canal houses and churches.
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D.
Piet de Jong
Piet de Jong was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1967 to 1971.
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Hendrik Tennekes
Hendrik Tennekes was a Dutch meteorologist and turbulence researcher known for his influential work in atmospheric boundary-layer dynamics and co-authoring the classic text "A First Course in Turbulence."
- 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: Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk Target entity description: Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk, better known as Colonel Tom Parker, was the influential and controversial music manager most famous for guiding Elvis Presley’s career.
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A.
Cornelis Vreeswijk
Cornelis Vreeswijk was a Dutch-Swedish troubadour, singer-songwriter, and poet renowned for his influential contributions to Swedish folk and protest music in the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Hendrik de Vries
Hendrik de Vries was a mathematician who supervised and mentored the influential algebraist Bartel Leendert van der Waerden.
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C.
Adriaan Dortsman
Adriaan Dortsman was a prominent 17th-century Dutch architect known for his refined Dutch Classicist designs in Amsterdam, including canal houses and churches.
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D.
Piet de Jong
Piet de Jong was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1967 to 1971.
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E.
Hendrik Tennekes
Hendrik Tennekes was a Dutch meteorologist and turbulence researcher known for his influential work in atmospheric boundary-layer dynamics and co-authoring the classic text "A First Course in Turbulence."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businessperson in the music industry
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human ⓘ music manager ⓘ talent manager ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1990s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1930s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Colonel Tom Parker
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Tom Parker ⓘ |
| birthName | Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk ⓘ |
| controversialFor |
gambling-related financial decisions
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large percentage of Elvis Presley’s earnings ⓘ restricting Elvis Presley’s touring outside the United States ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Netherlands ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Netherlands
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1909-06-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1997-01-21 ⓘ |
| employerOrClient | Elvis Presley ⓘ |
| endTime | 1977 (management of Elvis Presley) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Dutch ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | popular music industry ⓘ |
| genre | rock and roll (through management of Elvis Presley) ⓘ |
| honoraryTitle | Colonel in the Louisiana State Militia ⓘ |
| immigratedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| knownFor |
controlling approach to artist management
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heavy merchandising of Elvis Presley’s image ⓘ highly lucrative but controversial contracts with Elvis Presley ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| militaryRank | colonel (honorary) ⓘ |
| notableAssociate |
Hank Snow
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Jimmie Davis ⓘ |
| notableFor | managing Elvis Presley ⓘ |
| notableWork |
arranging Elvis Presley’s 1968 Comeback Special deal
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arranging the 1973 Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite concert ⓘ managing Elvis Presley’s film career in the 1960s ⓘ negotiating Elvis Presley’s RCA recording contract ⓘ organizing Elvis Presley’s 1956 television appearances ⓘ organizing Elvis Presley’s Las Vegas residencies ⓘ |
| occupation |
music manager
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promoter ⓘ talent agent ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Breda
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linked to:
Breda, Netherlands
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| placeOfDeath | Las Vegas, Nevada ⓘ |
| residence |
Las Vegas, Nevada
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linked to:
Las Vegas
Tennessee ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| role | personal manager of Elvis Presley ⓘ |
| startTime | 1955 (management of Elvis Presley) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk Description of subject: Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk, better known as Colonel Tom Parker, was the influential and controversial music manager most famous for guiding Elvis Presley’s career.
Referenced by (3)
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