Theodorus
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Theodorus is a given name most notably borne by Theodorus van Gogh, the father of the famous painter Vincent van Gogh.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Theodorus canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1092545 — 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: Theodorus Context triple: [Theodorus van Gogh, givenName, Theodorus]
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A.
Theaetetus
Theaetetus is a Platonic dialogue that explores the nature of knowledge through a conversation between Socrates and the young mathematician Theaetetus.
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B.
Archytas
Archytas was an influential 4th-century BCE Pythagorean philosopher, mathematician, statesman, and early pioneer of mechanics from the Greek city of Tarentum.
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C.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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D.
Timotheus
Timotheus is the Latin form of the given name Timothy, historically used in ecclesiastical, scholarly, and classical contexts.
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E.
Pythagoras of Rhegion
Pythagoras of Rhegion was an ancient Greek sculptor renowned for his realistic bronze statues and is traditionally credited with creating the famous Charioteer of Delphi.
- 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: Theodorus Target entity description: Theodorus is a given name most notably borne by Theodorus van Gogh, the father of the famous painter Vincent van Gogh.
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A.
Theaetetus
Theaetetus is a Platonic dialogue that explores the nature of knowledge through a conversation between Socrates and the young mathematician Theaetetus.
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B.
Archytas
Archytas was an influential 4th-century BCE Pythagorean philosopher, mathematician, statesman, and early pioneer of mechanics from the Greek city of Tarentum.
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C.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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D.
Timotheus
Timotheus is the Latin form of the given name Timothy, historically used in ecclesiastical, scholarly, and classical contexts.
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E.
Pythagoras of Rhegion
Pythagoras of Rhegion was an ancient Greek sculptor renowned for his realistic bronze statues and is traditionally credited with creating the famous Charioteer of Delphi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
given name
ⓘ
human ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Netherlands ⓘ |
| familyName | van Gogh ⓘ |
| father |
Theodorus van Gogh
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Theodorus van Gogh ⓘ |
| givenName | Theodorus ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Theo van Gogh
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Vincent van Gogh ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | Greek ⓘ |
| hasLatinizedFormOf | Theodoros ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | gift of God ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Theodorus van Gogh ⓘ |
| hasShortForm |
Dorus
ⓘ
Theo ⓘ |
| isRelatedToName |
Feodor
ⓘ
linked to:
Fyodor
Fyodor ⓘ Teodor ⓘ Teodoro ⓘ Theodore ⓘ Theodoros ⓘ |
| isUsedInCulture |
Dutch
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the father of Vincent van Gogh ⓘ |
| occupation | Protestant minister ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Anna Cornelia Carbentus ⓘ |
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: Theodorus Description of subject: Theodorus is a given name most notably borne by Theodorus van Gogh, the father of the famous painter Vincent van Gogh.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.