Robin van Persie
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Robin van Persie is a Dutch former professional footballer renowned as one of the most prolific forwards of his generation, starring for clubs like Arsenal and Manchester United and becoming the Netherlands’ all-time leading goalscorer.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robin van Persie canonical | 24 |
| van Persie | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2507419 — 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: Robin van Persie Context triple: [Netherlands national football team, notablePlayer, Robin van Persie]
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A.
Thierry Henry
Thierry Henry is a legendary French footballer and prolific forward best known for his starring roles at Arsenal and the French national team, with whom he won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.
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B.
Paul Troost
Paul Troost was a prominent German architect of the early 20th century known for his neoclassical designs and close association with the Nazi regime.
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C.
Dennis Bergkamp
Dennis Bergkamp is a legendary Dutch forward renowned for his technical brilliance and creativity, best known for his influential spell at Arsenal and his iconic goals for both club and country.
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D.
Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney is an English former professional footballer and current manager, best known as Manchester United and England’s all-time leading goalscorer.
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E.
Clarence Seedorf
Clarence Seedorf is a Dutch former professional footballer renowned as one of the most successful midfielders in UEFA Champions League history, having won the competition with three different clubs.
- 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: Robin van Persie Target entity description: Robin van Persie is a Dutch former professional footballer renowned as one of the most prolific forwards of his generation, starring for clubs like Arsenal and Manchester United and becoming the Netherlands’ all-time leading goalscorer.
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A.
Thierry Henry
Thierry Henry is a legendary French footballer and prolific forward best known for his starring roles at Arsenal and the French national team, with whom he won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.
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B.
Paul Troost
Paul Troost was a prominent German architect of the early 20th century known for his neoclassical designs and close association with the Nazi regime.
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C.
Dennis Bergkamp
Dennis Bergkamp is a legendary Dutch forward renowned for his technical brilliance and creativity, best known for his influential spell at Arsenal and his iconic goals for both club and country.
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D.
Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney is an English former professional footballer and current manager, best known as Manchester United and England’s all-time leading goalscorer.
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E.
Clarence Seedorf
Clarence Seedorf is a Dutch former professional footballer renowned as one of the most successful midfielders in UEFA Champions League history, having won the competition with three different clubs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
association football player
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forward ⓘ human ⓘ striker ⓘ |
| clubDebut | Feyenoord first team in 2001 ⓘ |
| coachedAt |
Feyenoord (coaching staff)
ⓘ
linked to:
Feyenoord
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| countryOfCitizenship | Netherlands ⓘ |
| cupTitleWon |
FA Cup 2004–05 with Arsenal
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KNVB Cup 2015–16 with Feyenoord ⓘ UEFA Cup 2001–02 with Feyenoord ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1983-08-06 ⓘ |
| familyName |
van Persie
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linked to:
Robin van Persie
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| fullName | Robin van Persie ⓘ |
| givenName | Robin ⓘ |
| individualAward |
FWA Footballer of the Year 2011–12
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PFA Players’ Player of the Year 2011–12 ⓘ
linked to:
PFA Players' Player of the Year
Premier League Golden Boot 2011–12 ⓘ
linked to:
Premier League Golden Boot
Premier League Golden Boot 2012–13 ⓘ
linked to:
Premier League Golden Boot
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| knownFor |
prolific goal scoring for Arsenal and Manchester United
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technical ability and finishing ⓘ |
| leagueTitleWon |
Premier League 2012–13 with Manchester United
ⓘ
linked to:
Premier League 2012–13
|
| nationalTeam | Netherlands national football team ⓘ |
| nationalTeamCaps | over 100 caps for Netherlands ⓘ |
| nationalTeamDebut | 2005 ⓘ |
| nationalTeamGoals | 50 goals for Netherlands ⓘ |
| occupation | professional footballer ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Dina van Persie
ⓘ
linked to:
Bouchra van Persie
Shaqueel van Persie ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
2010 FIFA World Cup
ⓘ
2012 UEFA European Championship ⓘ
linked to:
UEFA Euro 2012
2014 FIFA World Cup ⓘ UEFA Euro 2008 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Rotterdam ⓘ |
| playedFor |
Arsenal F.C.
ⓘ
Fenerbahçe S.K. (football) ⓘ
linked to:
Fenerbahce SK
Feyenoord ⓘ Feyenoord (second spell) ⓘ Manchester United F.C. ⓘ SBV Excelsior ⓘ |
| positionPlayed |
forward
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second striker ⓘ winger ⓘ |
| postRetirementActivity | football coach ⓘ |
| recordHeld | Netherlands all-time leading goalscorer ⓘ |
| retirement | retired from professional football in 2019 ⓘ |
| returnedToClub | Feyenoord in 2018 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| spouse | Bouchra van Persie ⓘ |
| transferredTo |
Arsenal F.C. in 2004
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Fenerbahçe S.K. in 2015 ⓘ Manchester United F.C. in 2012 ⓘ |
| youthClub |
Excelsior youth academy
ⓘ
Feyenoord youth academy ⓘ
linked to:
Feyenoord
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: Robin van Persie Description of subject: Robin van Persie is a Dutch former professional footballer renowned as one of the most prolific forwards of his generation, starring for clubs like Arsenal and Manchester United and becoming the Netherlands’ all-time leading goalscorer.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Robin van Persie