Cees
E454739
Cees is a common Dutch given name, typically used as a short form of Cornelis.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4591181 — 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: Cees Context triple: [Cornelis, shortForm, Cees]
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A.
Kees
Kees is the familiar nickname of Kees van Dongen, a prominent Dutch-French Fauvist painter known for his vibrant colors and expressive portraits.
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B.
Willem
Willem is a given name, primarily used in Dutch-speaking regions, that corresponds to the English name William.
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C.
Frits
Frits is a Dutch given name most notably borne by Frits Bolkestein, a prominent Dutch politician and former European Commissioner.
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D.
Dirck
Dirck is a Dutch masculine given name historically borne by several notable figures, including artists of the Dutch Golden Age.
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E.
Goudriaan
Goudriaan is a small village in the Dutch province of South Holland, known for its rural character and historic polder landscape.
- 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: Cees Target entity description: Cees is a common Dutch given name, typically used as a short form of Cornelis.
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A.
Kees
Kees is the familiar nickname of Kees van Dongen, a prominent Dutch-French Fauvist painter known for his vibrant colors and expressive portraits.
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B.
Willem
Willem is a given name, primarily used in Dutch-speaking regions, that corresponds to the English name William.
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C.
Frits
Frits is a Dutch given name most notably borne by Frits Bolkestein, a prominent Dutch politician and former European Commissioner.
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D.
Dirck
Dirck is a Dutch masculine given name historically borne by several notable figures, including artists of the Dutch Golden Age.
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E.
Goudriaan
Goudriaan is a small village in the Dutch province of South Holland, known for its rural character and historic polder landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| commonAmong | Dutch-speaking population ⓘ |
| etymologicallyRelatedTo | Cornelius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | masculine ⓘ |
| hasNameDayTradition | Catholic name day for Cornelis/Cornelius ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Ceesje
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfUse | Dutch ⓘ |
| nameType | hypocorism ⓘ |
| shortFormOf | Cornelis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInCountry | Netherlands ⓘ |
| usedInRegion | Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: Cees Description of subject: Cees is a common Dutch given name, typically used as a short form of Cornelis.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.