Cornelis Jol
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Cornelis Jol was a 17th-century Dutch admiral and privateer for the Dutch West India Company, known for his naval battles against the Spanish and Portuguese.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cornelis Jol canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4591210 — 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: Cornelis Jol Context triple: [Cornelis, hasNotableBearer, Cornelis Jol]
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A.
Cornelis van der Geest
Cornelis van der Geest was a wealthy early 17th-century Antwerp spice merchant and prominent art collector known for patronizing artists like Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck.
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B.
Dirck van der Lisse
Dirck van der Lisse was a 17th-century Dutch Golden Age painter known for his landscapes and association with the circle of Jan van Goyen.
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C.
Cornelis Schut
Cornelis Schut was a 17th-century Flemish Baroque painter known for his religious and allegorical works, dynamic compositions, and contributions to Antwerp’s artistic scene.
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D.
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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E.
Cornelis Bicker
Cornelis Bicker was a prominent 17th-century Amsterdam regent and member of the influential Bicker family, active in the city’s political and commercial life during the Dutch Golden Age.
- 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: Cornelis Jol Target entity description: Cornelis Jol was a 17th-century Dutch admiral and privateer for the Dutch West India Company, known for his naval battles against the Spanish and Portuguese.
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A.
Cornelis van der Geest
Cornelis van der Geest was a wealthy early 17th-century Antwerp spice merchant and prominent art collector known for patronizing artists like Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck.
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B.
Dirck van der Lisse
Dirck van der Lisse was a 17th-century Dutch Golden Age painter known for his landscapes and association with the circle of Jan van Goyen.
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C.
Cornelis Schut
Cornelis Schut was a 17th-century Flemish Baroque painter known for his religious and allegorical works, dynamic compositions, and contributions to Antwerp’s artistic scene.
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D.
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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E.
Cornelis Bicker
Cornelis Bicker was a prominent 17th-century Amsterdam regent and member of the influential Bicker family, active in the city’s political and commercial life during the Dutch Golden Age.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch admiral
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human ⓘ privateer ⓘ |
| affiliation | Dutch West India Company ⓘ |
| areaOfOperations |
Atlantic Ocean
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Brazilian coast ⓘ Caribbean Sea ⓘ coasts of Spanish America ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1597 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1641 ⓘ |
| employer | Dutch West India Company ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Dutch ⓘ |
| hasPart | wooden leg ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Dutch ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | died of disease ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Dutch West India Company navy
ⓘ
linked to:
Dutch West India Company
|
| militaryRank | admiral ⓘ |
| nickname |
Houtebeen
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Wooden Leg ⓘ |
| notableFor |
naval battles against Portugal
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naval battles against Spain ⓘ raids on Iberian shipping ⓘ role in Dutch colonial and maritime expansion ⓘ service as a privateer for the Dutch West India Company ⓘ service in the Dutch–Portuguese War ⓘ service in the Eighty Years' War ⓘ |
| notableWork | capture of Spanish and Portuguese ships in the Caribbean ⓘ |
| occupation |
admiral
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privateer ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Dutch–Portuguese War
ⓘ
Dutch–Spanish naval conflicts ⓘ
linked to:
Eighty Years' War
Eighty Years' War ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
County of Holland
ⓘ
Dutch Republic ⓘ Scheveningen ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Gulf of Mexico ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cornelis Jol Description of subject: Cornelis Jol was a 17th-century Dutch admiral and privateer for the Dutch West India Company, known for his naval battles against the Spanish and Portuguese.
Referenced by (1)
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