C. van der Leeuw
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C. van der Leeuw was a Dutch engineer and architect known for designing the Willemsbrug in Rotterdam.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| C. van der Leeuw canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6302860 — 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: C. van der Leeuw Context triple: [Willemsbrug, designer, C. van der Leeuw]
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A.
D. H. Th. Vollenhoven
D. H. Th. Vollenhoven was a Dutch Reformed philosopher and theologian known for co-founding the Reformational philosophy movement alongside Herman Dooyeweerd.
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B.
J.M.A. Biesheuvel
J.M.A. Biesheuvel was a Dutch writer renowned for his distinctive, often autobiographical short stories that blend humor with existential and psychological themes.
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C.
C. M. van den Heever
C. M. van den Heever was a prominent Afrikaans poet, novelist, and critic associated with the influential Dertigers literary movement in South Africa.
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D.
Pieter R. de Jong
Pieter R. de Jong is a Dutch professional who studied at Utrecht University and is recognized as a notable alumnus for his contributions in his field.
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E.
Johannes Hendrik Voskuijl
Johannes Hendrik Voskuijl was the father of Bep Voskuijl and one of the Dutch helpers who risked his life to support Anne Frank and the others hiding in the Secret Annex during World War II.
- 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: C. van der Leeuw Target entity description: C. van der Leeuw was a Dutch engineer and architect known for designing the Willemsbrug in Rotterdam.
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A.
D. H. Th. Vollenhoven
D. H. Th. Vollenhoven was a Dutch Reformed philosopher and theologian known for co-founding the Reformational philosophy movement alongside Herman Dooyeweerd.
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B.
J.M.A. Biesheuvel
J.M.A. Biesheuvel was a Dutch writer renowned for his distinctive, often autobiographical short stories that blend humor with existential and psychological themes.
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C.
C. M. van den Heever
C. M. van den Heever was a prominent Afrikaans poet, novelist, and critic associated with the influential Dertigers literary movement in South Africa.
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D.
Pieter R. de Jong
Pieter R. de Jong is a Dutch professional who studied at Utrecht University and is recognized as a notable alumnus for his contributions in his field.
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E.
Johannes Hendrik Voskuijl
Johannes Hendrik Voskuijl was the father of Bep Voskuijl and one of the Dutch helpers who risked his life to support Anne Frank and the others hiding in the Secret Annex during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch person
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architect ⓘ bridge ⓘ person ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Netherlands ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Dutch ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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civil engineering ⓘ |
| knownFor | designing the Willemsbrug in Rotterdam ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Rotterdam ⓘ |
| notableWork | Willemsbrug ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
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engineer ⓘ |
| workLocation | Rotterdam ⓘ |
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: C. van der Leeuw Description of subject: C. van der Leeuw was a Dutch engineer and architect known for designing the Willemsbrug in Rotterdam.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.