Willem Jacobszoon Coster
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Willem Jacobszoon Coster was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator who served as an early governor in Ceylon under the Dutch East India Company.
All labels observed (1)
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| Willem Jacobszoon Coster canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15935870 — 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: Willem Jacobszoon Coster Context triple: [Dutch Governor of Ceylon, officeHolder, Willem Jacobszoon Coster]
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A.
Cornelis van Poelenburgh
Cornelis van Poelenburgh was a Dutch Golden Age painter known for his small, finely detailed Italianate landscapes and mythological scenes.
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B.
Adriaan Metius
Adriaan Metius was a Dutch mathematician and astronomer of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, known for his work on geometry, surveying, and approximations of π.
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C.
Adriaen de Vries
Adriaen de Vries was a prominent late Mannerist Dutch sculptor renowned for his dynamic bronze figures and service at the court of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II in Prague.
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D.
Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg
Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg was a Dutch Golden Age engraver known for his detailed prints and for continuing the artistic legacy of the van Swanenburg family in Leiden.
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E.
Pieter Jansz. Reynst
Pieter Jansz. Reynst was a 17th-century Dutch merchant and art collector known for assembling an important collection of classical sculptures and Italian paintings.
- 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: Willem Jacobszoon Coster Target entity description: Willem Jacobszoon Coster was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator who served as an early governor in Ceylon under the Dutch East India Company.
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A.
Cornelis van Poelenburgh
Cornelis van Poelenburgh was a Dutch Golden Age painter known for his small, finely detailed Italianate landscapes and mythological scenes.
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B.
Adriaan Metius
Adriaan Metius was a Dutch mathematician and astronomer of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, known for his work on geometry, surveying, and approximations of π.
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C.
Adriaen de Vries
Adriaen de Vries was a prominent late Mannerist Dutch sculptor renowned for his dynamic bronze figures and service at the court of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II in Prague.
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D.
Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg
Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg was a Dutch Golden Age engraver known for his detailed prints and for continuing the artistic legacy of the van Swanenburg family in Leiden.
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E.
Pieter Jansz. Reynst
Pieter Jansz. Reynst was a 17th-century Dutch merchant and art collector known for assembling an important collection of classical sculptures and Italian paintings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.