Andries
E162902
Andries is a Dutch given name traditionally used for men, equivalent to Andrew in English.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Andries canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1415494 — 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: Andries Context triple: [Jonkheer Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff, givenName, Andries]
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A.
Andru
Andru is a diminutive form of the given name Andrei, typically used as an affectionate or informal nickname.
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B.
Sjaalman
Sjaalman is a fictional character in Multatuli’s novel "Max Havelaar," serving as an alter ego and narrative device to expose colonial abuses in the Dutch East Indies.
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C.
Hendrik
Hendrik is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, commonly used in Dutch- and German-speaking countries and related to the name Henry.
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D.
Anthonie
Anthonie is a Dutch given name historically borne by notable figures such as statesman Anthonie Heinsius.
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E.
Willem
Willem is a given name, primarily used in Dutch-speaking regions, that corresponds to the English name William.
- 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: Andries Target entity description: Andries is a Dutch given name traditionally used for men, equivalent to Andrew in English.
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A.
Andru
Andru is a diminutive form of the given name Andrei, typically used as an affectionate or informal nickname.
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B.
Sjaalman
Sjaalman is a fictional character in Multatuli’s novel "Max Havelaar," serving as an alter ego and narrative device to expose colonial abuses in the Dutch East Indies.
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C.
Hendrik
Hendrik is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, commonly used in Dutch- and German-speaking countries and related to the name Henry.
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D.
Anthonie
Anthonie is a Dutch given name historically borne by notable figures such as statesman Anthonie Heinsius.
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E.
Willem
Willem is a given name, primarily used in Dutch-speaking regions, that corresponds to the English name William.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch masculine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| commonInCentury |
19th century (Netherlands)
ⓘ
20th century (Netherlands) ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | Dutch culture ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Andreas ⓘ |
| equivalentNameInLanguage |
Andrew
ⓘ
surface form:
Andrew (English)
|
| etymologicalOriginLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| etymologicalRoot | Greek name Andreas ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | male ⓘ |
| hasDiminutiveForm |
André
ⓘ
Dries ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
brave
ⓘ
manly ⓘ |
| hasNameDay | varies by region ⓘ |
| hasVariantSpelling | Andres (in some contexts) ⓘ |
| languageOfUse | Dutch ⓘ |
| nameCategory | theophoric and personal name ⓘ |
| nameType | first name ⓘ |
| nameUsage | traditionally masculine ⓘ |
| relatedName |
Anders
ⓘ
Andreas ⓘ Andrew ⓘ André ⓘ |
| semanticField | masculinity and courage ⓘ |
| shortFormOf | Andreas ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Belgium
ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ |
| usedInRegion | Flanders ⓘ |
| 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: Andries Description of subject: Andries is a Dutch given name traditionally used for men, equivalent to Andrew in English.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Andries Pretorius