Godert van der Capellen
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Godert van der Capellen was a 19th-century Dutch statesman and colonial administrator who served as a leading authority in the Dutch East Indies during the post-Napoleonic era.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Godert van der Capellen canonical | 2 |
| Van der Capellen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T184995 — 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: Godert van der Capellen Context triple: [Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, positionHeldBy, Godert van der Capellen]
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Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen
Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen was a 17th-century German-Dutch nobleman and military commander best known for his enlightened but expansionist rule over Dutch Brazil and his patronage of science and the arts.
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B.
Simon van Slingelandt
Simon van Slingelandt was an 18th-century Dutch statesman who served as Grand Pensionary of Holland and played a key role in the political affairs of the Dutch Republic.
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C.
Cornelis de Witt
Cornelis de Witt was a prominent 17th-century Dutch statesman and republican leader who, alongside his brother Johan de Witt, played a central role in the politics of the Dutch Republic before being murdered during the political turmoil of 1672.
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D.
Hubertus van Mook
Hubertus van Mook was a Dutch colonial administrator who played a key role in governing the Dutch East Indies during and after World War II, particularly in the turbulent period of Indonesian independence.
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E.
Johannes van den Bosch
Johannes van den Bosch was a 19th-century Dutch colonial administrator and military officer best known for his influential role in shaping economic and governance policies in the Dutch East Indies.
- 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: Godert van der Capellen Target entity description: Godert van der Capellen was a 19th-century Dutch statesman and colonial administrator who served as a leading authority in the Dutch East Indies during the post-Napoleonic era.
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A.
Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen
Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen was a 17th-century German-Dutch nobleman and military commander best known for his enlightened but expansionist rule over Dutch Brazil and his patronage of science and the arts.
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B.
Simon van Slingelandt
Simon van Slingelandt was an 18th-century Dutch statesman who served as Grand Pensionary of Holland and played a key role in the political affairs of the Dutch Republic.
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C.
Cornelis de Witt
Cornelis de Witt was a prominent 17th-century Dutch statesman and republican leader who, alongside his brother Johan de Witt, played a central role in the politics of the Dutch Republic before being murdered during the political turmoil of 1672.
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D.
Hubertus van Mook
Hubertus van Mook was a Dutch colonial administrator who played a key role in governing the Dutch East Indies during and after World War II, particularly in the turbulent period of Indonesian independence.
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E.
Johannes van den Bosch
Johannes van den Bosch was a 19th-century Dutch colonial administrator and military officer best known for his influential role in shaping economic and governance policies in the Dutch East Indies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch politician
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Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ colonial administrator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Dutch Republic
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Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Dutch ⓘ |
| familyName |
Godert van der Capellen
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Van der Capellen
|
| fieldOfWork |
colonial governance
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public administration ⓘ |
| givenName |
Godert de Ginkell
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surface form:
Godert
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| hasHonorificTitle | statesman ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Dutch ⓘ |
| name | Godert van der Capellen self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor | leading authority in the Dutch East Indies in the post-Napoleonic era ⓘ |
| notableWork | administration of the Dutch East Indies after the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| occupation |
colonial administrator
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politician ⓘ |
| participantIn | post-Napoleonic reorganization of Dutch colonial rule ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Dutch statesman
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Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ |
| residence |
Dutch East Indies
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Netherlands ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Dutch East Indies
ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Godert van der Capellen Description of subject: Godert van der Capellen was a 19th-century Dutch statesman and colonial administrator who served as a leading authority in the Dutch East Indies during the post-Napoleonic era.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Van der Capellen