Catharina van der Goes
E290930
Catharina van der Goes was a Dutch woman of the early 17th century, known primarily as the mother of Maria van Reigersberch, the wife of statesman Hugo Grotius.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Catharina van der Goes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2708448 — 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: Catharina van der Goes Context triple: [Maria van Reigersberch, mother, Catharina van der Goes]
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A.
Margareta van Eyck
Margareta van Eyck was the wife of Early Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck, known primarily through her depiction in his famous 1439 portrait.
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B.
Adriana de Weyden
Adriana de Weyden was the wife of English Protestant martyr John Rogers, who was executed during the Marian persecutions in the 16th century.
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C.
Maria van Aelst
Maria van Aelst was the wife of Dutch colonial governor-general Anthony van Diemen, associated with the Dutch East India Company’s activities in the 17th century.
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D.
Hugo van der Goes
Hugo van der Goes was a leading Flemish painter of the Northern Renaissance, renowned for his emotionally intense religious altarpieces and innovative use of color and composition.
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E.
Hendrickje Stoffels
Hendrickje Stoffels was a Dutch woman best known as Rembrandt van Rijn’s longtime companion, model, and muse, frequently appearing in his later 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: Catharina van der Goes Target entity description: Catharina van der Goes was a Dutch woman of the early 17th century, known primarily as the mother of Maria van Reigersberch, the wife of statesman Hugo Grotius.
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A.
Margareta van Eyck
Margareta van Eyck was the wife of Early Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck, known primarily through her depiction in his famous 1439 portrait.
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B.
Adriana de Weyden
Adriana de Weyden was the wife of English Protestant martyr John Rogers, who was executed during the Marian persecutions in the 16th century.
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C.
Maria van Aelst
Maria van Aelst was the wife of Dutch colonial governor-general Anthony van Diemen, associated with the Dutch East India Company’s activities in the 17th century.
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D.
Hugo van der Goes
Hugo van der Goes was a leading Flemish painter of the Northern Renaissance, renowned for his emotionally intense religious altarpieces and innovative use of color and composition.
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E.
Hendrickje Stoffels
Hendrickje Stoffels was a Dutch woman best known as Rembrandt van Rijn’s longtime companion, model, and muse, frequently appearing in his later paintings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (11)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch person
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human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Dutch people ⓘ |
| motherOf | Maria van Reigersberch ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the mother of Maria van Reigersberch
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familial connection to Hugo Grotius ⓘ |
| occupation | housewife ⓘ |
| relativeByMarriage | Hugo Grotius ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 17th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Catharina van der Goes Description of subject: Catharina van der Goes was a Dutch woman of the early 17th century, known primarily as the mother of Maria van Reigersberch, the wife of statesman Hugo Grotius.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.