Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
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Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is a Dutch politician and diplomat best known for serving as Secretary General of NATO and as the Netherlands’ Minister of Foreign Affairs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jaap de Hoop Scheffer canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3979944 — 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: Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Context triple: [Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal, notableOfficeHolder, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer]
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A.
Hans van Heeswijk
Hans van Heeswijk is a Dutch architect known for designing prominent cultural buildings, including major expansions and renovations of museums in the Netherlands.
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B.
Jan Blankers
Jan Blankers was a Dutch athletics coach and sports official, best known as the husband and trainer of Olympic champion Fanny Blankers-Koen.
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C.
Jan Peter Balkenende
Jan Peter Balkenende is a Dutch Christian Democratic politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands in the 2000s before being succeeded by Mark Rutte.
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D.
Anton Mussert
Anton Mussert was a Dutch fascist politician who co-founded and led the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands and collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II.
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E.
Jaap van Zweden
Jaap van Zweden is a Dutch conductor and former violinist renowned for leading major orchestras in Europe and the United States, including a prominent tenure as music director of the New York Philharmonic.
- 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: Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Target entity description: Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is a Dutch politician and diplomat best known for serving as Secretary General of NATO and as the Netherlands’ Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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A.
Hans van Heeswijk
Hans van Heeswijk is a Dutch architect known for designing prominent cultural buildings, including major expansions and renovations of museums in the Netherlands.
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B.
Jan Blankers
Jan Blankers was a Dutch athletics coach and sports official, best known as the husband and trainer of Olympic champion Fanny Blankers-Koen.
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C.
Jan Peter Balkenende
Jan Peter Balkenende is a Dutch Christian Democratic politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands in the 2000s before being succeeded by Mark Rutte.
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D.
Anton Mussert
Anton Mussert was a Dutch fascist politician who co-founded and led the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands and collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II.
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E.
Jaap van Zweden
Jaap van Zweden is a Dutch conductor and former violinist renowned for leading major orchestras in Europe and the United States, including a prominent tenure as music director of the New York Philharmonic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch politician
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diplomat ⓘ foreign minister ⓘ government minister ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
North Atlantic Council
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surface form:
NATO North Atlantic Council
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| countryOfCitizenship | Netherlands ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1948-04-03 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Leiden
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surface form:
Leiden University
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| employer |
University of Leiden
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surface form:
Leiden University
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| familyName | De Hoop Scheffer ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | law ⓘ |
| givenName | Jakob Gijsbert ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Representatives of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Christian Democratic Appeal ⓘ |
| name | Jaap de Hoop Scheffer self-link ⓘ |
| nickname | Jaap ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dutch foreign policy in early 2000s
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leadership of NATO during Afghanistan mission ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
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diplomat ⓘ politician ⓘ university lecturer ⓘ |
| officeEndTime |
2003-12-03
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2009-08-01 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime |
2002-07-22
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2004-01-05 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal
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Tweede Kamerlid ⓘ
surface form:
Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands ⓘ Parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the House of Representatives ⓘ NATO Secretary General ⓘ
surface form:
Secretary General of NATO
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| precededBy |
George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen
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surface form:
George Robertson
Jozias van Aartsen ⓘ |
| residence | Netherlands ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Jeannine de Hoop Scheffer ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
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Ben Bot ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Brussels, Belgium
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surface form:
Brussels
The Hague ⓘ |
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Subject: Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Description of subject: Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is a Dutch politician and diplomat best known for serving as Secretary General of NATO and as the Netherlands’ Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Referenced by (2)
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