Wesley Sneijder
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Wesley Sneijder is a Dutch former attacking midfielder renowned for orchestrating the Netherlands’ run to the 2010 FIFA World Cup final and for his successful club career with teams such as Ajax, Real Madrid, and Inter Milan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wesley Sneijder canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8176885 — 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)
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Target entity: Wesley Sneijder Context triple: [FIFA World Cup All-Star Team 2010, includesPlayer, Wesley Sneijder]
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A.
Clarence Seedorf
Clarence Seedorf is a Dutch former professional footballer renowned as one of the most successful midfielders in UEFA Champions League history, having won the competition with three different clubs.
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B.
Arjen Robben
Arjen Robben is a retired Dutch winger renowned for his blistering pace, trademark left-footed cut-ins from the right flank, and key roles at clubs like Bayern Munich and Real Madrid as well as in major international tournaments for the Netherlands.
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C.
Jürgen Seedorf
Jürgen Seedorf is a member of the Seedorf family best known as the brother of former Dutch international football star Clarence Seedorf.
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D.
Dennis Bergkamp
Dennis Bergkamp is a legendary Dutch forward renowned for his technical brilliance and creativity, best known for his influential spell at Arsenal and his iconic goals for both club and country.
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E.
Marc Overmars
Marc Overmars is a former Dutch winger renowned for his blistering pace and key roles at clubs like Ajax, Arsenal, and Barcelona, as well as for his contributions to the Netherlands national team in the 1990s and early 2000s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Wesley Sneijder Target entity description: Wesley Sneijder is a Dutch former attacking midfielder renowned for orchestrating the Netherlands’ run to the 2010 FIFA World Cup final and for his successful club career with teams such as Ajax, Real Madrid, and Inter Milan.
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A.
Clarence Seedorf
Clarence Seedorf is a Dutch former professional footballer renowned as one of the most successful midfielders in UEFA Champions League history, having won the competition with three different clubs.
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B.
Arjen Robben
Arjen Robben is a retired Dutch winger renowned for his blistering pace, trademark left-footed cut-ins from the right flank, and key roles at clubs like Bayern Munich and Real Madrid as well as in major international tournaments for the Netherlands.
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C.
Jürgen Seedorf
Jürgen Seedorf is a member of the Seedorf family best known as the brother of former Dutch international football star Clarence Seedorf.
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D.
Dennis Bergkamp
Dennis Bergkamp is a legendary Dutch forward renowned for his technical brilliance and creativity, best known for his influential spell at Arsenal and his iconic goals for both club and country.
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E.
Marc Overmars
Marc Overmars is a former Dutch winger renowned for his blistering pace and key roles at clubs like Ajax, Arsenal, and Barcelona, as well as for his contributions to the Netherlands national team in the 1990s and early 2000s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
association football player
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human ⓘ midfielder ⓘ |
| AjaxDebutYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| AlGharafaTransferYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| captained | Netherlands national football team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clubHonoursWith |
AFC Ajax
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
FC Internazionale Milano NERFINISHED ⓘ Galatasaray SK NERFINISHED ⓘ Real Madrid CF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1984-06-09 ⓘ |
| familyName | Sneijder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Wesley Benjamin Sneijder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| GalatasarayTransferYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| givenName | Wesley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height | 170 cm ⓘ |
| individualAward |
Bronze Boot at 2010 FIFA World Cup
NERFINISHED
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Dutch Footballer of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ Silver Ball at 2010 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ UEFA Midfielder of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| InterMilanTransferYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| isRenownedFor |
long-range shooting
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playmaking ability ⓘ set-piece taking ⓘ vision and passing ⓘ |
| keyRoleIn | Netherlands reaching the 2010 FIFA World Cup final ⓘ |
| marriedTo | Yolanthe Cabau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| nationalTeam | Netherlands national football team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NiceTransferYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
2006 FIFA World Cup
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
2010 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ 2014 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ UEFA Euro 2004 NERFINISHED ⓘ UEFA Euro 2008 NERFINISHED ⓘ UEFA Euro 2012 NERFINISHED ⓘ UEFA Euro 2016 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Utrecht NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedFor |
AFC Ajax
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Al-Gharafa SC NERFINISHED ⓘ FC Internazionale Milano NERFINISHED ⓘ Galatasaray SK NERFINISHED ⓘ OGC Nice NERFINISHED ⓘ Real Madrid CF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionPlayed |
attacking midfielder
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central midfielder ⓘ |
| RealMadridTransferYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| recordHeld | most caps for Netherlands national team at time of retirement ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| retirementAnnouncementYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| seniorDebutFor | AFC Ajax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shirtNumber | 10 ⓘ |
| sibling |
Jeffrey Sneijder
NERFINISHED
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Rodney Sneijder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| styleOfPlayComparedTo | classic number 10 playmaker ⓘ |
| topScorerFor | Netherlands at the 2010 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wonCompetition |
Coppa Italia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eredivisie NERFINISHED ⓘ La Liga NERFINISHED ⓘ Serie A NERFINISHED ⓘ Süper Lig NERFINISHED ⓘ UEFA Champions League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| youthClub |
AFC Ajax
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
DOS Utrecht NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Wesley Sneijder Description of subject: Wesley Sneijder is a Dutch former attacking midfielder renowned for orchestrating the Netherlands’ run to the 2010 FIFA World Cup final and for his successful club career with teams such as Ajax, Real Madrid, and Inter Milan.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.