Van Parijs
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Van Parijs is a Belgian surname most notably associated with philosopher and political theorist Philippe Van Parijs, known for his work on social justice and basic income.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Van Parijs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13535136 — 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: Van Parijs Context triple: [Philippe Van Parijs, familyName, Van Parijs]
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Leffe
Leffe is a historic Belgian abbey beer brand known for its rich, flavorful ales, now produced and marketed globally by AB InBev.
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Saint-Honoré
Saint-Honoré is a small municipality in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, known for its rural character and proximity to the city of Saguenay.
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C.
Boulange
Boulange is a small commune in northeastern France, located in the Moselle department within the Grand Est region.
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D.
Boucicaut
Boucicaut is a station on the Paris Métro serving the 15th arrondissement of Paris.
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E.
Gaîté Parisienne
Gaîté Parisienne is a lively one-act ballet choreographed by Léonide Massine to music by Jacques Offenbach, celebrated for its colorful depiction of Parisian café society.
- 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: Van Parijs Target entity description: Van Parijs is a Belgian surname most notably associated with philosopher and political theorist Philippe Van Parijs, known for his work on social justice and basic income.
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A.
Leffe
Leffe is a historic Belgian abbey beer brand known for its rich, flavorful ales, now produced and marketed globally by AB InBev.
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B.
Saint-Honoré
Saint-Honoré is a small municipality in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, known for its rural character and proximity to the city of Saguenay.
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C.
Boulange
Boulange is a small commune in northeastern France, located in the Moselle department within the Grand Est region.
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D.
Boucicaut
Boucicaut is a station on the Paris Métro serving the 15th arrondissement of Paris.
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E.
Gaîté Parisienne
Gaîté Parisienne is a lively one-act ballet choreographed by Léonide Massine to music by Jacques Offenbach, celebrated for its colorful depiction of Parisian café society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
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human ⓘ non-profit organization ⓘ philosopher ⓘ political theorist ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| authorOf |
Basic Income: A Radical Proposal for a Free Society and a Sane Economy
NERFINISHED
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Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World NERFINISHED ⓘ Real Freedom for All NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | Basic Income European Network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Belgium ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of California, Berkeley
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University of Oxford ⓘ Université catholique de Louvain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Harvard University
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Université catholique de Louvain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Van Parijs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
basic income theory
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political philosophy ⓘ social justice theory ⓘ |
| givenName | Philippe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Philippe Van Parijs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Dutch ⓘ |
| laterNamed | Basic Income Earth Network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of universal basic income
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real freedom for all theory NERFINISHED ⓘ work on social justice ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Belgium
NERFINISHED
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Netherlands 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: Van Parijs Description of subject: Van Parijs is a Belgian surname most notably associated with philosopher and political theorist Philippe Van Parijs, known for his work on social justice and basic income.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.