Netherlands Trading Society
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The Netherlands Trading Society was a 19th-century Dutch commercial company that played a key role in the Netherlands’ colonial and international trade, particularly in Asia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij office | 1 |
| Netherlands Trading Society canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15251697 — 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: Netherlands Trading Society Context triple: [Dejima trading post, operatedBy, Netherlands Trading Society]
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A.
Dutch West India Company
The Dutch West India Company was a powerful 17th-century chartered company of the Dutch Republic that dominated Atlantic trade, including sugar, slaves, and colonial enterprises in the Americas and West Africa.
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B.
Dutch East India Company
The Dutch East India Company was a powerful 17th–18th century chartered trading corporation that dominated Dutch colonial trade in Asia and is often considered the world’s first multinational company and first issuer of stock.
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C.
Asiatisk Kompagni
Asiatisk Kompagni was the Danish Asiatic Company, a chartered trading company that managed Denmark-Norway’s trade and colonial interests in Asia during the early modern period.
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D.
Danish East India Company
The Danish East India Company was a Danish chartered trading company that operated from the 17th to the 19th century, establishing colonies and trading posts in India and Southeast Asia to participate in the lucrative spice and textile trades.
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E.
Danish West India Company
The Danish West India Company was a chartered trading company of the Kingdom of Denmark–Norway that administered and profited from colonial possessions in the Caribbean, particularly in what became the Danish West 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: Netherlands Trading Society Target entity description: The Netherlands Trading Society was a 19th-century Dutch commercial company that played a key role in the Netherlands’ colonial and international trade, particularly in Asia.
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A.
Dutch West India Company
The Dutch West India Company was a powerful 17th-century chartered company of the Dutch Republic that dominated Atlantic trade, including sugar, slaves, and colonial enterprises in the Americas and West Africa.
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B.
Dutch East India Company
The Dutch East India Company was a powerful 17th–18th century chartered trading corporation that dominated Dutch colonial trade in Asia and is often considered the world’s first multinational company and first issuer of stock.
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C.
Asiatisk Kompagni
Asiatisk Kompagni was the Danish Asiatic Company, a chartered trading company that managed Denmark-Norway’s trade and colonial interests in Asia during the early modern period.
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D.
Danish East India Company
The Danish East India Company was a Danish chartered trading company that operated from the 17th to the 19th century, establishing colonies and trading posts in India and Southeast Asia to participate in the lucrative spice and textile trades.
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E.
Danish West India Company
The Danish West India Company was a chartered trading company of the Kingdom of Denmark–Norway that administered and profited from colonial possessions in the Caribbean, particularly in what became the Danish West Indies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Netherlands Trading Society