Theo Heemskerk
E489475
Theo Heemskerk was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Theo Heemskerk canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4941517 — 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: Theo Heemskerk Context triple: [Pieter Cort van der Linden, precededBy, Theo Heemskerk]
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A.
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.
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B.
Piet de Jong
Piet de Jong was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1967 to 1971.
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C.
Dirk Jan de Geer
Dirk Jan de Geer was a Dutch politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the Netherlands, most notably during the early years of World War II.
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D.
Koos Vorrink
Koos Vorrink was a prominent Dutch social-democratic politician and trade union leader who played a key role in shaping the modern Labour Party (PvdA) in the Netherlands.
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E.
Hendrik de Vries
Hendrik de Vries was a mathematician who supervised and mentored the influential algebraist Bartel Leendert van der Waerden.
- 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: Theo Heemskerk Target entity description: Theo Heemskerk was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands in the early 20th century.
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A.
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.
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B.
Piet de Jong
Piet de Jong was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1967 to 1971.
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C.
Dirk Jan de Geer
Dirk Jan de Geer was a Dutch politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the Netherlands, most notably during the early years of World War II.
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D.
Koos Vorrink
Koos Vorrink was a prominent Dutch social-democratic politician and trade union leader who played a key role in shaping the modern Labour Party (PvdA) in the Netherlands.
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E.
Hendrik de Vries
Hendrik de Vries was a mathematician who supervised and mentored the influential algebraist Bartel Leendert van der Waerden.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch politician
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Netherlands ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Netherlands ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1852-07-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1932-12-12 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | The Hague ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Leiden University
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Leiden
|
| era | early 20th century politics of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| familyName | Heemskerk ⓘ |
| father | Jan Heemskerk ⓘ |
| fatherOccupation | Prime Minister of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | law ⓘ |
| givenName | Theo ⓘ |
| hasNationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentOf | Netherlands ⓘ |
| ideology |
Calvinism
ⓘ
Christian democracy ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Anti-Revolutionary Party ⓘ |
| monarchDuringTerm |
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
ⓘ
linked to:
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
|
| name | Theo Heemskerk ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expansion of social security legislation in the Netherlands
ⓘ
leading a confessional coalition government ⓘ |
| notableWork | social legislation reforms in the Netherlands ⓘ |
| occupation |
jurist
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1913-08-29 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1908-02-12 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryGroup | Anti-Revolutionary Party ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Netherlands
ⓘ
Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands ⓘ
linked to:
Tweede Kamerlid
Member of the Senate of the Netherlands ⓘ Minister of Justice of the Netherlands ⓘ Minister of the Interior of the Netherlands ⓘ President of the High Council of Nobility ⓘ Prime Minister of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| precededBy | Theodoor de Meester ⓘ |
| religion |
Dutch Reformed Church
ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
|
| residence | The Hague ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Pieter Cort van der Linden ⓘ |
| workLocation | The Hague ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Theo Heemskerk Description of subject: Theo Heemskerk was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.