Jan van Loos
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Jan van Loos is the fictional young artist protagonist of the historical novel and film "Tulip Fever," whose illicit love affair unfolds amid the speculative frenzy of 17th-century Amsterdam's tulip market.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jan van Loos canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6126929 — 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: Jan van Loos Context triple: [Tulip Fever, mainCharacter, Jan van Loos]
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A.
Jan van der Heyden
Jan van der Heyden was a 17th-century Dutch painter and inventor renowned for his detailed cityscapes and pioneering improvements in firefighting technology and street lighting.
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B.
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout was a Dutch Golden Age painter and etcher known for his history paintings, portraits, and biblical scenes, strongly influenced by his teacher Rembrandt.
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C.
Jan de Lannoy
Jan de Lannoy was a Flemish-born ancestor of early New World settler Philip Delano, associated with the Huguenot and Walloon migrations that contributed to the founding populations of colonial America.
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D.
Jan Verkolje
Jan Verkolje was a 17th-century Dutch painter and mezzotint engraver known for his portraits and genre scenes in the Baroque style.
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E.
Jan van der Vliet
Jan van der Vliet was a Dutch artist associated with the Delft painters’ Guild of Saint Luke during the Dutch Golden Age.
- 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: Jan van Loos Target entity description: Jan van Loos is the fictional young artist protagonist of the historical novel and film "Tulip Fever," whose illicit love affair unfolds amid the speculative frenzy of 17th-century Amsterdam's tulip market.
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A.
Jan van der Heyden
Jan van der Heyden was a 17th-century Dutch painter and inventor renowned for his detailed cityscapes and pioneering improvements in firefighting technology and street lighting.
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B.
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout was a Dutch Golden Age painter and etcher known for his history paintings, portraits, and biblical scenes, strongly influenced by his teacher Rembrandt.
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C.
Jan de Lannoy
Jan de Lannoy was a Flemish-born ancestor of early New World settler Philip Delano, associated with the Huguenot and Walloon migrations that contributed to the founding populations of colonial America.
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D.
Jan Verkolje
Jan Verkolje was a 17th-century Dutch painter and mezzotint engraver known for his portraits and genre scenes in the Baroque style.
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E.
Jan van der Vliet
Jan van der Vliet was a Dutch artist associated with the Delft painters’ Guild of Saint Luke during the Dutch Golden Age.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedFor | feature film ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Tulip Fever (film)
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linked to:
Tulip Fever
Tulip Fever (novel) ⓘ
linked to:
Tulip Fever
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| associatedWith |
Dutch Golden Age
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tulip mania ⓘ
linked to:
Tulip mania
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| centralThemeInvolvement |
art and desire
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forbidden love ⓘ speculation and risk ⓘ |
| createdBy | Deborah Moggach ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Tulip Fever universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Tulip Fever
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| mediumOfOrigin | historical novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | drives plot through romantic and financial risks ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | young artist protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | Dutch (fictional) ⓘ |
| occupation | artist ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | Tulip Fever ⓘ |
| relationshipType | illicit love affair ⓘ |
| romanticRelationshipWith | Sophia Sandvoort ⓘ |
| settingCity | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 17th-century Netherlands ⓘ |
| storyContext | speculative frenzy of the tulip market in Amsterdam ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jan van Loos Description of subject: Jan van Loos is the fictional young artist protagonist of the historical novel and film "Tulip Fever," whose illicit love affair unfolds amid the speculative frenzy of 17th-century Amsterdam's tulip market.
Referenced by (1)
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