Hudde
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Hudde is a Dutch surname most notably associated with Johannes Hudde, a 17th-century mathematician and mayor of Amsterdam known for his contributions to algebra and optics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hudde canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7760176 — 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: Hudde Context triple: [Johannes Hudde, familyName, Hudde]
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A.
Raalte
Raalte is a town and municipality in the Dutch province of Overijssel, known for its agricultural surroundings and regional festivals.
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B.
Heezen
Heezen is a surname most notably associated with American geologist and oceanographer Bruce C. Heezen, a pioneer in mapping the ocean floor.
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C.
Ederveen
Ederveen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland, known for its rural character and location within the municipality of Ede.
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D.
Hoendiep
Hoendiep is a canal in the Dutch province of Groningen that serves as an important regional waterway and transport route.
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E.
Huigen
Huigen was a Buddhist monk known for founding Shanghai’s prominent Jade Buddha Temple.
- 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: Hudde Target entity description: Hudde is a Dutch surname most notably associated with Johannes Hudde, a 17th-century mathematician and mayor of Amsterdam known for his contributions to algebra and optics.
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A.
Raalte
Raalte is a town and municipality in the Dutch province of Overijssel, known for its agricultural surroundings and regional festivals.
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B.
Heezen
Heezen is a surname most notably associated with American geologist and oceanographer Bruce C. Heezen, a pioneer in mapping the ocean floor.
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C.
Ederveen
Ederveen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland, known for its rural character and location within the municipality of Ede.
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D.
Hoendiep
Hoendiep is a canal in the Dutch province of Groningen that serves as an important regional waterway and transport route.
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E.
Huigen
Huigen was a Buddhist monk known for founding Shanghai’s prominent Jade Buddha Temple.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch politician
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Dutch-language surname ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ mayor ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| familyName | Hudde ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
algebra
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mathematics ⓘ optics ⓘ |
| givenName | Johannes ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to algebra
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contributions to optics ⓘ role as mayor of Amsterdam ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Dutch ⓘ |
| movement | Cartesian mathematics ⓘ |
| notableBearer | Johannes Hudde ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Hudde’s rules
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contributions to Cartesian algebra ⓘ work on lens design ⓘ work on maxima and minima of algebraic functions ⓘ |
| occupation |
mathematician
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mayor of Amsterdam ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Amsterdam
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Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| positionHeld | burgomaster of Amsterdam ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Hudde Description of subject: Hudde is a Dutch surname most notably associated with Johannes Hudde, a 17th-century mathematician and mayor of Amsterdam known for his contributions to algebra and optics.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Hudde