Smulders
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Smulders is a Dutch-origin surname most prominently associated with Canadian actress Cobie Smulders, known for her role in the television series "How I Met Your Mother."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Smulders canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8947036 — 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: Smulders Context triple: [Cobie Smulders, familyName, Smulders]
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A.
Bill Smugs
Bill Smugs is a mysterious and resourceful character who aids the children in Enid Blyton’s adventure novel "The Mountain of Adventure."
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B.
Smits
Smits is a surname most prominently associated with American actor Jimmy Smits, known for his roles in television dramas such as "L.A. Law," "NYPD Blue," and "The West Wing."
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C.
Bartel
Bartel is the given name of Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, a prominent Dutch mathematician known for his work in algebra and number theory.
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D.
Tobolowsky
Tobolowsky is the surname of American character actor and storyteller Stephen Tobolowsky, known for his prolific work in film and television.
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E.
Elner Shimfissle
Elner Shimfissle is the quirky, big-hearted elderly protagonist of Fannie Flagg’s novel "Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven," known for her humor, wisdom, and knack for stirring up her small town.
- 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: Smulders Target entity description: Smulders is a Dutch-origin surname most prominently associated with Canadian actress Cobie Smulders, known for her role in the television series "How I Met Your Mother."
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A.
Bill Smugs
Bill Smugs is a mysterious and resourceful character who aids the children in Enid Blyton’s adventure novel "The Mountain of Adventure."
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B.
Smits
Smits is a surname most prominently associated with American actor Jimmy Smits, known for his roles in television dramas such as "L.A. Law," "NYPD Blue," and "The West Wing."
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C.
Bartel
Bartel is the given name of Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, a prominent Dutch mathematician known for his work in algebra and number theory.
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D.
Tobolowsky
Tobolowsky is the surname of American character actor and storyteller Stephen Tobolowsky, known for his prolific work in film and television.
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E.
Elner Shimfissle
Elner Shimfissle is the quirky, big-hearted elderly protagonist of Fannie Flagg’s novel "Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven," known for her humor, wisdom, and knack for stirring up her small town.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
ⓘ
human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1982-04-03 ⓘ |
| hasCitizenship |
Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfOrigin | Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicOrigin |
Dutch
ⓘ
English ⓘ Irish ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalOrigin | Dutch language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Smulders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGivenName |
Francisca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jacoba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | Dutch ⓘ |
| hasNationality | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Alphons Smulders
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cobie Smulders NERFINISHED ⓘ Henri Smulders NERFINISHED ⓘ Jan Smulders NERFINISHED ⓘ Johannes Smulders NERFINISHED ⓘ Pieter Smulders NERFINISHED ⓘ Truus Smulders-Beliën NERFINISHED ⓘ Yvonne Smulders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableFieldOfAssociation |
acting
ⓘ
art ⓘ politics ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| hasNotableWork |
Marvel Cinematic Universe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Avengers (2012 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
film actress
ⓘ
television actress ⓘ voice actress ⓘ |
| hasTypicalUsageRegion |
Belgium
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dutch diaspora ⓘ Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariantForm |
Smolders
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Smulder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| isCategorizedAs |
Dutch-language surname
ⓘ
Germanic-language surname ⓘ |
| isKnownFor | How I Met Your Mother NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Vancouver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedCharacter | Robin Scherbatsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedCharacter | Maria Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Taran Killam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startedActingCareer | early 2000s ⓘ |
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: Smulders Description of subject: Smulders is a Dutch-origin surname most prominently associated with Canadian actress Cobie Smulders, known for her role in the television series "How I Met Your Mother."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.