Ton Roosendaal
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Ton Roosendaal is a Dutch software developer and film producer best known as the founder and chairman of the Blender Foundation and the driving force behind the open-source 3D creation suite Blender.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ton Roosendaal canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8823003 — 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: Ton Roosendaal Context triple: [Blender, originalAuthor, Ton Roosendaal]
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A.
Dirk Roosenburg
Dirk Roosenburg was a prominent Dutch architect known for his early 20th-century modernist designs and as the grandfather of architect Rem Koolhaas.
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B.
Royal Eijsbouts
Royal Eijsbouts is a renowned Dutch bell foundry and clockmaker known worldwide for casting large carillons and tower bells for churches, public buildings, and monuments.
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C.
Barend Biesheuvel
Barend Biesheuvel was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1971 to 1973.
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D.
Yorick van Wageningen
Yorick van Wageningen is a Dutch actor known internationally for his roles in films such as the 2011 adaptation of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."
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E.
Theo Heemskerk
Theo Heemskerk was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands in the early 20th century.
- 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: Ton Roosendaal Target entity description: Ton Roosendaal is a Dutch software developer and film producer best known as the founder and chairman of the Blender Foundation and the driving force behind the open-source 3D creation suite Blender.
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A.
Dirk Roosenburg
Dirk Roosenburg was a prominent Dutch architect known for his early 20th-century modernist designs and as the grandfather of architect Rem Koolhaas.
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B.
Royal Eijsbouts
Royal Eijsbouts is a renowned Dutch bell foundry and clockmaker known worldwide for casting large carillons and tower bells for churches, public buildings, and monuments.
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C.
Barend Biesheuvel
Barend Biesheuvel was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1971 to 1973.
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D.
Yorick van Wageningen
Yorick van Wageningen is a Dutch actor known internationally for his roles in films such as the 2011 adaptation of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."
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E.
Theo Heemskerk
Theo Heemskerk was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
entrepreneur
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film producer ⓘ human ⓘ open-source advocate ⓘ software developer ⓘ |
| advocates |
community-driven development
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open-source licensing ⓘ |
| basedIn | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Netherlands ⓘ |
| employer |
Blender Foundation
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Blender Institute ⓘ
linked to:
Blender Foundation
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| familyName | Roosendaal ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
3D computer graphics
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computer graphics ⓘ open-source software ⓘ |
| founded |
Blender Foundation
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NaN (Not a Number) animation studio ⓘ Not a Number Technologies ⓘ |
| givenName | Ton ⓘ |
| industry |
animation industry
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computer software ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Blender
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Blender Foundation ⓘ open movie projects ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| movement |
free software movement
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open content movement ⓘ |
| name | Ton Roosendaal ⓘ |
| nationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
led the open-sourcing of Blender in 2002
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organized crowdfunding campaign to free Blender source code ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Big Buck Bunny
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Blender 3D creation suite ⓘ
linked to:
Blender
Cosmos Laundromat ⓘ Elephants Dream ⓘ Hero ⓘ Sintel ⓘ Spring ⓘ Sprite Fright ⓘ Tears of Steel ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
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executive ⓘ film producer ⓘ software developer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chairman of Blender Foundation
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founder of Blender Foundation ⓘ president of Blender Foundation ⓘ |
| softwareDeveloped | Blender ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ton Roosendaal Description of subject: Ton Roosendaal is a Dutch software developer and film producer best known as the founder and chairman of the Blender Foundation and the driving force behind the open-source 3D creation suite Blender.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.