Count of Obdam
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Count of Obdam is a Dutch noble title historically associated with the influential Van Wassenaer family, notably borne by admiral Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Count of Obdam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10139868 — 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: Count of Obdam Context triple: [Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam, nobleTitle, Count of Obdam]
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A.
Blokzijl
Blokzijl is a historic former trading town and harbor in the Dutch province of Overijssel, known for its picturesque canals and well-preserved old center.
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B.
De Baarsjes
De Baarsjes is a residential neighborhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands, known for its diverse population, early 20th-century architecture, and canalside urban character.
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C.
Vriezekoop
Vriezekoop is a small village in the Dutch province of South Holland, known for its rural character and location along the Westeinderplassen near Leimuiden.
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D.
Count of Vechta
Count of Vechta was a noble title in the Holy Roman Empire associated with the territory around the town of Vechta in present-day Lower Saxony, Germany.
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E.
Koog aan de Zaan
Koog aan de Zaan is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland, now part of the municipality of Zaanstad and known for its historic industrial and residential character along the Zaan River.
- 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: Count of Obdam Target entity description: Count of Obdam is a Dutch noble title historically associated with the influential Van Wassenaer family, notably borne by admiral Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam.
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A.
Blokzijl
Blokzijl is a historic former trading town and harbor in the Dutch province of Overijssel, known for its picturesque canals and well-preserved old center.
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B.
De Baarsjes
De Baarsjes is a residential neighborhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands, known for its diverse population, early 20th-century architecture, and canalside urban character.
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C.
Vriezekoop
Vriezekoop is a small village in the Dutch province of South Holland, known for its rural character and location along the Westeinderplassen near Leimuiden.
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D.
Count of Vechta
Count of Vechta was a noble title in the Holy Roman Empire associated with the territory around the town of Vechta in present-day Lower Saxony, Germany.
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E.
Koog aan de Zaan
Koog aan de Zaan is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland, now part of the municipality of Zaanstad and known for its historic industrial and residential character along the Zaan River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch admiral
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Dutch noble title ⓘ noble title ⓘ person ⓘ |
| associatedEstate | Obdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Dutch Republic
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Dutch Republic ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ |
| heldBy | members of the Van Wassenaer family ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | connected to Dutch naval history through Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Dutch ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Obdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobilityType | hereditary title ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
Van Wassenaer family
NERFINISHED
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Van Wassenaer family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Count of Obdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBearer | Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rank | count ⓘ |
| relatedTitle | Lord of Obdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | high nobility ⓘ |
| titleHolder | Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleStyle | Count ⓘ |
| usedIn | Dutch nobility ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Count of Obdam Description of subject: Count of Obdam is a Dutch noble title historically associated with the influential Van Wassenaer family, notably borne by admiral Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.