Jan van Ruysbroeck
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Jan van Ruysbroeck was a 15th-century Flemish architect best known for his influential Gothic designs in Brussels.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jan van Ruysbroeck canonical | 1 |
| Willem van Ruysbroeck | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12215903 — 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 Ruysbroeck Context triple: [Brussels Town Hall, architect, Jan van Ruysbroeck]
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A.
Meister Eckhart
Meister Eckhart was a 13th–14th century German Dominican theologian, philosopher, and mystic known for his profound sermons on the direct experience of God and the ground of the soul.
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B.
Simon de Vos
Simon de Vos was a Flemish Baroque painter known for his small-scale cabinet pictures, genre scenes, and religious works produced in 17th-century Antwerp.
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C.
Guido de Brès
Guido de Brès was a 16th-century Reformed theologian and Protestant martyr from the Low Countries, best known for shaping early Calvinist doctrine and dying for his faith during the Spanish persecution.
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D.
Saint Bruno of Cologne
Saint Bruno of Cologne was an 11th-century German Catholic priest and theologian who founded the Carthusian Order, known for its strict contemplative monastic life.
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E.
Joris van der Paele
Joris van der Paele was a 15th-century Bruges cleric and canon best known as the donor portrayed in Jan van Eyck’s painting "Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele."
- 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 Ruysbroeck Target entity description: Jan van Ruysbroeck was a 15th-century Flemish architect best known for his influential Gothic designs in Brussels.
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A.
Meister Eckhart
Meister Eckhart was a 13th–14th century German Dominican theologian, philosopher, and mystic known for his profound sermons on the direct experience of God and the ground of the soul.
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B.
Simon de Vos
Simon de Vos was a Flemish Baroque painter known for his small-scale cabinet pictures, genre scenes, and religious works produced in 17th-century Antwerp.
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C.
Guido de Brès
Guido de Brès was a 16th-century Reformed theologian and Protestant martyr from the Low Countries, best known for shaping early Calvinist doctrine and dying for his faith during the Spanish persecution.
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D.
Saint Bruno of Cologne
Saint Bruno of Cologne was an 11th-century German Catholic priest and theologian who founded the Carthusian Order, known for its strict contemplative monastic life.
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E.
Joris van der Paele
Joris van der Paele was a 15th-century Bruges cleric and canon best known as the donor portrayed in Jan van Eyck’s painting "Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Willem van Ruysbroeck