Alajuela, Costa Rica

All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Alajuela	10
Alajuela, Costa Rica canonical	4
Alajuela city	1
city of Alajuela	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18005736 — 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: Alajuela, Costa Rica
Context triple: [Próspero Fernández Oreamuno, placeOfDeath, Alajuela, Costa Rica]

A. San José, Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, serving as the country’s political, economic, and cultural center.
B. Alajuelita
Alajuelita is a canton and urban community in Costa Rica known for its proximity to the capital, San José, and its prominent hilltop Christ the Redeemer statue overlooking the Central Valley.
C. Limón, Costa Rica
Limón, Costa Rica is a Caribbean port city and provincial capital known for its Afro-Caribbean culture, tropical climate, and role as a major gateway for Costa Rican trade and tourism.
D. Heredia, Costa Rica
Heredia, Costa Rica is a historic city in the country’s Central Valley known for its colonial architecture, coffee plantations, and role as part of the Greater San José metropolitan area.
E. Ostional, Costa Rica
Ostional, Costa Rica is a coastal village on the Nicoya Peninsula famed for its massive arribadas, when hundreds of thousands of olive ridley sea turtles come ashore to nest.
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: Alajuela, Costa Rica
Target entity description: Alajuela, Costa Rica is one of the country’s largest cities, known as a major commercial and agricultural center near the capital, San José.

A. San José, Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, serving as the country’s political, economic, and cultural center.
B. Alajuelita
Alajuelita is a canton and urban community in Costa Rica known for its proximity to the capital, San José, and its prominent hilltop Christ the Redeemer statue overlooking the Central Valley.
C. Limón, Costa Rica
Limón, Costa Rica is a Caribbean port city and provincial capital known for its Afro-Caribbean culture, tropical climate, and role as a major gateway for Costa Rican trade and tourism.
D. Heredia, Costa Rica
Heredia, Costa Rica is a historic city in the country’s Central Valley known for its colonial architecture, coffee plantations, and role as part of the Greater San José metropolitan area.
E. Ostional, Costa Rica
Ostional, Costa Rica is a coastal village on the Nicoya Peninsula famed for its massive arribadas, when hundreds of thousands of olive ridley sea turtles come ashore to nest.
F. None of above. chosen