Heitor da Silva Costa
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Heitor da Silva Costa was a Brazilian civil engineer best known for leading the design and construction of Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heitor da Silva Costa canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1876566 — 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: Heitor da Silva Costa Context triple: [Christ the Redeemer, designer, Heitor da Silva Costa]
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A.
Heitor dos Prazeres
Heitor dos Prazeres was a Brazilian painter, composer, and pioneering samba musician known for his vibrant depictions of Rio de Janeiro’s popular culture and Afro-Brazilian life.
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B.
Vasco Miranda
Vasco Miranda is a fictional character in Salman Rushdie's novel "The Moor's Last Sigh," notable for his complex relationships and role in the book’s exploration of art, politics, and identity.
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C.
Edson Motta
Edson Motta was a Brazilian artist and art educator recognized for his contributions to painting and for helping shape modern art instruction in Brazil.
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D.
Rafael Carmoega
Rafael Carmoega was a prominent Puerto Rican architect known for designing major public buildings and shaping early 20th-century Puerto Rican civic architecture.
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E.
André Corap
André Corap was a French army general best known for his ill-fated command of French forces during the early stages of the German invasion in 1940.
- 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: Heitor da Silva Costa Target entity description: Heitor da Silva Costa was a Brazilian civil engineer best known for leading the design and construction of Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue.
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A.
Heitor dos Prazeres
Heitor dos Prazeres was a Brazilian painter, composer, and pioneering samba musician known for his vibrant depictions of Rio de Janeiro’s popular culture and Afro-Brazilian life.
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B.
Vasco Miranda
Vasco Miranda is a fictional character in Salman Rushdie's novel "The Moor's Last Sigh," notable for his complex relationships and role in the book’s exploration of art, politics, and identity.
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C.
Edson Motta
Edson Motta was a Brazilian artist and art educator recognized for his contributions to painting and for helping shape modern art instruction in Brazil.
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D.
Rafael Carmoega
Rafael Carmoega was a prominent Puerto Rican architect known for designing major public buildings and shaping early 20th-century Puerto Rican civic architecture.
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E.
André Corap
André Corap was a French army general best known for his ill-fated command of French forces during the early stages of the German invasion in 1940.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brazilian person
ⓘ
architect ⓘ civil engineer ⓘ |
| basedIn | Rio de Janeiro ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Carlos Oswald
ⓘ
Paul Landowski ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Brazil ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Brazil ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Brazil ⓘ |
| designed | Christ the Redeemer ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Escola Politécnica do Rio de Janeiro ⓘ |
| familyName | da Silva Costa ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
ⓘ
civil engineering ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Heitor ⓘ |
| hasWorkLocation | Rio de Janeiro ⓘ |
| knownFor | design of Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Portuguese ⓘ |
| ledConstructionOf | Christ the Redeemer ⓘ |
| name | Heitor da Silva Costa ⓘ |
| nationality | Brazilian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Christ the Redeemer
ⓘ
Cristo Redentor ⓘ
linked to:
Christ the Redeemer
|
| occupation |
architect
ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Rio de Janeiro ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Rio de Janeiro ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| workedOn | monumental religious architecture ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Heitor da Silva Costa Description of subject: Heitor da Silva Costa was a Brazilian civil engineer best known for leading the design and construction of Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.