Spínola

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Portuguese military officer Portuguese-language surname human military coup politician revolution surname

Spínola is a Portuguese surname most prominently associated with António de Spínola, a key military figure and political leader during Portugal’s Carnation Revolution.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Spinola	2
Spínola canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T619566 — 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: Spínola
Context triple: [António de Spínola, familyName, Spínola]

A. Barra
Barra is a scenic island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, known for its rugged coastline, Gaelic culture, and the unique beach runway at Barra Airport.
B. Barra
Barra is the surname of Mary Barra, the prominent American business executive and CEO of General Motors.
C. Castro Marim
Castro Marim is a town and municipality in Portugal’s Algarve region, near the Spanish border, known for its historic castle and salt marshes.
D. Boyeros
Boyeros is a municipality in Havana, Cuba, known for hosting the country’s main international gateway, José Martí International Airport.
E. Serrano
Serrano are an Indigenous people of Southern California traditionally inhabiting the San Bernardino Mountains and surrounding desert regions.
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: Spínola
Target entity description: Spínola is a Portuguese surname most prominently associated with António de Spínola, a key military figure and political leader during Portugal’s Carnation Revolution.

A. Barra
Barra is a scenic island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, known for its rugged coastline, Gaelic culture, and the unique beach runway at Barra Airport.
B. Barra
Barra is the surname of Mary Barra, the prominent American business executive and CEO of General Motors.
C. Castro Marim
Castro Marim is a town and municipality in Portugal’s Algarve region, near the Spanish border, known for its historic castle and salt marshes.
D. Boyeros
Boyeros is a municipality in Havana, Cuba, known for hosting the country’s main international gateway, José Martí International Airport.
E. Serrano
Serrano are an Indigenous people of Southern California traditionally inhabiting the San Bernardino Mountains and surrounding desert regions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Portuguese military officer ⓘ Portuguese-language surname ⓘ human ⓘ military coup ⓘ politician ⓘ revolution ⓘ surname ⓘ
country	Portugal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Portugal ⓘ
familyName	Spínola ⓘ
hasKeyFigure	António de Spínola ⓘ
hasNotableBearer	António de Spínola ⓘ
hasVariant	Spinola ⓘ linked to: Spínola
languageOfOrigin	Portuguese ⓘ
militaryRank	general ⓘ
notableFor	role in the Carnation Revolution ⓘ
notableWork	Portugal e o Futuro ⓘ
occupation	military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ
participatedIn	Carnation Revolution ⓘ Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ
positionHeld	President of Portugal ⓘ
roleInEvent	key military figure in the Carnation Revolution ⓘ political leader during the Carnation Revolution ⓘ
usedInCountry	Portugal ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

António de Spínola → familyName → Spínola ⓘ

Spínola → hasVariant → Spinola ⓘ

linked to: Spínola

António de Spínola → familyName → Spínola ⓘ

subject linked to: Spínola

Ambrogio Spinola → familyName → Spinola ⓘ