Álvaro de Castro

E916697

Portuguese nobleman colonial administrator human

Álvaro de Castro was a Portuguese nobleman and colonial administrator who served as governor of Portuguese India in the mid-16th century.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Álvaro de Castro canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11177529 — 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: Álvaro de Castro
Context triple: [João de Castro, father, Álvaro de Castro]

A. Francisco de Arruda
Francisco de Arruda was a Portuguese architect of the early 16th century, best known for his work in the Manueline style, including Lisbon’s iconic Belém Tower.
B. Manuel Ferreira
Manuel Ferreira was a notable Paraguayan football figure, likely a prominent player, manager, or club official, for whom the Estadio Tigo Manuel Ferreira stadium is named.
C. Francisco Antonio Pinto
Francisco Antonio Pinto was a Chilean military officer and liberal politician who served as Supreme Director and later President of Chile in the early 19th century.
D. Francisco Ramos da Costa
Francisco Ramos da Costa was a Portuguese political figure best known as one of the founders of the Socialist Party (Portugal).
E. Manuel Cardoso
Manuel Cardoso was a prominent Portuguese composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods, renowned for his sacred polyphonic music.
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: Álvaro de Castro
Target entity description: Álvaro de Castro was a Portuguese nobleman and colonial administrator who served as governor of Portuguese India in the mid-16th century.

A. Francisco de Arruda
Francisco de Arruda was a Portuguese architect of the early 16th century, best known for his work in the Manueline style, including Lisbon’s iconic Belém Tower.
B. Manuel Ferreira
Manuel Ferreira was a notable Paraguayan football figure, likely a prominent player, manager, or club official, for whom the Estadio Tigo Manuel Ferreira stadium is named.
C. Francisco Antonio Pinto
Francisco Antonio Pinto was a Chilean military officer and liberal politician who served as Supreme Director and later President of Chile in the early 19th century.
D. Francisco Ramos da Costa
Francisco Ramos da Costa was a Portuguese political figure best known as one of the founders of the Socialist Party (Portugal).
E. Manuel Cardoso
Manuel Cardoso was a prominent Portuguese composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods, renowned for his sacred polyphonic music.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (27)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Portuguese nobleman ⓘ colonial administrator ⓘ human ⓘ
continentOfActivity	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
employer	Portuguese Crown ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Portuguese people ⓘ
fieldOfWork	colonial governance ⓘ public administration ⓘ
genre	politics ⓘ
hasRole	governor ⓘ viceroy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Portuguese ⓘ
notableFor	governorship of Portuguese India ⓘ
notableWork	administration of Portuguese India ⓘ
occupation	colonial administrator ⓘ nobleman ⓘ
partOf	Portuguese Empire ⓘ Portuguese colonial administration in India ⓘ linked to: Portuguese India
placeOfWork	Portuguese India ⓘ
positionHeld	Viceroy of Portuguese India ⓘ governor of Portuguese India ⓘ
residence	Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ Portuguese India ⓘ
timePeriod	16th century ⓘ mid-16th century ⓘ