Tony Costa

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Tony Costa is a character in Philip Pullman’s "His Dark Materials" series, known as a young Gyptian boy who becomes a victim of the sinister experiments conducted by the General Oblation Board.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Billy Costa	2
Tony Costa canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12531597 — 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: Tony Costa
Context triple: [Ma Costa, hasChild, Tony Costa]

A. Matt Costa
Matt Costa is an American singer-songwriter and musician known for his melodic indie folk and surf-influenced acoustic rock.
B. Robert Costa
Robert Costa is an American political journalist and author known for his in-depth reporting on U.S. politics and coauthoring high-profile books on the Trump era.
C. Michael Cerda
Michael Cerda is a media and technology executive and producer known for his work in digital entertainment and content development.
D. John Duarte
John Duarte is a Republican politician and businessman serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 13th congressional district.
E. Tony Plana
Tony Plana is a Cuban-American actor and director best known for his role as Ignacio Suarez on the television series "Ugly Betty."
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: Tony Costa
Target entity description: Tony Costa is a character in Philip Pullman’s "His Dark Materials" series, known as a young Gyptian boy who becomes a victim of the sinister experiments conducted by the General Oblation Board.

A. Matt Costa
Matt Costa is an American singer-songwriter and musician known for his melodic indie folk and surf-influenced acoustic rock.
B. Robert Costa
Robert Costa is an American political journalist and author known for his in-depth reporting on U.S. politics and coauthoring high-profile books on the Trump era.
C. Michael Cerda
Michael Cerda is a media and technology executive and producer known for his work in digital entertainment and content development.
D. John Duarte
John Duarte is a Republican politician and businessman serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 13th congressional district.
E. Tony Plana
Tony Plana is a Cuban-American actor and director best known for his role as Ignacio Suarez on the television series "Ugly Betty."
F. None of above. chosen