Robert Costa
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert Costa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2492278 — 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: Robert Costa Context triple: [Rage, coAuthorOfSequel, Robert Costa]
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A.
Paulo Costanzo
Paulo Costanzo is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in films like "Road Trip" and TV series such as "Royal Pains" and "Joey."
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B.
Peter Scolari
Peter Scolari was an American actor best known for his comedic and character roles on television series such as "Bosom Buddies" and "Newhart."
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C.
Carlos Lemos
Carlos Lemos was a Brazilian architect known for his work on prominent modernist projects such as São Paulo’s iconic Copan Building.
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D.
Christian Gómez
Christian Gómez is an Argentine attacking midfielder best known in the United States for his standout play with D.C. United in Major League Soccer.
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E.
Roger Delgado
Roger Delgado was a British actor best known for originating the role of the Master, the Doctor’s arch-nemesis, in the classic science fiction series Doctor Who.
- 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: Robert Costa Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Paulo Costanzo
Paulo Costanzo is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in films like "Road Trip" and TV series such as "Royal Pains" and "Joey."
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B.
Peter Scolari
Peter Scolari was an American actor best known for his comedic and character roles on television series such as "Bosom Buddies" and "Newhart."
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C.
Carlos Lemos
Carlos Lemos was a Brazilian architect known for his work on prominent modernist projects such as São Paulo’s iconic Copan Building.
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D.
Christian Gómez
Christian Gómez is an Argentine attacking midfielder best known in the United States for his standout play with D.C. United in Major League Soccer.
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E.
Roger Delgado
Roger Delgado was a British actor best known for originating the role of the Master, the Doctor’s arch-nemesis, in the classic science fiction series Doctor Who.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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human ⓘ journalist ⓘ political journalist ⓘ |
| coauthorWith | Bob Woodward ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coveredTopic |
Congressional politics
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Donald Trump ⓘ Republican Party politics ⓘ United States presidential election ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. presidential elections
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| educatedAt |
Cambridge University
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surface form:
University of Cambridge
University of Notre Dame ⓘ |
| employer |
CBS News
ⓘ
National Review ⓘ PBS ⓘ Washington Post ⓘ
surface form:
The Washington Post
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| fieldOfWork |
U.S. politics
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political reporting ⓘ |
| genre | political non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasAppearance | frequent guest on political news programs ⓘ |
| hasEmployer | NBC News ⓘ |
| hasRole |
interviewer of major political figures
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reporter on national political campaigns ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American political press corps ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
coauthoring high-profile books on the Trump era
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in-depth reporting on U.S. politics ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Peril
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coverage of U.S. Congress ⓘ coverage of the Trump presidency ⓘ in-depth reporting on the Trump administration ⓘ political analysis for television and print ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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journalist ⓘ political analyst ⓘ television presenter ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Washington editor at National Review
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chief election and campaign correspondent at CBS News ⓘ moderator of Washington Week ⓘ national political reporter at The Washington Post ⓘ political analyst at NBC News ⓘ |
| residence |
Washington metropolitan area
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surface form:
Washington, D.C. area
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Robert Costa Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.