President of Costa Rica
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The President of Costa Rica is the democratically elected head of state and government who leads the country’s executive branch and represents Costa Rica in regional and international affairs.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| President of Costa Rica canonical | 12 |
| Chief of State of Costa Rica | 1 |
| Presidente de la República de Costa Rica | 1 |
| Presidents of Costa Rica | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4382883 — 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: President of Costa Rica Context triple: [Meeting of Presidents of SICA, hasParticipant, President of Costa Rica]
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A.
President of Panama
The President of Panama is the country’s chief executive, responsible for leading the national government and representing Panama both domestically and internationally.
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B.
President of Nicaragua
The President of Nicaragua is the country’s elected head of state and government, responsible for leading the executive branch and representing Nicaragua domestically and internationally.
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C.
President of El Salvador
The President of El Salvador is the country’s head of state and government, responsible for leading the executive branch, directing national policy, and representing El Salvador domestically and internationally.
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D.
President of Guatemala
The President of Guatemala is the country’s elected head of state and government, responsible for leading the executive branch and representing Guatemala domestically and internationally.
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E.
President of Colombia
The President of Colombia is the head of state and government of the Republic of Colombia, responsible for leading the executive branch, directing national policy, and representing the country domestically and internationally.
- 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: President of Costa Rica Target entity description: The President of Costa Rica is the democratically elected head of state and government who leads the country’s executive branch and represents Costa Rica in regional and international affairs.
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A.
President of Panama
The President of Panama is the country’s chief executive, responsible for leading the national government and representing Panama both domestically and internationally.
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B.
President of Nicaragua
The President of Nicaragua is the country’s elected head of state and government, responsible for leading the executive branch and representing Nicaragua domestically and internationally.
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C.
President of El Salvador
The President of El Salvador is the country’s head of state and government, responsible for leading the executive branch, directing national policy, and representing El Salvador domestically and internationally.
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D.
President of Guatemala
The President of Guatemala is the country’s elected head of state and government, responsible for leading the executive branch and representing Guatemala domestically and internationally.
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E.
President of Colombia
The President of Colombia is the head of state and government of the Republic of Colombia, responsible for leading the executive branch, directing national policy, and representing the country domestically and internationally.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
head of government
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head of state ⓘ political office ⓘ |
| appointedBy | popular vote ⓘ |
| canDissolve | none (unicameral Legislative Assembly cannot be dissolved by president) ⓘ |
| category |
Presidents of Costa Rica
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linked to:
President of Costa Rica
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| commanderInChiefOf | Armed Forces of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| constitutingInstrument |
Constitution of Costa Rica
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linked to:
Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949
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| country | Costa Rica ⓘ |
| electionInterval | every 4 years ⓘ |
| electionMonth | February ⓘ |
| electionSystem | direct popular vote ⓘ |
| eligibleFor | non-consecutive re-election ⓘ |
| firstHolder | José María Castro Madriz ⓘ |
| formationDate | 1848 ⓘ |
| governsIn | presidential representative democratic republic ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
Republic of Costa Rica
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linked to:
Costa Rica
|
| hasOathTo |
Constitution of the Republic of Costa Rica
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linked to:
Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949
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| hasOfficialResidence | Casa Presidencial in Zapote ⓘ |
| hasOfficialVehicle | presidential motorcade of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| hasPower |
to appoint ministers
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to conduct foreign policy ⓘ to promulgate laws ⓘ to propose legislation ⓘ to sign international treaties ⓘ to veto legislation ⓘ |
| heads | Government of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| leads |
Council of Government of Costa Rica
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linked to:
Government of Costa Rica
|
| locatedIn | San José Province ⓘ |
| meetsWith | Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Executive Power of Costa Rica
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linked to:
Executive branch of Costa Rica
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| nativeLabel |
Presidente de la República de Costa Rica
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linked to:
President of Costa Rica
|
| officeHoldersElectedBy | citizens of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| officeType | democratically elected office ⓘ |
| officialLanguageOfOffice | Spanish ⓘ |
| partOf |
Executive Branch of Costa Rica
ⓘ
linked to:
Executive branch of Costa Rica
|
| reportsTo | people of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| represents |
Costa Rica in international affairs
ⓘ
Costa Rica in regional affairs ⓘ |
| residence | Casa Presidencial de Costa Rica ⓘ |
| runoffCondition | if no candidate obtains at least 40% of valid votes ⓘ |
| seat | San José ⓘ |
| style |
Señor Presidente
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Su Excelencia ⓘ |
| symbol |
Coat of arms of Costa Rica
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Flag of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| termLength | 4 years ⓘ |
| termLimits | no immediate re-election ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: President of Costa Rica Description of subject: The President of Costa Rica is the democratically elected head of state and government who leads the country’s executive branch and represents Costa Rica in regional and international affairs.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: President of Costa Rica
linked to: President of Costa Rica
linked to: President of Costa Rica
Vice Presidents of Costa Rica succeed in case of vacancy
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appliesToOffice
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President of Costa Rica
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