da Silva Santos

E549701

Brazilian surname Portuguese-language surname family name human

da Silva Santos is the family surname of Brazilian football star Neymar Jr., shared by members of his immediate family.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
da Silva Santos canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5842588 — 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: da Silva Santos
Context triple: [Neymar Jr., familyName, da Silva Santos]

A. da Costa Gomes
da Costa Gomes is the Portuguese surname of Francisco da Costa Gomes, a prominent 20th-century military officer and former President of Portugal.
B. Domingos Oliveira
Domingos Oliveira was a Portuguese military officer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Portugal during the early years of the Estado Novo regime.
C. Heitor da Silva Costa
Heitor da Silva Costa was a Brazilian civil engineer best known for leading the design and construction of Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue.
D. Edson Motta
Edson Motta was a Brazilian artist and art educator recognized for his contributions to painting and for helping shape modern art instruction in Brazil.
E. Carlos Galvão de Melo
Carlos Galvão de Melo was a Portuguese Air Force officer and conservative politician who became prominent during Portugal’s transition from dictatorship following the Carnation Revolution.
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: da Silva Santos
Target entity description: da Silva Santos is the family surname of Brazilian football star Neymar Jr., shared by members of his immediate family.

A. da Costa Gomes
da Costa Gomes is the Portuguese surname of Francisco da Costa Gomes, a prominent 20th-century military officer and former President of Portugal.
B. Domingos Oliveira
Domingos Oliveira was a Portuguese military officer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Portugal during the early years of the Estado Novo regime.
C. Heitor da Silva Costa
Heitor da Silva Costa was a Brazilian civil engineer best known for leading the design and construction of Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue.
D. Edson Motta
Edson Motta was a Brazilian artist and art educator recognized for his contributions to painting and for helping shape modern art instruction in Brazil.
E. Carlos Galvão de Melo
Carlos Galvão de Melo was a Portuguese Air Force officer and conservative politician who became prominent during Portugal’s transition from dictatorship following the Carnation Revolution.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (22)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Brazilian surname ⓘ Portuguese-language surname ⓘ family name ⓘ human ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Neymar Jr. ⓘ linked to: Neymar Jr. (association football)
countryOfCitizenship	Brazil ⓘ
hasChild	Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior ⓘ linked to: Neymar Jr. (association football)
hasFamilyName	da Silva Santos ⓘ
hasGeographicUsage	Brazil ⓘ
hasGivenName	Neymar ⓘ linked to: Neymar Jr. (association football)
hasLanguageOfOrigin	Portuguese ⓘ linked to: Portuguese language
hasNotableBearer	Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior ⓘ linked to: Neymar Jr. (association football)
hasSibling	Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior ⓘ linked to: Neymar Jr. (association football)
hasSuffix	Júnior ⓘ linked to: Jr.
isCompoundOf	Santos ⓘ Silva ⓘ
isSharedBy	Nadine da Silva Santos ⓘ Neymar da Silva Santos ⓘ linked to: Neymar Jr. (association football) Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior ⓘ linked to: Neymar Jr. (association football) Rafaella Beckran da Silva Santos ⓘ
occupation	association football player ⓘ football agent ⓘ