Ostional, Costa Rica
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Ostional, Costa Rica is a coastal village on the Nicoya Peninsula famed for its massive arribadas, when hundreds of thousands of olive ridley sea turtles come ashore to nest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ostional, Costa Rica canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6333641 — 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: Ostional, Costa Rica Context triple: [olive ridley sea turtle, majorNestingBeach, Ostional, Costa Rica]
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A.
Heredia, Costa Rica
Heredia, Costa Rica is a historic city in the country’s Central Valley known for its colonial architecture, coffee plantations, and role as part of the Greater San José metropolitan area.
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B.
Place du Costa Rica
Place du Costa Rica is a small public square in Paris’s 16th arrondissement, located near the Passy metro station and named in honor of the Central American country.
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C.
Vallehermoso
Vallehermoso is a rural municipality on the island of La Gomera in Spain’s Canary Islands, known for its rugged landscapes, traditional villages, and terraced agriculture.
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D.
Vallehermoso
Vallehermoso is a coastal agricultural municipality in northern Negros Oriental in the Philippines, known for its rural landscapes and proximity to the Tanon Strait.
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E.
Soyapango
Soyapango is a densely populated municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador, known as an important industrial and residential suburb of the capital city.
- 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: Ostional, Costa Rica Target entity description: Ostional, Costa Rica is a coastal village on the Nicoya Peninsula famed for its massive arribadas, when hundreds of thousands of olive ridley sea turtles come ashore to nest.
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A.
Heredia, Costa Rica
Heredia, Costa Rica is a historic city in the country’s Central Valley known for its colonial architecture, coffee plantations, and role as part of the Greater San José metropolitan area.
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B.
Place du Costa Rica
Place du Costa Rica is a small public square in Paris’s 16th arrondissement, located near the Passy metro station and named in honor of the Central American country.
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C.
Vallehermoso
Vallehermoso is a rural municipality on the island of La Gomera in Spain’s Canary Islands, known for its rugged landscapes, traditional villages, and terraced agriculture.
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D.
Vallehermoso
Vallehermoso is a coastal agricultural municipality in northern Negros Oriental in the Philippines, known for its rural landscapes and proximity to the Tanon Strait.
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E.
Soyapango
Soyapango is a densely populated municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador, known as an important industrial and residential suburb of the capital city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human settlement
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| arribadasFrequency | several times per year ⓘ |
| arribadasPeakMonths | roughly August to December ⓘ |
| climate | tropical climate ⓘ |
| coastType | Pacific coast ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | part of a national wildlife refuge ⓘ |
| country | Costa Rica ⓘ |
| governedBy | municipality of Santa Cruz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAccess | by road from Nosara and Santa Cruz ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
beach tourism
ⓘ
ecotourism ⓘ sea turtle watching ⓘ surfing ⓘ |
| hasCommunity |
conservation-oriented residents
ⓘ
local fishing families ⓘ |
| hasConservationProgram | community-based sea turtle egg harvest program ⓘ |
| hasEconomyBasedOn |
fishing
ⓘ
sea turtle-related ecotourism ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasEcosystem | marine-coastal ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasEvent | arribadas of olive ridley sea turtles ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
black sand beach
ⓘ
coastal village setting ⓘ turtle nesting beach ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
basic tourist services
ⓘ
small lodges and cabins ⓘ unpaved roads ⓘ |
| hasProtectedArea | Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Ostional NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSeason |
dry season
ⓘ
rainy season ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
Lepidochelys olivacea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
olive ridley sea turtle ⓘ |
| knownFor |
massive arribadas of olive ridley sea turtles
ⓘ
sea turtle nesting beach ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Guanacaste Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nicoya Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Pacific coast of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| nearbyBodyOfWater | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyPlace |
Nosara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Playa Guiones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Santa Cruz canton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | northwestern Costa Rica ⓘ |
| subjectTo | Costa Rican environmental regulations ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Standard Time
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| tourismType |
low-impact tourism
ⓘ
nature-based tourism ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | −6 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ostional, Costa Rica Description of subject: Ostional, Costa Rica is a coastal village on the Nicoya Peninsula famed for its massive arribadas, when hundreds of thousands of olive ridley sea turtles come ashore to nest.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
olive ridley sea turtle