Edvaldo
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Edvaldo is the given first name of the Brazilian footballer widely known by his nickname Vavá.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edvaldo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11273750 — 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: Edvaldo Context triple: [Vavá, givenName, Edvaldo]
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A.
Salvio Pacheco
Salvio Pacheco was a 19th-century Californio ranchero and landowner whose legacy includes the founding and namesake of the city of Pacheco, California.
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B.
Heitor Pereira
Heitor Pereira is a Brazilian composer and musician best known for his film scores, particularly for animated features such as the Despicable Me series.
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C.
Waldir Pereira
Waldir Pereira, better known as Didi, was a legendary Brazilian footballer renowned as one of the greatest midfielders in history and a key figure in Brazil’s 1958 and 1962 World Cup victories.
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D.
Aloísio
Aloísio is a masculine given name commonly used in Portuguese-speaking countries, borne by various notable figures in religion, sports, and public life.
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E.
Sérgio
Sérgio is a Portuguese given name commonly used in Brazil and other Lusophone countries.
- 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: Edvaldo Target entity description: Edvaldo is the given first name of the Brazilian footballer widely known by his nickname Vavá.
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A.
Salvio Pacheco
Salvio Pacheco was a 19th-century Californio ranchero and landowner whose legacy includes the founding and namesake of the city of Pacheco, California.
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B.
Heitor Pereira
Heitor Pereira is a Brazilian composer and musician best known for his film scores, particularly for animated features such as the Despicable Me series.
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C.
Waldir Pereira
Waldir Pereira, better known as Didi, was a legendary Brazilian footballer renowned as one of the greatest midfielders in history and a key figure in Brazil’s 1958 and 1962 World Cup victories.
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D.
Aloísio
Aloísio is a masculine given name commonly used in Portuguese-speaking countries, borne by various notable figures in religion, sports, and public life.
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E.
Sérgio
Sérgio is a Portuguese given name commonly used in Brazil and other Lusophone countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese masculine given name
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association football player ⓘ given name ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthName | Edvaldo Izidio Neto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Brazil ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934-11-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2002-01-19 ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| givenName | Edvaldo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDiminutiveForm | Vavá NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenderAssociation | male ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Vavá NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Portuguese ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam | Brazil national football team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Vavá NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | scoring in two FIFA World Cup finals ⓘ |
| participantIn |
1958 FIFA World Cup
NERFINISHED
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1962 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Recife, Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | São Paulo, Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | forward ⓘ |
| sport | football ⓘ |
| usedAs | first name ⓘ |
| usedInCountry | Brazil ⓘ |
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: Edvaldo Description of subject: Edvaldo is the given first name of the Brazilian footballer widely known by his nickname Vavá.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.