diff --git a/spacy/kb.pxd b/spacy/kb.pxd
index c0998eadb..54ee49a3f 100644
--- a/spacy/kb.pxd
+++ b/spacy/kb.pxd
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ cdef struct _AliasC:
 # TODO: document
 cdef class Candidate:
 
+    cdef readonly KnowledgeBase kb
     cdef hash_t entity_hash
     cdef hash_t alias_hash
     cdef float prior_prob
diff --git a/spacy/kb.pyx b/spacy/kb.pyx
index cca24d4f8..52c8ad8f0 100644
--- a/spacy/kb.pyx
+++ b/spacy/kb.pyx
@@ -5,16 +5,31 @@ from spacy.errors import user_warning
 
 cdef class Candidate:
 
-    def __init__(self, entity_hash, alias_hash, prior_prob):
+    def __init__(self, KnowledgeBase kb, entity_hash, alias_hash, prior_prob):
+        self.kb = kb
         self.entity_hash = entity_hash
         self.alias_hash = alias_hash
         self.prior_prob = prior_prob
 
-    def get_entity_name(self, KnowledgeBase kb):
-        return kb.strings[self.entity_hash]
+    property kb_id_:
+        """RETURNS (unicode): ID of this entity in the KB"""
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.kb.strings[self.entity_hash]
 
-    def get_alias_name(self, KnowledgeBase kb):
-        return kb.strings[self.alias_hash]
+    property kb_id:
+        """RETURNS (uint64): hash of the entity's KB ID"""
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.entity_hash
+
+    property alias_:
+        """RETURNS (unicode): ID of the original alias"""
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.kb.strings[self.alias_hash]
+
+    property alias:
+        """RETURNS (uint64): hash of the alias"""
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.alias_hash
 
     property prior_prob:
         def __get__(self):
@@ -40,6 +55,10 @@ cdef class KnowledgeBase:
         return self._aliases_table.size() - 1 # not counting dummy element on index 0
 
     def add_entity(self, unicode entity_id, float prob, vectors=None, features=None):
+        """
+        Add an entity to the KB.
+        Return the hash of the entity ID at the end
+        """
         cdef hash_t id_hash = self.strings.add(entity_id)
 
         # Return if this entity was added before
@@ -52,8 +71,13 @@ cdef class KnowledgeBase:
         # TODO self._vectors_table.get_pointer(vectors),
         # self._features_table.get(features))
 
+        return id_hash
+
     def add_alias(self, unicode alias, entities, probabilities):
-        """For a given alias, add its potential entities and prior probabilies to the KB."""
+        """
+        For a given alias, add its potential entities and prior probabilies to the KB.
+        Return the alias_hash at the end
+        """
 
         # Throw an error if the length of entities and probabilities are not the same
         if not len(entities) == len(probabilities):
@@ -91,13 +115,16 @@ cdef class KnowledgeBase:
 
         self.c_add_aliases(alias_hash=alias_hash, entry_indices=entry_indices, probs=probs)
 
+        return alias_hash
+
 
     def get_candidates(self, unicode alias):
         cdef hash_t alias_hash = self.strings[alias]
         alias_index = <int64_t>self._alias_index.get(alias_hash)
         alias_entry = self._aliases_table[alias_index]
 
-        return [Candidate(entity_hash=self._entries[entry_index].entity_hash,
+        return [Candidate(kb=self,
+                          entity_hash=self._entries[entry_index].entity_hash,
                           alias_hash=alias_hash,
                           prior_prob=prob)
                       for (entry_index, prob) in zip(alias_entry.entry_indices, alias_entry.probs)]
diff --git a/spacy/sandbox_test_sofie/testing_el.py b/spacy/sandbox_test_sofie/testing_el.py
index 5c0d6a037..3a81effbc 100644
--- a/spacy/sandbox_test_sofie/testing_el.py
+++ b/spacy/sandbox_test_sofie/testing_el.py
@@ -38,29 +38,17 @@ def create_kb():
 
     print("kb size", len(mykb), mykb.get_size_entities(), mykb.get_size_aliases())
 
-    print("candidates for", alias1)
-    candidates1 = mykb.get_candidates(alias1)
-    for candidate in candidates1:
-        print(" candidate")
-        print("  name", candidate.get_entity_name(mykb))
-        print("  alias", candidate.get_alias_name(mykb))
-        print("  prior_prob", candidate.prior_prob)
-
-    print("candidates for", alias2)
-    candidates2 = mykb.get_candidates(alias2)
-    for candidate in candidates2:
-        print(" candidate")
-        print("  name", candidate.get_entity_name(mykb))
-        print("  alias", candidate.get_alias_name(mykb))
-        print("  prior_prob", candidate.prior_prob)
-
-    print("candidates for", alias3)
-    candidates3 = mykb.get_candidates(alias3)
-    for candidate in candidates3:
-        print(" candidate")
-        print("  name", candidate.get_entity_name(mykb))
-        print("  alias", candidate.get_alias_name(mykb))
-        print("  prior_prob", candidate.prior_prob)
+    for alias in [alias1, alias2, alias3]:
+        print()
+        print("candidates for", alias)
+        candidates = mykb.get_candidates(alias)
+        for candidate in candidates:
+            print(" candidate")
+            print("  kb_id", candidate.kb_id)
+            print("  kb_id_", candidate.kb_id_)
+            print("  alias", candidate.alias)
+            print("  alias_", candidate.alias_)
+            print("  prior_prob", candidate.prior_prob)
 
 
 def add_el():