diff --git a/spacy/kb.pxd b/spacy/kb.pxd
index 43f3e83e8..7ee7f38be 100644
--- a/spacy/kb.pxd
+++ b/spacy/kb.pxd
@@ -116,4 +116,10 @@ cdef class KnowledgeBase:
                 probs=probs
             ))
         self._alias_index[alias_key] = alias_index
-        return alias_index
\ No newline at end of file
+        return alias_index
+
+    cdef inline c_get_candidates(self, hash_t alias_key):
+        cdef int64_t alias_index = self._alias_index[alias_key]
+        cdef _AliasC candidates = self._aliases_table[alias_index]
+        print("candidates", candidates)
+
diff --git a/spacy/kb.pyx b/spacy/kb.pyx
index d2b8fffe1..f420e0b73 100644
--- a/spacy/kb.pyx
+++ b/spacy/kb.pyx
@@ -38,5 +38,8 @@ cdef class KnowledgeBase:
 
         self.c_add_aliases(alias_key=alias_hash, entities=entities, probabilities=probabilities)
 
-
+    def get_candidates(self, unicode alias):
+        cdef hash_t alias_hash = hash_string(alias)
+        cdef _AliasC candidates = self.c_get_candidates(alias_key=alias_hash)
+        return candidates
 
diff --git a/spacy/sandbox_test_sofie/testing_el.py b/spacy/sandbox_test_sofie/testing_el.py
index 840d890b5..9a5ab638d 100644
--- a/spacy/sandbox_test_sofie/testing_el.py
+++ b/spacy/sandbox_test_sofie/testing_el.py
@@ -6,12 +6,26 @@ def create_kb():
     mykb = KnowledgeBase()
     print("kb size", len(mykb))
 
-    entity_id = "Q42"
-    mykb.add_entity(entity_id=entity_id, prob=0.5)
-    print("adding entity", entity_id)
+    # adding entities
+    entity_42 = "Q42"   # douglas adams
+    mykb.add_entity(entity_id=entity_42, prob=0.5)
+    print("adding entity", entity_42)
+
+    entity_5301561 = "Q5301561"
+    mykb.add_entity(entity_id=entity_5301561, prob=0.5)
+    print("adding entity", entity_5301561)
 
     print("kb size", len(mykb))
 
+    # adding aliases
+    alias = "douglas"
+    print("adding alias", alias)
+    mykb.add_alias(alias=alias, entities=["Q42", "Q5301561"], probabilities=[0.8, 0.2])
+    print("kb size", len(mykb))
+
+    print("aliases for", alias)
+    mykb.get_candidates(alias)
+
 
 def add_el():
     nlp = spacy.load('en_core_web_sm')