gistfile1.tex

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}

\pgfplotsset{tick style={very thin,gray,font=\fontnotesize}}
\begin{axis}[xmin=0,ymin=0,xmax=6,ymax=6,grid=major,ytick={0,...,6}]
\addplot[
    black,
    thick,
    mark=*,
    mark options={fill=white},
    visualization depends on=\thisrow{alignment} \as \alignment,
    nodes near coords, % Place nodes near each coordinate
    point meta=explicit symbolic, % The meta data used in the nodes is not explicitly provided and not numeric
    every node near coord/.style={anchor=\alignment} % Align each coordinate at the anchor 40 degrees clockwise from the right edge
    ] table [% Provide data as a table
     meta index=2 % the meta data is found in the third column
     ] {
x       y       label       alignment

};
\end{axis}

\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}