provisional government of Texas
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The provisional government of Texas was the temporary authority established by Texan revolutionaries in 1835–1836 to administer the region and lead the break from Mexican rule before the formal Republic of Texas was created.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Provisional Government of Texas | 1 |
| provisional government of Texas canonical | 1 |
| provisional government of the Republic of Texas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1008136 — 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: provisional government of Texas Context triple: [Congress of the Republic of Texas, precededBy, provisional government of Texas]
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A.
Congress of the Republic of Texas
The Congress of the Republic of Texas was the bicameral national legislative body that governed the independent Republic of Texas between 1836 and its annexation by the United States in 1845.
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B.
Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836)
The Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836) was the founding legal charter that established Texas as an independent republic, outlining its governmental structure, civil rights, and legal framework following its separation from Mexico.
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C.
Constitution of 1866 (Texas)
The Constitution of 1866 (Texas) was the post–Civil War state constitution adopted during Reconstruction that attempted to restore Texas to the Union while making only limited changes to its prewar legal and social order.
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D.
Republic of Texas
The Republic of Texas was an independent sovereign nation in North America from 1836 to 1845, formed after winning independence from Mexico before later joining the United States.
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E.
Government of Texas
The Government of Texas is the state’s political and administrative authority, comprising the executive, legislative, and judicial branches that create and enforce laws for Texas.
- 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: provisional government of Texas Target entity description: The provisional government of Texas was the temporary authority established by Texan revolutionaries in 1835–1836 to administer the region and lead the break from Mexican rule before the formal Republic of Texas was created.
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A.
Congress of the Republic of Texas
The Congress of the Republic of Texas was the bicameral national legislative body that governed the independent Republic of Texas between 1836 and its annexation by the United States in 1845.
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B.
Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836)
The Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836) was the founding legal charter that established Texas as an independent republic, outlining its governmental structure, civil rights, and legal framework following its separation from Mexico.
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C.
Constitution of 1866 (Texas)
The Constitution of 1866 (Texas) was the post–Civil War state constitution adopted during Reconstruction that attempted to restore Texas to the Union while making only limited changes to its prewar legal and social order.
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D.
Republic of Texas
The Republic of Texas was an independent sovereign nation in North America from 1836 to 1845, formed after winning independence from Mexico before later joining the United States.
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E.
Government of Texas
The Government of Texas is the state’s political and administrative authority, comprising the executive, legislative, and judicial branches that create and enforce laws for Texas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical government
ⓘ
provisional government ⓘ revolutionary government ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Texan revolutionaries ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory | Texas ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| countryInPresentDay | United States of America ⓘ |
| diplomaticActivity | sought support from the United States ⓘ |
| diplomaticStatus | unrecognized by Mexico ⓘ |
| dissolvedAfterEvent | adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Texas ⓘ |
| endTime | 1836 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Consultation of 1835 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Republic of Texas ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
Texan military forces
ⓘ
civil administration in rebel‑held Texas ⓘ |
| hasConflict |
Centralist Mexican government
ⓘ
surface form:
Mexican central government
|
| hasExecutiveBranch | Governor and executive officers ⓘ |
| hasFormOfTerritorialOrganization | rebel territory ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
administration of Texas during revolution
ⓘ
independence from Mexico ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasIdeology | Texan independence movement ⓘ |
| hasLegalBasis | acts of the Consultation of 1835 ⓘ |
| hasLegislativeBranch | General Council ⓘ |
| hasPart |
General Council of Texas
ⓘ
Governor of Texas (provisional) ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfGovernment | republican ⓘ |
| headOfGovernment | Henry Smith ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Coahuila y Tejas ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| legalForm | provisional government ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | General Council of Texas ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDayAdministrativeEntity |
Texas
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Texas
|
| natureOfStatement | temporary authority ⓘ |
| officeHeldByHeadOfGovernment | Governor ⓘ |
| partOf | Texas Revolution ⓘ |
| precededBy | local Texan revolutionary committees ⓘ |
| reasonForAbolition | creation of permanent republican government ⓘ |
| replaces | Mexican authority in Texas ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Texas Revolution
ⓘ
drafting of Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ internal disputes between governor and General Council ⓘ organization of Texan war effort ⓘ |
| significantPlace | San Felipe de Austin ⓘ |
| startTime | 1835 ⓘ |
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: provisional government of Texas Description of subject: The provisional government of Texas was the temporary authority established by Texan revolutionaries in 1835–1836 to administer the region and lead the break from Mexican rule before the formal Republic of Texas was created.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Provisional Government of Texas
this entity surface form:
provisional government of the Republic of Texas