Tenochtitlan
E17076
Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the Aztec Empire, a vast and sophisticated metropolis built on an island in Lake Texcoco in central Mexico.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T34470 — 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: Tenochtitlan Context triple: [Mexico City, predecessor, Tenochtitlan]
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A.
Tláhuac
Tláhuac is a largely semi-rural borough in the southeastern part of Mexico City, known for its chinampas (traditional canal-based agriculture) and rapid urbanization.
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B.
Iztacalco
Iztacalco is one of the boroughs of Mexico City, known for its dense urban character, historic canals, and traditional neighborhoods.
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C.
Coyoacán
Coyoacán is a historic and culturally rich borough in southern Mexico City, known for its colonial architecture, cobblestone streets, and artistic heritage.
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D.
Mexico City
Mexico City is the densely populated cultural, political, and economic center of Mexico, known for its rich history, colonial architecture, and vibrant urban life.
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E.
Azcapotzalco
Azcapotzalco is a borough in the northwest of Mexico City known for its industrial zones, historic center, and pre-Hispanic heritage.
- 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: Tenochtitlan Target entity description: Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the Aztec Empire, a vast and sophisticated metropolis built on an island in Lake Texcoco in central Mexico.
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A.
Tláhuac
Tláhuac is a largely semi-rural borough in the southeastern part of Mexico City, known for its chinampas (traditional canal-based agriculture) and rapid urbanization.
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B.
Iztacalco
Iztacalco is one of the boroughs of Mexico City, known for its dense urban character, historic canals, and traditional neighborhoods.
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C.
Coyoacán
Coyoacán is a historic and culturally rich borough in southern Mexico City, known for its colonial architecture, cobblestone streets, and artistic heritage.
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D.
Mexico City
Mexico City is the densely populated cultural, political, and economic center of Mexico, known for its rich history, colonial architecture, and vibrant urban life.
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E.
Azcapotzalco
Azcapotzalco is a borough in the northwest of Mexico City known for its industrial zones, historic center, and pre-Hispanic heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
former capital city ⓘ historical city ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Texcoco
ⓘ
Tlacopan polity ⓘ
surface form:
Tlacopan
|
| builtOn |
artificially expanded island
ⓘ
island ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Aztec Empire ⓘ |
| conqueredBy |
Hernán Cortés
ⓘ
Spanish conquistadors ⓘ |
| conquestDate | 1521 ⓘ |
| country | Aztec Empire ⓘ |
| dedicatedToDeity |
Huitzilopochtli
ⓘ
Tlaloc ⓘ |
| destroyedIn | 1521 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Mexica
ⓘ
surface form:
Aztecs
Mexica ⓘ |
| foundingCentury | 14th century ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1325 ⓘ |
| governedBy | tlatoani ⓘ |
| knownFor |
complex canal system
ⓘ
large marketplaces ⓘ monumental architecture ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Nahuan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Nahuatl
|
| locatedIn |
Lake Texcoco
ⓘ
Valley of Mexico ⓘ central Mexico ⓘ |
| mainEthnicGroup | Mexica ⓘ |
| majorMarketplace |
Tlatelolco
ⓘ
surface form:
Tlatelolco market
|
| majorTemple | Templo Mayor ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
Ahuitzotl
ⓘ
Itzcoatl ⓘ Moctezuma II ⓘ |
| partOf | Triple Alliance ⓘ |
| populationEstimate |
200000
ⓘ
250000 ⓘ |
| populationEstimateTime | early 16th century ⓘ |
| presentDayCountry | Mexico ⓘ |
| presentDayLocation | Mexico City ⓘ |
| religion | Aztec religion ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Mexico City ⓘ |
| servedAs |
economic center of the Aztec Empire
ⓘ
political center of the Aztec Empire ⓘ religious center of the Aztec Empire ⓘ |
| urbanFeature |
ceremonial precinct
ⓘ
palaces ⓘ pyramidal temples ⓘ |
| usedAgriculturalSystem | chinampas ⓘ |
| usedInfrastructure |
aqueducts
ⓘ
canals ⓘ causeways ⓘ |
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: Tenochtitlan Description of subject: Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the Aztec Empire, a vast and sophisticated metropolis built on an island in Lake Texcoco in central Mexico.
Referenced by (114)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.