José Cecilio del Valle
E175414
José Cecilio del Valle was a prominent Central American statesman, jurist, and intellectual who played a key role in drafting and promoting the region’s independence from Spanish rule.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| José Cecilio del Valle canonical | 3 |
| José Cecilio | 1 |
| José Cecilio del Valle y Mejía | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1045052 — 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: José Cecilio del Valle Context triple: [Central American independence movement, hasLeader, José Cecilio del Valle]
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A.
Juan Bautista Arismendi
Juan Bautista Arismendi was a prominent Venezuelan military leader and patriot who played a crucial role in the struggle for Venezuela’s independence from Spanish rule.
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B.
José de Urrea
José de Urrea was a Mexican general noted for his skilled and largely successful campaigns against Texan forces during the Texas Revolution.
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C.
Antonio de Villarroel
Antonio de Villarroel was a Spanish military commander best known for leading the defense of Barcelona during the final stages of the War of the Spanish Succession.
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D.
José Joaquín de Olmedo
José Joaquín de Olmedo was an Ecuadorian poet, lawyer, and statesman who played a leading role in his country's independence movement and later served as its first vice president.
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E.
Vicente Pérez Rosales
Vicente Pérez Rosales was a 19th-century Chilean politician, colonization agent, and writer who played a key role in promoting European settlement and development in southern Chile.
- 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: José Cecilio del Valle Target entity description: José Cecilio del Valle was a prominent Central American statesman, jurist, and intellectual who played a key role in drafting and promoting the region’s independence from Spanish rule.
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A.
Juan Bautista Arismendi
Juan Bautista Arismendi was a prominent Venezuelan military leader and patriot who played a crucial role in the struggle for Venezuela’s independence from Spanish rule.
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B.
José de Urrea
José de Urrea was a Mexican general noted for his skilled and largely successful campaigns against Texan forces during the Texas Revolution.
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C.
Antonio de Villarroel
Antonio de Villarroel was a Spanish military commander best known for leading the defense of Barcelona during the final stages of the War of the Spanish Succession.
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D.
José Joaquín de Olmedo
José Joaquín de Olmedo was an Ecuadorian poet, lawyer, and statesman who played a leading role in his country's independence movement and later served as its first vice president.
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E.
Vicente Pérez Rosales
Vicente Pérez Rosales was a 19th-century Chilean politician, colonization agent, and writer who played a key role in promoting European settlement and development in southern Chile.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
intellectual ⓘ jurist ⓘ politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1780-11-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Guatemala Captaincy General
ⓘ
surface form:
Captaincy General of Guatemala
Choluteca ⓘ present-day Honduras ⓘ |
| candidateForOffice | president of the Federal Republic of Central America ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Central America
ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Honduran currency banknotes ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | place names in Honduras ⓘ |
| country |
United Provinces of Central America
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Republic of Central America
|
| deathDate | 1834-03-02 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Guatemala
ⓘ
Guatemala City ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | del Valle ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
law
ⓘ
political theory ⓘ politics ⓘ public administration ⓘ |
| fullName |
José Cecilio del Valle
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
José Cecilio del Valle y Mejía
|
| givenName |
José Cecilio del Valle
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
José Cecilio
|
| honorificTitle | El Sabio Valle ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Enlightenment philosophy
ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| movement | Central American independence movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of Central American unity
ⓘ
promotion of independence from Spanish rule ⓘ |
| notableWork | Act of Independence of Central America ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
ⓘ
jurist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ political philosopher ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
deputy in the Cortes of Cádiz
ⓘ
foreign minister of the Federal Republic of Central America ⓘ member of the constituent assembly of Central America ⓘ member of the governing junta of Central America ⓘ |
| region | Central America ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| role | principal drafter of the Act of Independence of Central America ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: José Cecilio del Valle Description of subject: José Cecilio del Valle was a prominent Central American statesman, jurist, and intellectual who played a key role in drafting and promoting the region’s independence from Spanish rule.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
José Cecilio del Valle y Mejía
this entity surface form:
José Cecilio