Federal District of Mexico (historical)
E18745
The Federal District of Mexico (historical) was the former federal territory that encompassed Mexico City and served as the nation’s political and administrative capital before its reorganization into Mexico City as a federal entity.
All labels observed (10)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T155946 — 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: Federal District of Mexico (historical) Context triple: [Álvaro Obregón, isSubdivisionOf, Federal District of Mexico (historical)]
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Northwestern Federal District
The Northwestern Federal District is an administrative region of Russia that encompasses the country’s northwestern territories, including the city of St. Petersburg.
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B.
Government of Mexico
The Government of Mexico is the federal authority of the United Mexican States, responsible for national governance, public policy, and international relations.
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Mexico
Mexico is a large North American country known for its rich pre-Columbian and colonial history, diverse cultures, and influential cuisine and arts.
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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.
Tlalpan
Tlalpan is one of the largest and southernmost boroughs of Mexico City, known for its extensive green areas, historic center, and mix of urban and rural zones.
- 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: Federal District of Mexico (historical) Target entity description: The Federal District of Mexico (historical) was the former federal territory that encompassed Mexico City and served as the nation’s political and administrative capital before its reorganization into Mexico City as a federal entity.
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A.
Northwestern Federal District
The Northwestern Federal District is an administrative region of Russia that encompasses the country’s northwestern territories, including the city of St. Petersburg.
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B.
Government of Mexico
The Government of Mexico is the federal authority of the United Mexican States, responsible for national governance, public policy, and international relations.
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C.
Mexico
Mexico is a large North American country known for its rich pre-Columbian and colonial history, diverse cultures, and influential cuisine and arts.
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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.
Tlalpan
Tlalpan is one of the largest and southernmost boroughs of Mexico City, known for its extensive green areas, historic center, and mix of urban and rural zones.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative division of Mexico
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federal territory ⓘ former federal district ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Morelos
ⓘ
State of Mexico ⓘ |
| capital | Mexico City ⓘ |
| capitalOf |
Mexico
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surface form:
United Mexican States
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| contained | Mexico City ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| function | seat of the federal powers of Mexico ⓘ |
| governmentType | federal district government ⓘ |
| hasCapitalDistrictStatus | true ⓘ |
| legalStatusChange | reorganized as Mexico City (federal entity) ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Central Mexico ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mexico City ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| partOf | Mexican federation ⓘ |
| role |
administrative capital of Mexico
ⓘ
political capital of Mexico ⓘ |
| shortName |
Distrito Federal
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surface form:
D.F.
Distrito Federal ⓘ |
| status | abolished ⓘ |
| successor | Mexico City (federal entity) ⓘ |
| usedAs |
seat of the executive branch of Mexico
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seat of the judicial branch of Mexico ⓘ seat of the legislative branch of Mexico ⓘ |
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: Federal District of Mexico (historical) Description of subject: The Federal District of Mexico (historical) was the former federal territory that encompassed Mexico City and served as the nation’s political and administrative capital before its reorganization into Mexico City as a federal entity.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Federal District (Mexico)
this entity surface form:
Federal District (historical administrative division)
this entity surface form:
Federal District (historical entity)
this entity surface form:
Federal District (historical administrative entity)
this entity surface form:
Federal District (Mexico City) jurisdiction
this entity surface form:
Federal District of Mexico City (before 2016)
this entity surface form:
Federal District (historical)
this entity surface form:
Federal District of Mexico (historical administrative division)
Secretariat of Communications and Public Works headquarters
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locatedIn
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Federal District of Mexico (historical)
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this entity surface form:
Federal District (historical entity)
this entity surface form:
Federal District (historical administrative entity)
this entity surface form:
Federal District (former administrative entity)
this entity surface form:
Federal District (historical)
subject surface form:
Iztapalapa
subject surface form:
Cuajimalpa de Morelos