Pedro Menéndez de Avilés

Target entity: Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
Context triple: [St. Augustine, Florida, foundedBy, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés]

• A. Gaspar de Quesada
  Gaspar de Quesada was a Spanish navigator and officer who took part in Ferdinand Magellan’s circumnavigation expedition in the early 16th century.
• B. Blasco Núñez Vela
  Blasco Núñez Vela was a 16th-century Spanish colonial administrator and soldier who became the first viceroy of Peru and was killed in conflicts over enforcing the New Laws that limited the power of encomenderos.
• C. Alonso de Bazán
  Alonso de Bazán was a Spanish admiral of the late 16th century, noted for his role in defending Spain against English naval expeditions.
• D. Pedro de Mendoza
  Pedro de Mendoza was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador and explorer who led the first Spanish expedition to the Río de la Plata region and established the initial settlement that became Buenos Aires.
• E. Alonso de Carvajal
  Alonso de Carvajal was a Spanish nobleman and military figure active during the late Middle Ages, associated with the Carvajal family’s service to the Crown of Castile.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
Target entity description: Pedro Menéndez de Avilés was a 16th-century Spanish admiral and explorer best known for establishing Spain’s early colonial presence in what is now the southeastern United States.

• A. Gaspar de Quesada
  Gaspar de Quesada was a Spanish navigator and officer who took part in Ferdinand Magellan’s circumnavigation expedition in the early 16th century.
• B. Blasco Núñez Vela
  Blasco Núñez Vela was a 16th-century Spanish colonial administrator and soldier who became the first viceroy of Peru and was killed in conflicts over enforcing the New Laws that limited the power of encomenderos.
• C. Alonso de Bazán
  Alonso de Bazán was a Spanish admiral of the late 16th century, noted for his role in defending Spain against English naval expeditions.
• D. Pedro de Mendoza
  Pedro de Mendoza was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador and explorer who led the first Spanish expedition to the Río de la Plata region and established the initial settlement that became Buenos Aires.
• E. Alonso de Carvajal
  Alonso de Carvajal was a Spanish nobleman and military figure active during the late Middle Ages, associated with the Carvajal family’s service to the Crown of Castile.
• F. None of above. chosen