San Felipe de Austin
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San Felipe de Austin was an early 19th-century colonial settlement in Mexican Texas that served as the capital of Stephen F. Austin’s colony and a key political and commercial center before the Texas Revolution.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| San Felipe de Austin canonical | 3 |
| San Felipe de Austin, Texas | 2 |
| Austin’s Colony | 1 |
| Stephen F. Austin (indirectly, as capital of his colony) | 1 |
| Stephen F. Austin’s colony | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2465220 — 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: San Felipe de Austin Context triple: [David G. Burnet, residence, San Felipe de Austin]
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A.
Del Rio
Del Rio is a border city in southwestern Texas known for its proximity to the Rio Grande and Laughlin Air Force Base.
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B.
Hidalgo
Hidalgo is a central Mexican state known for its mountainous terrain, rich mining history, and diverse indigenous cultural heritage.
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C.
Hidalgo
Hidalgo is a major Mexico City Metro station that serves as an important transfer point between multiple lines in the city’s rapid transit system.
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D.
San Felipe
San Felipe is a historic city in central Chile known for its agricultural surroundings and role as a commercial and administrative center in the Aconcagua Valley.
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E.
San Felipe
San Felipe is a small coastal town in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula known for its colorful wooden houses, fishing traditions, and access to rich mangrove and wildlife areas.
- 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: San Felipe de Austin Target entity description: San Felipe de Austin was an early 19th-century colonial settlement in Mexican Texas that served as the capital of Stephen F. Austin’s colony and a key political and commercial center before the Texas Revolution.
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A.
Del Rio
Del Rio is a border city in southwestern Texas known for its proximity to the Rio Grande and Laughlin Air Force Base.
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B.
Hidalgo
Hidalgo is a major Mexico City Metro station that serves as an important transfer point between multiple lines in the city’s rapid transit system.
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C.
Hidalgo
Hidalgo is a central Mexican state known for its mountainous terrain, rich mining history, and diverse indigenous cultural heritage.
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D.
San Felipe
San Felipe is a historic city in central Chile known for its agricultural surroundings and role as a commercial and administrative center in the Aconcagua Valley.
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E.
San Felipe
San Felipe is a small coastal town in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula known for its colorful wooden houses, fishing traditions, and access to rich mangrove and wildlife areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial capital
ⓘ
former town ⓘ historic settlement ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Consultation of 1835 (meetings and organizing)
ⓘ
Convention of 1832 ⓘ Convention of 1832 ⓘ
surface form:
Convention of 1833
Texas Revolution ⓘ |
| country |
Mexican Texas
ⓘ
surface form:
Mexico (historical, Mexican Texas)
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States (present-day)
|
| currentStatus |
historic site
ⓘ
unincorporated community area ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | Texian forces (to prevent use by Mexican army) ⓘ |
| destroyedDuring | Texas Revolution ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
land administration
ⓘ
mercantile business ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| established | 1823 ⓘ |
| foundedAs | capital of Stephen F. Austin’s colony ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Stephen F. Austin ⓘ |
| foundedUnderAuthorityOf |
Government of Mexico
ⓘ
surface form:
Mexican government
|
| governedBy | ayuntamiento (municipal council) in Mexican period ⓘ |
| hadFunction | land office for Austin’s Colony ⓘ |
| hadInfrastructure |
inns and boarding houses
ⓘ
printing press (during colonial period) ⓘ stores and warehouses ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | state historic site (Texas) ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Mexican Texas ⓘ |
| languageOfAdministration |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Austin County, Texas
ⓘ
Texas ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Brazos River ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Saint Philip
ⓘ
San Felipe de Austin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Stephen F. Austin (indirectly, as capital of his colony)
|
| near | present-day town of San Felipe, Texas ⓘ |
| partOf |
San Felipe de Austin
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Austin’s Colony
|
| populationType |
Anglo-American colonists
ⓘ
Tejano residents ⓘ |
| region |
Brazos Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Brazos River valley
|
| role |
capital of Austin’s Colony
ⓘ
commercial center in Mexican Texas ⓘ political center of Mexican Texas colonization ⓘ |
| servedAs | seat of government for Austin’s Colony ⓘ |
| significance |
center of early Texian political organization
ⓘ
one of the most important Anglo-American settlements in Mexican Texas ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| transportRole | waypoint on overland routes between interior Texas and Gulf Coast ⓘ |
| yearDestroyed | 1836 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: San Felipe de Austin Description of subject: San Felipe de Austin was an early 19th-century colonial settlement in Mexican Texas that served as the capital of Stephen F. Austin’s colony and a key political and commercial center before the Texas Revolution.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Provisional Government of Texas
this entity surface form:
San Felipe de Austin, Texas
this entity surface form:
San Felipe de Austin, Texas
this entity surface form:
Stephen F. Austin (indirectly, as capital of his colony)
this entity surface form:
Austin’s Colony
this entity surface form:
Stephen F. Austin’s colony