Diego de Deza
E340069
Diego de Deza was a late 15th- and early 16th-century Spanish Dominican friar and theologian who became a powerful figure in the Catholic Church and a leading organizer of the Spanish Inquisition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diego de Deza canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3159796 — 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: Diego de Deza Context triple: [Grand Inquisitor, notableOfficeHolder, Diego de Deza]
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A.
Francisco de Valdez
Francisco de Valdez was a 16th-century Spanish general best known for leading Habsburg forces during the Dutch Revolt, including major operations in the Low Countries.
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B.
Juan de la Torre
Juan de la Torre was a Spanish military officer best known for commanding the defense of Manila during the British siege of 1762 in the Seven Years' War.
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C.
Fernando de Valdés
Fernando de Valdés was a 16th-century Spanish churchman and statesman who served as one of the most powerful and controversial Grand Inquisitors of the Spanish Inquisition.
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D.
Gabriel de la Mora
Gabriel de la Mora was a political leader associated with the Central American independence movement that sought to end Spanish colonial rule in the region.
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E.
Sebastián de Eslava
Sebastián de Eslava was an 18th-century Spanish military officer and colonial administrator best known for his role as viceroy of New Granada and his leadership in defending Cartagena de Indias against British attacks.
- 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: Diego de Deza Target entity description: Diego de Deza was a late 15th- and early 16th-century Spanish Dominican friar and theologian who became a powerful figure in the Catholic Church and a leading organizer of the Spanish Inquisition.
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A.
Francisco de Valdez
Francisco de Valdez was a 16th-century Spanish general best known for leading Habsburg forces during the Dutch Revolt, including major operations in the Low Countries.
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B.
Juan de la Torre
Juan de la Torre was a Spanish military officer best known for commanding the defense of Manila during the British siege of 1762 in the Seven Years' War.
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C.
Fernando de Valdés
Fernando de Valdés was a 16th-century Spanish churchman and statesman who served as one of the most powerful and controversial Grand Inquisitors of the Spanish Inquisition.
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D.
Gabriel de la Mora
Gabriel de la Mora was a political leader associated with the Central American independence movement that sought to end Spanish colonial rule in the region.
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E.
Sebastián de Eslava
Sebastián de Eslava was an 18th-century Spanish military officer and colonial administrator best known for his role as viceroy of New Granada and his leadership in defending Cartagena de Indias against British attacks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dominican friar
ⓘ
Grand Inquisitor of Spain ⓘ Roman Catholic bishop ⓘ human ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | early 16th century ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | late 15th century ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Ferdinand II of Aragon
ⓘ
Isabella I of Castile ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1444 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Toro, Crown of Castile
ⓘ
Toro, Zamora, Spain ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Crown of Castile
ⓘ
Spain ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1523 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Seville, Crown of Castile
ⓘ
Seville ⓘ
surface form:
Seville, Spain
|
| educatedAt | University of Salamanca ⓘ |
| employer | University of Salamanca ⓘ |
| era |
Early modern period
ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| familyName | de Deza ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
canon law
ⓘ
theology ⓘ |
| givenName | Diego ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Spanish ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Dominican friars
ⓘ
surface form:
Dominican Order
Order of Preachers ⓘ |
| name | Diego de Deza self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| notableRole | leading organizer of the Spanish Inquisition ⓘ |
| notableWork | organization of the Spanish Inquisition ⓘ |
| occupation |
Roman Catholic bishop
ⓘ
inquisitor ⓘ theologian ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| partOf | Spanish Inquisition ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Archbishop of Seville
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Bishop of Jaén ⓘ Bishop of Salamanca ⓘ Bishop of Zamora ⓘ Grand Inquisitor of Spain ⓘ Inquisitor General of Spain ⓘ confessor to the Catholic Monarchs ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| studentOf | Hernando de Talavera ⓘ |
| supported | voyages of Christopher Columbus ⓘ |
| teacherOf | Christopher Columbus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Diego de Deza Description of subject: Diego de Deza was a late 15th- and early 16th-century Spanish Dominican friar and theologian who became a powerful figure in the Catholic Church and a leading organizer of the Spanish Inquisition.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.