Cocom Maya
E403713
The Cocom Maya were a powerful Maya dynasty and polity in the Yucatán Peninsula, known for ruling from the city of Mayapán and resisting Spanish conquest in the 16th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cocom | 1 |
| Cocom Maya canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3991087 — 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: Cocom Maya Context triple: [Spanish conquest of Yucatán, opponent, Cocom Maya]
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A.
Poqomam Maya
The Poqomam Maya are an indigenous Maya people of Guatemala and neighboring regions, known for their distinct Mayan language and cultural traditions that persisted despite colonial-era conflicts and displacement.
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B.
Chol Maya
Chol Maya are an indigenous Maya people of southern Mexico, primarily living in the state of Chiapas, known for their distinct Mayan language and traditional agricultural and cultural practices.
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C.
Itza Maya
The Itza Maya were a powerful Late Postclassic Maya group centered at Nojpetén in present-day Guatemala, known as one of the last independent Maya polities to resist Spanish conquest until the late 17th century.
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D.
Amaya Namani
Amaya Namani is an individual known for a close professional or personal association with Jules Reyes.
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E.
Mariquita
Mariquita is a historic town in central Colombia known as an early colonial settlement and former mining center.
- 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: Cocom Maya Target entity description: The Cocom Maya were a powerful Maya dynasty and polity in the Yucatán Peninsula, known for ruling from the city of Mayapán and resisting Spanish conquest in the 16th century.
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A.
Poqomam Maya
The Poqomam Maya are an indigenous Maya people of Guatemala and neighboring regions, known for their distinct Mayan language and cultural traditions that persisted despite colonial-era conflicts and displacement.
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B.
Chol Maya
Chol Maya are an indigenous Maya people of southern Mexico, primarily living in the state of Chiapas, known for their distinct Mayan language and traditional agricultural and cultural practices.
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C.
Itza Maya
The Itza Maya were a powerful Late Postclassic Maya group centered at Nojpetén in present-day Guatemala, known as one of the last independent Maya polities to resist Spanish conquest until the late 17th century.
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D.
Amaya Namani
Amaya Namani is an individual known for a close professional or personal association with Jules Reyes.
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E.
Mariquita
Mariquita is a historic town in central Colombia known as an early colonial settlement and former mining center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maya dynasty
ⓘ
Maya polity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Puuc Maya
ⓘ
surface form:
Mayapán League
|
| capital | Mayapán ⓘ |
| conflict | Spanish conquest of Yucatán ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| culture | Maya civilization ⓘ |
| endTime | 16th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Maya ⓘ |
| ethnonym |
Cocom family
ⓘ
surface form:
Cocom
|
| governmentType | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| hasDynastyName |
Cocom Maya
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cocom
|
| hasLanguage |
Yucatec Maya
ⓘ
surface form:
Yucatec Maya language
|
| hasRulingCity | Mayapán ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Maya lowlands
ⓘ
surface form:
Lowland Maya area
|
| knownFor |
being a powerful Maya dynasty in northern Yucatán
ⓘ
resisting Spanish conquest in the 16th century ⓘ ruling from Mayapán ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Yucatán state
ⓘ
surface form:
Yucatán
Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Spanish conquistadors ⓘ |
| partOf | Postclassic Maya political network ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | Maya city-state ⓘ |
| region |
Yucatán Peninsula
ⓘ
surface form:
northern Yucatán
|
| religion | Maya religion ⓘ |
| ruledFrom | Mayapán ⓘ |
| startTime | 13th century ⓘ |
| successorState |
southern New Spain
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish colonial Yucatán
|
| timePeriod |
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
ⓘ
surface form:
Postclassic Maya period
|
| usesScript | Maya script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cocom Maya Description of subject: The Cocom Maya were a powerful Maya dynasty and polity in the Yucatán Peninsula, known for ruling from the city of Mayapán and resisting Spanish conquest in the 16th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cocom