Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Antonio López de Santa Anna was a Mexican military leader and politician who dominated the country’s politics in the mid-19th century, serving multiple terms as president and playing a central role in events such as the Texas Revolution and the Mexican–American War.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T343800 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Antonio López de Santa Anna Context triple: [Siete Leyes, promulgatedUnderLeader, Antonio López de Santa Anna]
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Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez is a centrally located borough (delegación/alcaldía) of Mexico City known for its middle-class residential neighborhoods, commercial areas, and relatively high quality of life.
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Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez was a 19th-century Mexican lawyer and statesman who served multiple terms as president and is renowned for his liberal reforms and defense of national sovereignty.
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Ignacio Allende
Ignacio Allende was a Mexican army captain and early leader of the independence movement against Spanish rule, regarded as one of the founding heroes of Mexico’s struggle for freedom.
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José Antonio Echeverría
José Antonio Echeverría was a prominent Cuban student leader and revolutionary figure known for his opposition to the Batista dictatorship and his role in the Cuban revolutionary movement of the 1950s.
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E.
José María Morelos y Pavón
José María Morelos y Pavón was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary leader who became one of the foremost commanders and strategists of the Mexican War of Independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Antonio López de Santa Anna Target entity description: Antonio López de Santa Anna was a Mexican military leader and politician who dominated the country’s politics in the mid-19th century, serving multiple terms as president and playing a central role in events such as the Texas Revolution and the Mexican–American War.
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A.
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez is a centrally located borough (delegación/alcaldía) of Mexico City known for its middle-class residential neighborhoods, commercial areas, and relatively high quality of life.
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B.
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez was a 19th-century Mexican lawyer and statesman who served multiple terms as president and is renowned for his liberal reforms and defense of national sovereignty.
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C.
Ignacio Allende
Ignacio Allende was a Mexican army captain and early leader of the independence movement against Spanish rule, regarded as one of the founding heroes of Mexico’s struggle for freedom.
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D.
José Antonio Echeverría
José Antonio Echeverría was a prominent Cuban student leader and revolutionary figure known for his opposition to the Batista dictatorship and his role in the Cuban revolutionary movement of the 1950s.
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E.
José María Morelos y Pavón
José María Morelos y Pavón was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary leader who became one of the foremost commanders and strategists of the Mexican War of Independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mexican military officer
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Mexican politician ⓘ head of state ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Antonio López de Santa Anna
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surface form:
Santa Anna
the Napoleon of the West ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1794-02-21 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Xalapa
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surface form:
Xalapa, Veracruz, Viceroyalty of New Spain
|
| commanded |
Mexican army at the Battle of San Jacinto
ⓘ
Mexican forces ⓘ
surface form:
Mexican army at the Battle of the Alamo
Mexican forces in the Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Mexico ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1876-06-21 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Mexico City
ⓘ
surface form:
Mexico City, Mexico
|
| exiledTo |
Colombia
ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| familyName |
Antonio López de Santa Anna
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
López de Santa Anna
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| fullName |
Antonio López de Santa Anna
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón
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| givenName | Antonio ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | controversial and often negative in Mexican historiography ⓘ |
| ideology |
authoritarianism
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centralism ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
captured by Texan forces after the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836
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lost his left leg in combat during the Pastry War ⓘ signed treaties of Velasco after capture in Texas Revolution ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dominant role in Mexican politics in the mid-19th century
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multiple terms as president of Mexico ⓘ sale of Mexican territory to the United States in the Gadsden Purchase negotiations context ⓘ |
| numberOfTermsAsPresident | 11 ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Mexican War of Independence
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Mexican–American War ⓘ French intervention in Mexico ⓘ
surface form:
Pastry War
Texas Revolution ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
President of Mexico
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dictator of Mexico ⓘ interim President of Mexico ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| replacedBy | liberal reformers of the Plan of Ayutla ⓘ |
| returnedFromExile | 1853 ⓘ |
| sideInConflict |
Mexican insurgent forces (later in independence war)
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Royalist forces (early in career) ⓘ |
| spouse | Inés García ⓘ |
| termEnd | 1855 ⓘ |
| termStart | 1833 ⓘ |
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Subject: Antonio López de Santa Anna Description of subject: Antonio López de Santa Anna was a Mexican military leader and politician who dominated the country’s politics in the mid-19th century, serving multiple terms as president and playing a central role in events such as the Texas Revolution and the Mexican–American War.
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this entity surface form:
Antonio López de Santa Anna Arista