Mexico City Cathedral (remains later moved to the Independence Column)
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Mexico City Cathedral is a monumental Roman Catholic church and iconic landmark in the historic center of Mexico City, renowned as one of the oldest and largest cathedrals in the Americas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mexico City Cathedral (remains later moved to the Independence Column) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6324292 — 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: Mexico City Cathedral (remains later moved to the Independence Column) Context triple: [José María Morelos y Pavón, burialPlace, Mexico City Cathedral (remains later moved to the Independence Column)]
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A.
Plaza Mayor, Mexico City
Plaza Mayor in Mexico City is the historic main square of the city, long serving as its political and ceremonial heart and a focal point of public life since the colonial era.
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B.
Monument to Independence (El Ángel) in Mexico City
The Monument to Independence, commonly known as El Ángel, is an iconic golden-winged victory column on Mexico City’s Paseo de la Reforma that commemorates Mexico’s War of Independence and its heroes.
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C.
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Texcoco)
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Texcoco is a principal Roman Catholic church and historic religious landmark serving as the central place of worship for the local Catholic community in Texcoco, Mexico.
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D.
Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe
The Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral and prominent religious landmark located in downtown Dallas, Texas.
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E.
Monument to Cuauhtémoc
The Monument to Cuauhtémoc is a historic 19th-century statue and pedestal in Mexico City honoring the last Aztec emperor, celebrated as a symbol of indigenous resistance and national identity.
- 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: Mexico City Cathedral (remains later moved to the Independence Column) Target entity description: Mexico City Cathedral is a monumental Roman Catholic church and iconic landmark in the historic center of Mexico City, renowned as one of the oldest and largest cathedrals in the Americas.
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A.
Plaza Mayor, Mexico City
Plaza Mayor in Mexico City is the historic main square of the city, long serving as its political and ceremonial heart and a focal point of public life since the colonial era.
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B.
Monument to Independence (El Ángel) in Mexico City
The Monument to Independence, commonly known as El Ángel, is an iconic golden-winged victory column on Mexico City’s Paseo de la Reforma that commemorates Mexico’s War of Independence and its heroes.
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C.
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Texcoco)
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Texcoco is a principal Roman Catholic church and historic religious landmark serving as the central place of worship for the local Catholic community in Texcoco, Mexico.
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D.
Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe
The Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral and prominent religious landmark located in downtown Dallas, Texas.
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E.
Monument to Cuauhtémoc
The Monument to Cuauhtémoc is a historic 19th-century statue and pedestal in Mexico City honoring the last Aztec emperor, celebrated as a symbol of indigenous resistance and national identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic cathedral
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church building ⓘ landmark ⓘ |
| archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Baroque
ⓘ
surface form:
Baroque architecture
Neoclassical architecture ⓘ Renaissance architecture ⓘ |
| builtOnSiteOf | Aztec sacred precinct of Tenochtitlan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Mexico City ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1813 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1573 ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| countryCapital | Mexico City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Assumption of the Virgin Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| facing | Zócalo (Plaza de la Constitución) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function | seat of the Archbishop of Mexico ⓘ |
| governingBody | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBellTowers | 2 ⓘ |
| hasCrypt | yes ⓘ |
| hasDome | 1 ⓘ |
| hasOrgan | yes ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected historic monument of Mexico ⓘ |
| inception | 16th century ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy |
Latin
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Historic Center of Mexico City
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mexico City ⓘ Zócalo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | stone ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
central dome
ⓘ
multiple chapels ⓘ two bell towers ⓘ |
| partOf | Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| rite | Latin Rite ⓘ |
| significance |
one of the largest cathedrals in the Americas
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one of the oldest cathedrals in the Americas ⓘ |
| state | Mexico City (federal entity) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1987 ⓘ |
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: Mexico City Cathedral (remains later moved to the Independence Column) Description of subject: Mexico City Cathedral is a monumental Roman Catholic church and iconic landmark in the historic center of Mexico City, renowned as one of the oldest and largest cathedrals in the Americas.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
José María Morelos y Pavón