Tlacolula de Matamoros
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Tlacolula de Matamoros is a historic town and municipality in the Central Valleys region of Oaxaca, Mexico, known for its traditional Sunday market and nearby Zapotec archaeological sites.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tlacolula de Matamoros canonical | 3 |
| Tlacolula de Matamoros Municipality | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6906966 — 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: Tlacolula de Matamoros Context triple: [Lambityeco, locatedNear, Tlacolula de Matamoros]
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A.
Matamoros
Matamoros is a Mexican border city in the state of Tamaulipas, located directly across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, and known as an important hub for trade and manufacturing.
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B.
Ciudad Mante
Ciudad Mante is a city in the southern part of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas known for its sugarcane industry and proximity to natural attractions such as caves, rivers, and waterfalls.
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C.
Acapulco de Juárez
Acapulco de Juárez is a major Pacific coastal city and tourist resort in the Mexican state of Guerrero, renowned for its beaches, nightlife, and historic role as a key port.
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D.
Reynosa
Reynosa is a major industrial and border city in northeastern Mexico, located across the Rio Grande from McAllen, Texas.
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E.
Torreón
Torreón is a major industrial and commercial city in northern Mexico known for its manufacturing, agriculture, and role as an economic hub in the state of Coahuila.
- 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: Tlacolula de Matamoros Target entity description: Tlacolula de Matamoros is a historic town and municipality in the Central Valleys region of Oaxaca, Mexico, known for its traditional Sunday market and nearby Zapotec archaeological sites.
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A.
Matamoros
Matamoros is a Mexican border city in the state of Tamaulipas, located directly across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, and known as an important hub for trade and manufacturing.
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B.
Ciudad Mante
Ciudad Mante is a city in the southern part of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas known for its sugarcane industry and proximity to natural attractions such as caves, rivers, and waterfalls.
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C.
Acapulco de Juárez
Acapulco de Juárez is a major Pacific coastal city and tourist resort in the Mexican state of Guerrero, renowned for its beaches, nightlife, and historic role as a key port.
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D.
Reynosa
Reynosa is a major industrial and border city in northeastern Mexico, located across the Rio Grande from McAllen, Texas.
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E.
Torreón
Torreón is a major industrial and commercial city in northern Mexico known for its manufacturing, agriculture, and role as an economic hub in the state of Coahuila.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | municipality ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionType | municipality of Oaxaca ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| distanceFrom | approximately 30 km east of Oaxaca City ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
commerce ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| governmentType | municipal government ⓘ |
| hasFestival | religious fiestas honoring the Señor de Tlacolula ⓘ |
| hasIndigenousGroup | Zapotec people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMarketStructure | covered market building in town center ⓘ |
| hasMarketType | regional market ⓘ |
| hasNearbyNaturalFeature | valley landscapes of the Central Valleys of Oaxaca ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
16th-century Dominican church
ⓘ
elaborate baroque chapel known as La Capilla del Señor de Tlacolula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 70400 ⓘ |
| hasPreHispanicHeritage | Zapotec civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublicSpace | central plaza ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding | Parroquia de Santa María de la Asunción NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalArchitecture | adobe houses with red tile roofs ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalProduct |
handicrafts
ⓘ
mezcal ⓘ traditional Oaxacan foods ⓘ |
| isMunicipalSeatOf | Municipality of Tlacolula de Matamoros NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isTouristDestinationFor |
archaeological tourism
ⓘ
cultural tourism ⓘ gastronomic tourism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Zapotec cultural traditions
ⓘ
traditional Sunday market ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Spanish
ⓘ
Zapotec languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Valleys of Oaxaca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State of Oaxaca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Standard Time
|
| locatedInValley | Tlacolula Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnHighway | Federal Highway 190 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketDay | Sunday ⓘ |
| near |
Dainzú archaeological site
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mitla archaeological site NERFINISHED ⓘ Yagul archaeological site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observesDaylightSavingTime | Central Daylight Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Tlacolula District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Valles Centrales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| state | Oaxaca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Tlacolula de Matamoros Description of subject: Tlacolula de Matamoros is a historic town and municipality in the Central Valleys region of Oaxaca, Mexico, known for its traditional Sunday market and nearby Zapotec archaeological sites.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tlacolula de Matamoros Municipality