Manuel de Salcedo
E702224
Manuel de Salcedo was a Spanish colonial official who served as the last Spanish governor of Louisiana before its transfer to France and subsequent sale to the United States in the early 19th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Manuel de Salcedo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7923824 — 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: Manuel de Salcedo Context triple: [Spanish Louisiana, governor, Manuel de Salcedo]
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A.
Diego de Alvarado
Diego de Alvarado was a Spanish conquistador of the early 16th century, known primarily as a member of the influential Alvarado family involved in the conquest of Central America.
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B.
Jorge de Alvarado
Jorge de Alvarado was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador active in the conquest of Central America, known particularly for his role in the subjugation of Guatemala.
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C.
Hernández de Córdoba
Hernández de Córdoba is the Spanish family name of Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, an early 16th-century conquistador associated with the first Spanish expeditions to regions of present-day Mexico and Nicaragua.
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D.
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado was a Spanish conquistador best known for his brutal campaigns in Mexico and Central America and his role as a leading lieutenant of Hernán Cortés.
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E.
Pedrarias Dávila
Pedrarias Dávila was a Spanish conquistador and colonial governor of Castilla del Oro and later Nicaragua, notorious for his harsh rule and involvement in the early conquest of Central America.
- 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: Manuel de Salcedo Target entity description: Manuel de Salcedo was a Spanish colonial official who served as the last Spanish governor of Louisiana before its transfer to France and subsequent sale to the United States in the early 19th century.
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A.
Diego de Alvarado
Diego de Alvarado was a Spanish conquistador of the early 16th century, known primarily as a member of the influential Alvarado family involved in the conquest of Central America.
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B.
Jorge de Alvarado
Jorge de Alvarado was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador active in the conquest of Central America, known particularly for his role in the subjugation of Guatemala.
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C.
Hernández de Córdoba
Hernández de Córdoba is the Spanish family name of Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, an early 16th-century conquistador associated with the first Spanish expeditions to regions of present-day Mexico and Nicaragua.
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D.
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado was a Spanish conquistador best known for his brutal campaigns in Mexico and Central America and his role as a leading lieutenant of Hernán Cortés.
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E.
Pedrarias Dávila
Pedrarias Dávila was a Spanish conquistador and colonial governor of Castilla del Oro and later Nicaragua, notorious for his harsh rule and involvement in the early conquest of Central America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish colonial official
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governor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Spanish Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
colonial governance
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public administration ⓘ |
| continentOfActivity | North America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Spain ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Spaniards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedTerritory |
Louisiana
NERFINISHED
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Spanish Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Spanish ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the last Spanish governor of Louisiana
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role in the final period of Spanish rule in Louisiana ⓘ |
| officeBefore |
French transfer of Louisiana in the early 19th century
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Louisiana Purchase by the United States ⓘ |
| officeSuccessor | French colonial administration in Louisiana ⓘ |
| partOf | Spanish colonial administration in North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of Spanish Louisiana
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Spanish colonial governor ⓘ |
| residence |
Louisiana
NERFINISHED
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New Orleans (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
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: Manuel de Salcedo Description of subject: Manuel de Salcedo was a Spanish colonial official who served as the last Spanish governor of Louisiana before its transfer to France and subsequent sale to the United States in the early 19th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.