Los Adaes
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Los Adaes was an 18th-century Spanish frontier settlement and presidio that served as the administrative and military center of Spanish presence in northeastern New Spain, near present-day Louisiana.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Los Adaes canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9704629 — 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: Los Adaes Context triple: [Spanish Texas, capital, Los Adaes]
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A.
El Fuerte
El Fuerte is a historic colonial town and municipality in northern Sinaloa, Mexico, known for its Spanish-era architecture and role as a gateway to the Copper Canyon.
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B.
La Ciudad Criolla
La Ciudad Criolla is the Spanish nickname for Caguas, a major city in Puerto Rico known for its cultural heritage and central location in the island’s metropolitan area.
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C.
Alazanes de Granma
Alazanes de Granma is a Cuban professional baseball team from Granma Province that competes in the Cuban National Series and is known as one of the league’s strong contenders.
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D.
City of Havana
The City of Havana is the capital and largest city of Cuba, renowned for its historic architecture, vibrant cultural life, and significant political and economic role in the country.
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E.
Cayo Diablo
Cayo Diablo is a small Caribbean island within the jurisdiction of the United States, known for its tropical marine environment and offshore location.
- 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: Los Adaes Target entity description: Los Adaes was an 18th-century Spanish frontier settlement and presidio that served as the administrative and military center of Spanish presence in northeastern New Spain, near present-day Louisiana.
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A.
El Fuerte
El Fuerte is a historic colonial town and municipality in northern Sinaloa, Mexico, known for its Spanish-era architecture and role as a gateway to the Copper Canyon.
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B.
La Ciudad Criolla
La Ciudad Criolla is the Spanish nickname for Caguas, a major city in Puerto Rico known for its cultural heritage and central location in the island’s metropolitan area.
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C.
Alazanes de Granma
Alazanes de Granma is a Cuban professional baseball team from Granma Province that competes in the Cuban National Series and is known as one of the league’s strong contenders.
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D.
City of Havana
The City of Havana is the capital and largest city of Cuba, renowned for its historic architecture, vibrant cultural life, and significant political and economic role in the country.
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E.
Cayo Diablo
Cayo Diablo is a small Caribbean island within the jurisdiction of the United States, known for its tropical marine environment and offshore location.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish colonial settlement
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former capital ⓘ presidio ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | French Louisiana frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| border | French Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Former populated places in Louisiana
ⓘ
National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana ⓘ Spanish Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish forts in the United States ⓘ |
| connectedTo | Camino Real (Spanish royal road) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 31.705°N 93.297°W ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| culture | Spanish colonial ⓘ |
| currentUse |
archaeological site
ⓘ
historic site open to the public ⓘ |
| dissolvedOrAbolished | 1773 ⓘ |
| endTimeOfRoleAsCapitalOfSpanishTexas |
1770
ⓘ
1772 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Marqués de San Miguel de Aguayo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
to assert Spanish sovereignty in northeastern New Spain
ⓘ
to guard the frontier against French Louisiana ⓘ to monitor French activity at Natchitoches ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Mission of San Miguel de Linares de los Adaes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Presidio of Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Los Adaes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUse |
administrative center
ⓘ
military post ⓘ mission-presidio complex ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Louisiana State Historic Site
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Historic Landmark ⓘ National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| inception |
1721
ⓘ
early 18th century ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
New Spain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater | nearby bayous of western Louisiana ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDayAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Louisiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
French settlement of Natchitoches
ⓘ
Natchitoches, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Adaes (Adai) people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Louisiana Office of State Parks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Spanish defensive system in North America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish–French borderlands ⓘ |
| servedAs | capital of Spanish Texas ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
abandonment ordered by the Spanish Crown in the 1770s
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relocation of Adaes settlers to San Antonio ⓘ |
| startTimeOfRoleAsCapitalOfSpanishTexas | 1729 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Los Adaes Description of subject: Los Adaes was an 18th-century Spanish frontier settlement and presidio that served as the administrative and military center of Spanish presence in northeastern New Spain, near present-day Louisiana.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.