expedition in search of El Dorado
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The expedition in search of El Dorado was a 16th-century Spanish venture into the South American interior driven by legends of a fabulously wealthy golden kingdom, which ended in hardship, rebellion, and failure.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| expedition in search of El Dorado canonical | 1 |
| legend of El Dorado | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10240077 — 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.
Target entity: expedition in search of El Dorado Context triple: [Lope de Aguirre, participatedIn, expedition in search of El Dorado]
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El Dorado (legendary city of gold)
El Dorado is a legendary South American city or kingdom of immense wealth, famed in myth and exploration lore as a place rich in gold and precious treasures.
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Portolá expedition
The Portolá expedition was a 1769–1770 Spanish exploratory and colonizing venture that marked the first overland European exploration of present-day California, leading to the establishment of missions and settlements along the coast.
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Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528
The Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528 was a disastrous Spanish venture to explore and conquer parts of the Gulf Coast, whose few survivors—including Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca—wandered for years across what is now the southern United States and northern Mexico.
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D.
Granma expedition
The Granma expedition was the 1956 seaborne journey in which Fidel Castro and his followers sailed from Mexico to Cuba to launch the guerrilla war that ignited the Cuban Revolution.
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Eldorado
"Eldorado" is a 1974 concept album by the British rock band Electric Light Orchestra that blends orchestral arrangements with rock to tell a fantasy-themed narrative.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: expedition in search of El Dorado Target entity description: The expedition in search of El Dorado was a 16th-century Spanish venture into the South American interior driven by legends of a fabulously wealthy golden kingdom, which ended in hardship, rebellion, and failure.
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A.
El Dorado (legendary city of gold)
El Dorado is a legendary South American city or kingdom of immense wealth, famed in myth and exploration lore as a place rich in gold and precious treasures.
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B.
Portolá expedition
The Portolá expedition was a 1769–1770 Spanish exploratory and colonizing venture that marked the first overland European exploration of present-day California, leading to the establishment of missions and settlements along the coast.
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C.
Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528
The Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528 was a disastrous Spanish venture to explore and conquer parts of the Gulf Coast, whose few survivors—including Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca—wandered for years across what is now the southern United States and northern Mexico.
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D.
Granma expedition
The Granma expedition was the 1956 seaborne journey in which Fidel Castro and his followers sailed from Mexico to Cuba to launch the guerrilla war that ignited the Cuban Revolution.
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E.
Eldorado
"Eldorado" is a 1974 concept album by the British rock band Electric Light Orchestra that blends orchestral arrangements with rock to tell a fantasy-themed narrative.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
16th-century event
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Spanish expedition ⓘ historical event ⓘ |
| basedOn | myth of El Dorado ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
harsh environmental conditions
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internal conflict ⓘ logistical difficulties ⓘ |
| drivenBy |
greed
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imperial ambition ⓘ |
| exploresRegion | South American interior ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
loss of life
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no discovery of golden kingdom ⓘ suffering of participants ⓘ |
| hasMotivation | legends of a fabulously wealthy golden kingdom ⓘ |
| hasOutcome |
failure
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hardship ⓘ rebellion ⓘ |
| hasPurpose | search for El Dorado ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conquistador exploration
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search for wealth ⓘ |
| involves |
Spanish conquistadors
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indigenous territories ⓘ |
| locatedIn | South America ⓘ |
| participantNationality | Spanish ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: expedition in search of El Dorado Description of subject: The expedition in search of El Dorado was a 16th-century Spanish venture into the South American interior driven by legends of a fabulously wealthy golden kingdom, which ended in hardship, rebellion, and failure.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.