Codex Mendoza
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The Codex Mendoza is a 16th-century Aztec manuscript created shortly after the Spanish conquest that documents Mexica history, tribute, and daily life for colonial authorities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Codex Mendoza canonical | 12 |
| Códice Mendoza | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T741817 — 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: Codex Mendoza Context triple: [Tenochtitlan founding legend, recordedIn, Codex Mendoza]
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A.
Codex
Codex is an AI system developed by OpenAI that translates natural language into code and powers tools like GitHub Copilot.
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B.
Codex Vaticanus
Codex Vaticanus is a 4th-century Greek biblical manuscript held in the Vatican Library and regarded as one of the oldest and most important witnesses to the text of the Bible.
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C.
Codex Alexandrinus
Codex Alexandrinus is a 5th-century Greek manuscript of the Bible, notable as one of the oldest and most complete surviving copies of both the Old and New Testaments.
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D.
Siete Partidas
Siete Partidas is a comprehensive 13th-century Castilian legal code, traditionally attributed to Alfonso X, that systematized civil, criminal, and ecclesiastical law and became highly influential in Spain and its overseas territories.
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E.
Biblioteca Palafoxiana
Biblioteca Palafoxiana is a historic 17th-century library in Puebla, Mexico, renowned as one of the oldest public libraries in the Americas and noted for its extensive collection of rare books and manuscripts.
- 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: Codex Mendoza Target entity description: The Codex Mendoza is a 16th-century Aztec manuscript created shortly after the Spanish conquest that documents Mexica history, tribute, and daily life for colonial authorities.
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A.
Codex
Codex is an AI system developed by OpenAI that translates natural language into code and powers tools like GitHub Copilot.
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B.
Codex Vaticanus
Codex Vaticanus is a 4th-century Greek biblical manuscript held in the Vatican Library and regarded as one of the oldest and most important witnesses to the text of the Bible.
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C.
Codex Alexandrinus
Codex Alexandrinus is a 5th-century Greek manuscript of the Bible, notable as one of the oldest and most complete surviving copies of both the Old and New Testaments.
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D.
Siete Partidas
Siete Partidas is a comprehensive 13th-century Castilian legal code, traditionally attributed to Alfonso X, that systematized civil, criminal, and ecclesiastical law and became highly influential in Spain and its overseas territories.
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E.
Biblioteca Palafoxiana
Biblioteca Palafoxiana is a historic 17th-century library in Puebla, Mexico, renowned as one of the oldest public libraries in the Americas and noted for its extensive collection of rare books and manuscripts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aztec codex
ⓘ
Mesoamerican codex ⓘ historical document ⓘ manuscript ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Codex Mendoza
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surface form:
Códice Mendoza
|
| approximatePages | 71 folios ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Antonio de Mendoza ⓘ |
| contains |
Spanish commentary
ⓘ
alphabetic glosses ⓘ pictorial representations ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ |
| creator | indigenous tlacuilos ⓘ |
| culture |
Aztec Empire
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surface form:
Aztec
Mexica ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Bodleian Library ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation |
16th century
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circa 1541 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
section on Aztec rulers and conquests
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section on daily life and customs ⓘ section on tribute from provinces ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early colonial period in Mexico ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ |
| language |
Nahuatl
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Oxford
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| material | European paper ⓘ |
| medium | ink and pigments ⓘ |
| name | Codex Mendoza self-link ⓘ |
| numberOfSections | 3 ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Mexico City ⓘ |
| purpose | to inform the Spanish Crown about the Aztec Empire ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
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Tenochtitlan ⓘ |
| script |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
pictographic writing ⓘ |
| shelfmark |
Codex Selden
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surface form:
MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1
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| significance |
key document for the study of Aztec tribute and administration
ⓘ
primary source on pre-Hispanic central Mexico ⓘ |
| subject |
Aztec economy
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Aztec education ⓘ Aztec social organization ⓘ Aztec tribute lists ⓘ Aztec tribute system ⓘ Mexica history ⓘ conquests of Tenochtitlan ⓘ daily life in the Aztec Empire ⓘ |
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: Codex Mendoza Description of subject: The Codex Mendoza is a 16th-century Aztec manuscript created shortly after the Spanish conquest that documents Mexica history, tribute, and daily life for colonial authorities.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Códice Mendoza
subject surface form:
Calmecac
subject surface form:
Xiuhcoatl