Mexican national coat of arms
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The Mexican national coat of arms is a heraldic emblem depicting an eagle devouring a serpent atop a prickly pear cactus, symbolizing the country’s Aztec heritage and national identity.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T62105 — 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: Mexican national coat of arms Context triple: [Independence Day (Mexico), symbol, Mexican national coat of arms]
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Mexican flag
The Mexican flag is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red featuring a national coat of arms with an eagle devouring a snake atop a cactus, symbolizing the country’s heritage and identity.
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B.
Coat of arms of Chile
The Coat of arms of Chile is the national emblem featuring a shield supported by a huemul and a condor, topped with a crest of three feathers, symbolizing the country's heritage, strength, and sovereignty.
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C.
Puerto Rican flag
The Puerto Rican flag is a red, white, and blue banner featuring five horizontal stripes and a single white star within a blue triangle, symbolizing the island’s identity and political history.
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D.
Chilean flag
The Chilean flag is the national flag of Chile, featuring a white and red horizontal bicolor with a blue canton bearing a single white star, and is a central emblem of Chilean identity and patriotism.
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E.
Order of the Aztec Eagle
The Order of the Aztec Eagle is Mexico’s highest honor awarded to foreigners for exceptional services to the country or humanity.
- 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: Mexican national coat of arms Target entity description: The Mexican national coat of arms is a heraldic emblem depicting an eagle devouring a serpent atop a prickly pear cactus, symbolizing the country’s Aztec heritage and national identity.
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A.
Mexican flag
The Mexican flag is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red featuring a national coat of arms with an eagle devouring a snake atop a cactus, symbolizing the country’s heritage and identity.
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B.
Coat of arms of Chile
The Coat of arms of Chile is the national emblem featuring a shield supported by a huemul and a condor, topped with a crest of three feathers, symbolizing the country's heritage, strength, and sovereignty.
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C.
Puerto Rican flag
The Puerto Rican flag is a red, white, and blue banner featuring five horizontal stripes and a single white star within a blue triangle, symbolizing the island’s identity and political history.
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D.
Chilean flag
The Chilean flag is the national flag of Chile, featuring a white and red horizontal bicolor with a blue canton bearing a single white star, and is a central emblem of Chilean identity and patriotism.
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E.
Order of the Aztec Eagle
The Order of the Aztec Eagle is Mexico’s highest honor awarded to foreigners for exceptional services to the country or humanity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coat of arms
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national emblem ⓘ |
| adoptedBy |
Mexico
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surface form:
United Mexican States
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| appearsIn | Article 3 of the Law on the National Arms, Flag, and Anthem ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mexico
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surface form:
United Mexican States
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| basedOn | Aztec legend of the founding of Tenochtitlan ⓘ |
| cactusType |
Opuntia (prickly pear) cactus
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nopal ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
emblem of Mexican patriotism
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key symbol of Mexican sovereignty ⓘ |
| depicts |
golden eagle
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lake ⓘ laurel branch ⓘ oak branch ⓘ prickly pear cactus ⓘ rattlesnake ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| designElement | stylized pre-Hispanic glyph for Tenochtitlan (rock in the lake) ⓘ |
| eagleAction |
devouring a serpent
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perched on a cactus ⓘ |
| eaglePosition | profile ⓘ |
| eagleSpecies | golden eagle ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
colored version for the national flag
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simplified monochrome version for official seals ⓘ |
| historicalPrecursor |
coat of arms of New Spain
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surface form:
First Mexican Empire coat of arms
coat of arms of New Spain ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
European heraldic tradition
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indigenous Mesoamerican iconography ⓘ |
| lakeName | Lake Texcoco ⓘ |
| legalStatus | defined in the Law on the National Arms, Flag, and Anthem of Mexico ⓘ |
| officialName |
Mexican national coat of arms
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Escudo Nacional de México
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| orientation | eagle facing left (dexter) from the viewer’s perspective ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
Government of Mexico
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surface form:
Mexican federal government
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| ribbonColors |
green
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red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| serpentPosition | held in the eagle’s beak and talon ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Aztec heritage
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Mexican national identity ⓘ Tenochtitlan foundation legend ⓘ triumph of good over evil ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Mexican currency
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Mexican passports ⓘ Mexican seals ⓘ Mexican flag ⓘ
surface form:
flag of Mexico
official Mexican government documents ⓘ |
| usedSince | 19th century ⓘ |
| wreath | oak and laurel branches tied with a ribbon in the national colors ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mexican national coat of arms Description of subject: The Mexican national coat of arms is a heraldic emblem depicting an eagle devouring a serpent atop a prickly pear cactus, symbolizing the country’s Aztec heritage and national identity.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Independence Day (Mexico)
this entity surface form:
coat of arms of Mexico
this entity surface form:
Coat of arms of Mexico
Mexican national coat of arms
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officialName
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Mexican national coat of arms
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Escudo Nacional de México
this entity surface form:
Coat of arms of Mexico
this entity surface form:
coat of arms of Mexico
this entity surface form:
Mexican national emblem
this entity surface form:
Mexican coat of arms
this entity surface form:
Coat of arms of Mexico (1823–1864)
this entity surface form:
National Arms of Mexico
this entity surface form:
coat of arms of Mexico
this entity surface form:
Coat of arms of Mexico
this entity surface form:
Coat of arms of Mexico
this entity surface form:
Mexican coat of arms
this entity surface form:
coat of arms of Mexico (used in logo)