Axayacatl
E112932
Axayacatl was a 15th-century Aztec emperor (tlatoani) of Tenochtitlan known for expanding the empire and consolidating its power in central Mexico.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Axayacatl canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T896295 — 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: Axayacatl Context triple: [Moctezuma II, father, Axayacatl]
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A.
Moctezuma I
Moctezuma I was a 15th-century Aztec emperor who greatly expanded the empire’s territory and power and oversaw a flourishing of Tenochtitlan’s political and religious institutions.
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B.
Moctezuma II
Moctezuma II was the ninth tlatoani (ruler) of the Aztec Empire, under whose reign the empire reached great power before falling to Hernán Cortés and the Spanish conquest.
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C.
Itzcoatl
Itzcoatl was a 15th-century Aztec ruler who significantly expanded the power of Tenochtitlan and helped lay the foundations of the Aztec Empire.
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D.
Cuitláhuac
Cuitláhuac was an Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan who briefly succeeded Moctezuma II and led the Mexica resistance against the Spanish conquistadors.
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E.
Cuauhtémoc
Cuauhtémoc was the last Aztec emperor, known for leading the final resistance against Hernán Cortés and the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan.
- 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: Axayacatl Target entity description: Axayacatl was a 15th-century Aztec emperor (tlatoani) of Tenochtitlan known for expanding the empire and consolidating its power in central Mexico.
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A.
Moctezuma I
Moctezuma I was a 15th-century Aztec emperor who greatly expanded the empire’s territory and power and oversaw a flourishing of Tenochtitlan’s political and religious institutions.
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B.
Moctezuma II
Moctezuma II was the ninth tlatoani (ruler) of the Aztec Empire, under whose reign the empire reached great power before falling to Hernán Cortés and the Spanish conquest.
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C.
Itzcoatl
Itzcoatl was a 15th-century Aztec ruler who significantly expanded the power of Tenochtitlan and helped lay the foundations of the Aztec Empire.
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D.
Cuitláhuac
Cuitláhuac was an Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan who briefly succeeded Moctezuma II and led the Mexica resistance against the Spanish conquistadors.
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E.
Cuauhtémoc
Cuauhtémoc was the last Aztec emperor, known for leading the final resistance against Hernán Cortés and the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
15th-century monarch
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Aztec emperor ⓘ human ⓘ tlatoani of Tenochtitlan ⓘ |
| battle | Aztec–Tarascan War ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Tenochtitlan ⓘ |
| capitalRuledFrom | Tenochtitlan ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 15th century ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Aztec Empire ⓘ |
| culture |
Aztec civilization
ⓘ
linked to:
Aztec Empire
|
| dateOfDeath | 1481 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Aztec
ⓘ
linked to:
Mexica
Mexica ⓘ |
| father |
Tezozomoc (of Tenochtitlan)
ⓘ
linked to:
Tezozomoc (Mexica noble)
|
| givenName | Axayacatl ⓘ |
| governmentForm | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| grandfather | Itzcoatl ⓘ |
| hasWorkOfArtDepicting | stone of Axayacatl ⓘ |
| knownFor |
conquest of Tlatelolco
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consolidation of Aztec power in central Mexico ⓘ expansion of the Aztec Empire ⓘ war against the Tarascan (Purépecha) state ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Classical Nahuatl ⓘ |
| memberOf | Triple Alliance leadership ⓘ |
| mother | Atotoztli II ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | “Water-face” in Nahuatl ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
annexation of Tlatelolco to Tenochtitlan
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defeat by the Tarascans in Michoacán ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tenochtitlan ⓘ |
| politicalStructure |
Aztec Triple Alliance
ⓘ
linked to:
Aztec Empire
|
| positionHeld |
huey tlatoani of the Aztec Empire
ⓘ
tlatoani of Tenochtitlan ⓘ |
| predecessor | Moctezuma I ⓘ |
| region | Central Mexico ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1481 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1469 ⓘ |
| relative |
Ahuitzotl
ⓘ
Moctezuma I ⓘ Tizoc ⓘ |
| religion |
Aztec religion
ⓘ
linked to:
Aztec mythology
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| residence | Tenochtitlan ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Ahuitzotl
ⓘ
Tizoc ⓘ |
| successor | Tizoc ⓘ |
| territorialExpansion |
Valley of Mexico
ⓘ
regions around Lake Texcoco ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Axayacatl Description of subject: Axayacatl was a 15th-century Aztec emperor (tlatoani) of Tenochtitlan known for expanding the empire and consolidating its power in central Mexico.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.