Fray Marcos de Niza
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Fray Marcos de Niza was a 16th-century Franciscan friar and explorer for the Spanish Empire, best known for his controversial reports of the fabled Seven Cities of Cíbola in the American Southwest.
All labels observed (1)
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| Fray Marcos de Niza canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17386975 — 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: Fray Marcos de Niza Context triple: [Cíbola, soughtBy, Fray Marcos de Niza]
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A.
Vázquez de Coronado
Vázquez de Coronado is a canton in Costa Rica known for its cool climate, dairy farming, and access to protected cloud forest areas near the capital, San José.
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B.
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador and explorer who led a major expedition through the American Southwest in search of the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.
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C.
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was a 16th-century Spanish explorer and chronicler best known for surviving the failed Narváez expedition and documenting his years of wandering across what is now the southern United States and northern Mexico.
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D.
Diego de Santa María
Diego de Santa María was a Spanish Dominican friar and educator best known for establishing the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in the Philippines.
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E.
Pánfilo de Narváez
Pánfilo de Narváez was a Spanish conquistador and explorer best known for his ill-fated expeditions in the Americas, including attempts to challenge Hernán Cortés and to colonize Florida.
- 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: Fray Marcos de Niza Target entity description: Fray Marcos de Niza was a 16th-century Franciscan friar and explorer for the Spanish Empire, best known for his controversial reports of the fabled Seven Cities of Cíbola in the American Southwest.
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A.
Vázquez de Coronado
Vázquez de Coronado is a canton in Costa Rica known for its cool climate, dairy farming, and access to protected cloud forest areas near the capital, San José.
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B.
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador and explorer who led a major expedition through the American Southwest in search of the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.
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C.
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was a 16th-century Spanish explorer and chronicler best known for surviving the failed Narváez expedition and documenting his years of wandering across what is now the southern United States and northern Mexico.
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D.
Diego de Santa María
Diego de Santa María was a Spanish Dominican friar and educator best known for establishing the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in the Philippines.
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E.
Pánfilo de Narváez
Pánfilo de Narváez was a Spanish conquistador and explorer best known for his ill-fated expeditions in the Americas, including attempts to challenge Hernán Cortés and to colonize Florida.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.