Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ
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Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ was a prominent early Classic Maya king who founded the royal dynasty of Copán in present-day Honduras.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ canonical | 17 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1577394 — 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: Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ Context triple: [Copán, firstHistoricalRuler, Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ]
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A.
Ahuitzotl
Ahuitzotl was a powerful Aztec tlatoani (ruler) of Tenochtitlan known for expanding the empire to its greatest extent and overseeing major building projects, including the enlargement of the Templo Mayor.
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B.
Xochicueyetl
Xochicueyetl was a noblewoman of the Aztec elite best known as the mother of the emperor Moctezuma II.
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C.
Chaac
Chaac is the Maya rain and storm god, revered as a bringer of fertility and life-giving water.
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D.
Kʼawiil
Kʼawiil is a prominent Maya deity associated with lightning, royal power, and dynastic legitimacy in Mesoamerican religion.
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E.
Itza Maya
The Itza Maya were a powerful Late Postclassic Maya group centered at Nojpetén in present-day Guatemala, known as one of the last independent Maya polities to resist Spanish conquest until the late 17th century.
- 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: Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ Target entity description: Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ was a prominent early Classic Maya king who founded the royal dynasty of Copán in present-day Honduras.
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A.
Ahuitzotl
Ahuitzotl was a powerful Aztec tlatoani (ruler) of Tenochtitlan known for expanding the empire to its greatest extent and overseeing major building projects, including the enlargement of the Templo Mayor.
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B.
Xochicueyetl
Xochicueyetl was a noblewoman of the Aztec elite best known as the mother of the emperor Moctezuma II.
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C.
Chaac
Chaac is the Maya rain and storm god, revered as a bringer of fertility and life-giving water.
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D.
Kʼawiil
Kʼawiil is a prominent Maya deity associated with lightning, royal power, and dynastic legitimacy in Mesoamerican religion.
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E.
Itza Maya
The Itza Maya were a powerful Late Postclassic Maya group centered at Nojpetén in present-day Guatemala, known as one of the last independent Maya polities to resist Spanish conquest until the late 17th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maya king
ⓘ
founder of dynasty ⓘ human ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidence |
rich tomb offerings at Copán
ⓘ
skeletal remains in Hunal tomb ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Copán dynasty founding event
ⓘ
Teotihuacan influence in Copán ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture |
Teotihuacan (in iconography)
ⓘ
linked to:
Teotihuacan archaeological site
|
| associatedWithSite |
Copán Structure Hunal
ⓘ
linked to:
Copán
Copán Structure Margarita ⓘ
linked to:
Copán
Copán Structure Yehnal ⓘ
linked to:
Copán
Temple 16 (Copán) ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Copán Acropolis
ⓘ
linked to:
Copán
Hunal tomb ⓘ
linked to:
Hunal temple
|
| capitalOfRule | Copán ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
dynastic texts at Copán
ⓘ
hieroglyphic inscriptions at Copán ⓘ |
| culture | Maya civilization ⓘ |
| depictedAs | Teotihuacan-style warrior ⓘ |
| floruit |
c. 426 CE
ⓘ
early 5th century CE ⓘ |
| founded |
Copán royal dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Copán dynasty
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| governedTerritory |
Copán valley
ⓘ
linked to:
Copán
|
| hasIssue | Kʼinich Popol Hol ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Lady Waterlily-Hand ⓘ |
| locatedInPoliticalEntity | Copán ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Honduras ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | southeastern Maya area ⓘ |
| nameElement |
Kʼinich
ⓘ
linked to:
Kʼinich Ajaw
Kʼukʼ ⓘ Moʼ ⓘ Yax ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Classic Maya ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
Radiant First Quetzal Macaw
ⓘ
linked to:
Resplendent quetzal
|
| notableFor |
founding the Copán dynasty
ⓘ
introducing central Mexican elements to Copán court culture ⓘ |
| positionHeld | king of Copán ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | southern Maya lowlands ⓘ |
| religion | Maya religion ⓘ |
| role | dynasty founder ⓘ |
| royalTitle |
ajaw
ⓘ
kʼuhul ajaw ⓘ |
| successor | Kʼinich Popol Hol ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Early Classic period ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Copán ⓘ |
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: Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ Description of subject: Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ was a prominent early Classic Maya king who founded the royal dynasty of Copán in present-day Honduras.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.