Vega family
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The Vega family is a prominent fictional Californio family in Johnston McCulley’s Zorro stories, known for their social standing and connection to the hero Don Diego de la Vega.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vega family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1669091 — 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: Vega family Context triple: [Lolita Pulido, associatedWith, Vega family]
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A.
Voyager family
The Voyager family is a series of high-speed diesel-electric multiple unit trains used in the United Kingdom for intercity passenger services.
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B.
Sagan family
The Sagan family is an American family best known for including renowned astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan and his writer son Nick Sagan.
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C.
Pleiades
The Pleiades are a famous open star cluster in the constellation Taurus, often known as the Seven Sisters in Greek mythology.
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D.
Ursa Major family
The Ursa Major family is a group of constellations in the northern sky, organized around Ursa Major and sharing common mythological and positional associations.
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E.
Praesepe
Praesepe is a bright open star cluster in the constellation Cancer, also known as the Beehive Cluster, visible to the naked eye as a hazy patch in the night sky.
- 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: Vega family Target entity description: The Vega family is a prominent fictional Californio family in Johnston McCulley’s Zorro stories, known for their social standing and connection to the hero Don Diego de la Vega.
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A.
Voyager family
The Voyager family is a series of high-speed diesel-electric multiple unit trains used in the United Kingdom for intercity passenger services.
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B.
Sagan family
The Sagan family is an American family best known for including renowned astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan and his writer son Nick Sagan.
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C.
Pleiades
The Pleiades are a famous open star cluster in the constellation Taurus, often known as the Seven Sisters in Greek mythology.
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D.
Ursa Major family
The Ursa Major family is a group of constellations in the northern sky, organized around Ursa Major and sharing common mythological and positional associations.
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E.
Praesepe
Praesepe is a bright open star cluster in the constellation Cancer, also known as the Beehive Cluster, visible to the naked eye as a hazy patch in the night sky.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional family
ⓘ
literary character group ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Curse of Capistrano
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Zorro stories ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Zorro ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
class and privilege
ⓘ
colonial society ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Las Californias
ⓘ
linked to:
Alta California (Spanish colony)
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| createdBy | Johnston McCulley ⓘ |
| ethnicBackground | Californio ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation |
Spanish California
ⓘ
linked to:
Alta California (Spanish colony)
|
| fictionalUniverse |
Zorro universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Zorro
|
| genre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
pulp fiction ⓘ swashbuckler fiction ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | de la Vega ⓘ |
| hasHeir |
Don Diego de la Vega
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linked to:
Diego de la Vega
|
| hasPatriarch |
Don Alejandro de la Vega
ⓘ
linked to:
Diego de la Vega
|
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| medium |
novels
ⓘ
short stories ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Don Alejandro de la Vega
ⓘ
linked to:
Diego de la Vega
Don Diego de la Vega ⓘ
linked to:
Diego de la Vega
|
| residence | Los Angeles pueblo (fictionalized Spanish-era Los Angeles) ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
family of the protagonist
ⓘ
prominent Californio family ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
Spanish colonial era in California
ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ |
| socialStatus |
aristocracy
ⓘ
landed gentry ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Vega family Description of subject: The Vega family is a prominent fictional Californio family in Johnston McCulley’s Zorro stories, known for their social standing and connection to the hero Don Diego de la Vega.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.