Hernando de Soto
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Hernando de Soto was a Spanish conquistador and explorer best known for his role in the conquest of the Americas and for leading the first European expedition deep into what is now the southeastern United States.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hernando de Soto canonical | 42 |
| de Soto | 2 |
| Hernando DeSoto Money | 1 |
| Hernando de Soto expedition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T206667 — 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: Hernando de Soto Context triple: [Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, commander, Hernando de Soto]
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A.
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.
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B.
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador best known for leading the expedition into the Colombian interior that resulted in the establishment of Bogotá and the conquest of the Muisca people.
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C.
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado was a Spanish conquistador best known for his brutal campaigns in Mexico and Central America and his role as a leading lieutenant of Hernán Cortés.
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D.
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador best known for leading the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under Spanish rule in the early 16th century.
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E.
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador best known for leading the expedition that conquered the Inca Empire in the early 16th 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: Hernando de Soto Target entity description: Hernando de Soto was a Spanish conquistador and explorer best known for his role in the conquest of the Americas and for leading the first European expedition deep into what is now the southeastern United States.
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A.
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.
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B.
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador best known for leading the expedition into the Colombian interior that resulted in the establishment of Bogotá and the conquest of the Muisca people.
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C.
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado was a Spanish conquistador best known for his brutal campaigns in Mexico and Central America and his role as a leading lieutenant of Hernán Cortés.
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D.
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador best known for leading the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under Spanish rule in the early 16th century.
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E.
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador best known for leading the expedition that conquered the Inca Empire in the early 16th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish conquistador
ⓘ
explorer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | fever ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | c. 1500 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 21 May 1542 ⓘ |
| employer |
Spanish Crown
ⓘ
linked to:
Spanish monarchy
|
| endTime | 1542 (for Florida expedition) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Spaniards ⓘ |
| expeditionStartLocation |
Havana
ⓘ
linked to:
Havana, Cuba
Santiago de Cuba ⓘ |
| exploredRegion |
Alabama
ⓘ
Arkansas ⓘ Florida ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Louisiana ⓘ Mississippi ⓘ
linked to:
Mississippi River
North Carolina ⓘ South Carolina ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ |
| hasPart | battle of Mabila (during his North American expedition) ⓘ |
| influenced | later Spanish exploration of the interior of North America ⓘ |
| knownFor |
exploration of the Mississippi River
ⓘ
leading the first documented European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States ⓘ role in the conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ |
| landedIn |
Tampa Bay
ⓘ
linked to:
Tampa Bay area
|
| languageSpokenWritten | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Extremadura ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| notableStudentOrTrainee | members of his expedition who later explored North America ⓘ |
| notableWork | expedition through the southeastern region of North America ⓘ |
| occupation |
conquistador
ⓘ
explorer ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Francisco Pizarro’s expedition to Peru
ⓘ
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Crown of Castile
ⓘ
Jerez de los Caballeros ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Mississippi River
ⓘ
near present-day Ferriday, Louisiana region ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
adelantado of Florida
ⓘ
linked to:
Adelantado of Florida
governor of Cuba ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantEvent | first documented crossing of the Mississippi River by Europeans ⓘ |
| spouse | Isabel de Bobadilla ⓘ |
| startTime | 1539 (for Florida expedition) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hernando de Soto Description of subject: Hernando de Soto was a Spanish conquistador and explorer best known for his role in the conquest of the Americas and for leading the first European expedition deep into what is now the southeastern United States.
Referenced by (46)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hernando de Soto
subject linked to:
battle of Mabila (during his North American expedition)
subject linked to:
battle of Mabila (during his North American expedition)
subject linked to:
M Bridge
subject linked to:
Money, Mississippi, United States
linked to: Hernando de Soto
subject linked to:
Choctaw chief Tuskaloosa
subject linked to:
Manuel Fernando Soto (for the de Soto suffix)
linked to: Hernando de Soto
subject linked to:
de Bobadilla
linked to: Hernando de Soto