Enriqueta Basilio
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Enriqueta Basilio was a Mexican track and field athlete renowned for being the first woman to light the Olympic cauldron, doing so at the 1968 Mexico City Games.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Enriqueta Basilio canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2509048 — 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: Enriqueta Basilio Context triple: [1968 Summer Olympics, torchLighter, Enriqueta Basilio]
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A.
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez was a prominent Mexican insurgent and conspirator whose actions helped spark the Mexican War of Independence.
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B.
Francisca González Mateos
Francisca González Mateos was a Spanish woman of the late 15th and early 16th centuries best known as the mother of conquistador Francisco Pizarro.
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C.
Dolores Olmedo
Dolores Olmedo was a Mexican businesswoman, art collector, and patron best known for preserving and promoting the work of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera through her extensive collection and museum initiatives.
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D.
Carmen Basilio
Carmen Basilio was an American professional boxer renowned for his rugged, aggressive style and for winning world titles in both the welterweight and middleweight divisions during the 1950s.
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E.
Josefa Jaramillo
Josefa Jaramillo was a 19th-century New Mexican woman from a prominent Taos family, best known as the wife of frontiersman and scout Kit Carson.
- 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: Enriqueta Basilio Target entity description: Enriqueta Basilio was a Mexican track and field athlete renowned for being the first woman to light the Olympic cauldron, doing so at the 1968 Mexico City Games.
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A.
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez was a prominent Mexican insurgent and conspirator whose actions helped spark the Mexican War of Independence.
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B.
Francisca González Mateos
Francisca González Mateos was a Spanish woman of the late 15th and early 16th centuries best known as the mother of conquistador Francisco Pizarro.
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C.
Dolores Olmedo
Dolores Olmedo was a Mexican businesswoman, art collector, and patron best known for preserving and promoting the work of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera through her extensive collection and museum initiatives.
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D.
Carmen Basilio
Carmen Basilio was an American professional boxer renowned for his rugged, aggressive style and for winning world titles in both the welterweight and middleweight divisions during the 1950s.
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E.
Josefa Jaramillo
Josefa Jaramillo was a 19th-century New Mexican woman from a prominent Taos family, best known as the wife of frontiersman and scout Kit Carson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Olympic athlete
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human ⓘ hurdler ⓘ sprinter ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1948-07-15 ⓘ |
| cauldronLitAtStadium | Estadio Olímpico Universitario ⓘ |
| competedIn |
400 metres hurdles
ⓘ
relay races ⓘ |
| continentOfCitizenship | North America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Mexico ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2019-10-26 ⓘ |
| discipline |
hurdles
ⓘ
sprinting ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| eventParticipatedIn |
1967 Pan American Games
ⓘ
linked to:
Pan American Games
1968 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| familyName | Basilio ⓘ |
| firstOf | first woman to light an Olympic cauldron in Olympic history ⓘ |
| fullName | Norma Enriqueta Basilio Sotelo ⓘ |
| givenName |
Enriqueta
ⓘ
Norma ⓘ |
| honor | Olympic torchbearer ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Spanish ⓘ |
| litOlympicCauldronAt | 1968 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| nationality | Mexican ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first woman to light the Olympic cauldron ⓘ |
| occupation | track and field athlete ⓘ |
| OlympicGamesHostCity | Mexico City ⓘ |
| OlympicGamesHostCountry | Mexico ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
ⓘ
linked to:
Mexicali
|
| placeOfDeath |
Mexico City, Mexico
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linked to:
Mexico City
|
| politicalAffiliation | Institutional Revolutionary Party ⓘ |
| positionHeld | member of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies ⓘ |
| representedCountry | Mexico ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sport | athletics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (4)
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