José María Flores
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José María Flores was a Mexican military officer who led Mexican forces in Alta California during the Mexican–American War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| José María Flores canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4336240 — 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: José María Flores Context triple: [Californian campaign of the Mexican–American War, commander, José María Flores]
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A.
José María Carvajal
José María Carvajal is a relatively obscure individual known primarily for sharing the Carvajal surname, with no widely documented public achievements or roles.
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B.
José María Liceaga
José María Liceaga was a Mexican independence-era military and political leader who played a key role in early insurgent governance, including presiding over the revolutionary Congress that sought to formalize Mexico’s break from Spain.
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C.
José Antonio Núñez
José Antonio Núñez is a Mexican football executive best known for serving as the chairman of the Dorados de Sinaloa soccer club.
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D.
Valentín Castellanos
Valentín Castellanos is an Argentine professional footballer and prolific forward best known for his goal-scoring exploits in Major League Soccer and subsequent move to European football.
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E.
Salvador Valdés Mesa
Salvador Valdés Mesa is a Cuban politician and former trade union leader who has served in top state and party leadership positions, including as vice president of Cuba.
- 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: José María Flores Target entity description: José María Flores was a Mexican military officer who led Mexican forces in Alta California during the Mexican–American War.
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A.
José María Carvajal
José María Carvajal is a relatively obscure individual known primarily for sharing the Carvajal surname, with no widely documented public achievements or roles.
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B.
José María Liceaga
José María Liceaga was a Mexican independence-era military and political leader who played a key role in early insurgent governance, including presiding over the revolutionary Congress that sought to formalize Mexico’s break from Spain.
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C.
José Antonio Núñez
José Antonio Núñez is a Mexican football executive best known for serving as the chairman of the Dorados de Sinaloa soccer club.
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D.
Valentín Castellanos
Valentín Castellanos is an Argentine professional footballer and prolific forward best known for his goal-scoring exploits in Major League Soccer and subsequent move to European football.
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E.
Salvador Valdés Mesa
Salvador Valdés Mesa is a Cuban politician and former trade union leader who has served in top state and party leadership positions, including as vice president of Cuba.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mexican military officer
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person ⓘ |
| category |
Californio military leaders
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Mexican military personnel of the Mexican–American War ⓘ People of Alta California ⓘ |
| conflict | Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Mexico ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mexican ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Las Californias
ⓘ
linked to:
The Californias (historical)
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| languageSpoken | Spanish ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Mexican Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| militaryTheater | California campaign of the Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Mexican withdrawal from Alta California
ⓘ
defense of Los Angeles against U.S. forces in 1846 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading Mexican forces in Alta California during the Mexican–American War
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organizing local Californio resistance to U.S. occupation ⓘ |
| notableRole | Mexican leader in the California theater of the Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| partOf | Mexican command structure in California ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Alta California
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linked to:
Mexican Alta California
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
commander of Mexican forces in Alta California
ⓘ
interim governor of Alta California ⓘ |
| regionGoverned |
Alta California
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linked to:
Mexican Alta California
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| sideInConflict | Mexico ⓘ |
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
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: José María Flores Description of subject: José María Flores was a Mexican military officer who led Mexican forces in Alta California during the Mexican–American War.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.