Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ
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Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ was the founding dynastic ruler of the ancient Maya city-state of Copán, revered as a powerful king whose reign initiated its political and architectural florescence.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ canonical | 3 |
| Yax Kuk Mo | 1 |
| Yax Kʼukʼ Mo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7552277 — 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: Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ Context triple: [Great Plaza (Copán), associatedWith, Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ]
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A.
Dzibilchaltún
Dzibilchaltún is an ancient Maya archaeological site in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, noted for its Temple of the Seven Dolls and precise solar alignments during the equinoxes.
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B.
Kʼan Moʼ Hix
Kʼan Moʼ Hix was a Maya nobleman of Palenque, best known as the father of the famed ruler Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I.
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C.
Yaxchilán
Yaxchilán is an ancient Maya city renowned for its well-preserved architecture and intricately carved stone lintels along the Usumacinta River in present-day Mexico.
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D.
Tikal
Tikal is an ancient Maya city in present-day Guatemala, renowned for its towering pyramids, extensive ruins, and role as a powerful political and cultural center of the Classic Maya civilization.
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E.
Sak Kʼukʼ
Sak Kʼukʼ was a Maya queen of Palenque who served as regent and played a crucial role in securing the throne for her son, the famed ruler Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I.
- 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: Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ Target entity description: Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ was the founding dynastic ruler of the ancient Maya city-state of Copán, revered as a powerful king whose reign initiated its political and architectural florescence.
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A.
Dzibilchaltún
Dzibilchaltún is an ancient Maya archaeological site in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, noted for its Temple of the Seven Dolls and precise solar alignments during the equinoxes.
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B.
Kʼan Moʼ Hix
Kʼan Moʼ Hix was a Maya nobleman of Palenque, best known as the father of the famed ruler Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I.
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C.
Yaxchilán
Yaxchilán is an ancient Maya city renowned for its well-preserved architecture and intricately carved stone lintels along the Usumacinta River in present-day Mexico.
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D.
Tikal
Tikal is an ancient Maya city in present-day Guatemala, renowned for its towering pyramids, extensive ruins, and role as a powerful political and cultural center of the Classic Maya civilization.
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E.
Sak Kʼukʼ
Sak Kʼukʼ was a Maya queen of Palenque who served as regent and played a crucial role in securing the throne for her son, the famed ruler Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maya ruler
ⓘ
founder of dynasty ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Yax Kuk Mo
ⓘ
linked to:
Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ
Yax Kʼukʼ Mo ⓘ
linked to:
Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ
|
| associatedWith |
Copán Acropolis
ⓘ
linked to:
Acropolis of Copán
Hunal structure at Copán ⓘ Motmot burial at Copán ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Copán Acropolis
ⓘ
linked to:
Acropolis of Copán
Hunal tomb (probable) ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Altar Q at Copán
ⓘ
hieroglyphic inscriptions at Copán ⓘ |
| country | Copán ⓘ |
| culture | Maya civilization ⓘ |
| depictedAs | Teotihuacan-style warrior in Copán art ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Copán royal dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Copán dynasty
|
| endTime | 5th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Maya ⓘ |
| founderOf |
Copán dynasty
ⓘ
Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ dynasty ⓘ
linked to:
Copán dynasty
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasMayaNameElement |
kʼukʼ (quetzal)
ⓘ
moʼ (macaw) ⓘ yax (first, new, green) ⓘ |
| hasMayaNameMeaning |
First Quetzal Macaw
ⓘ
linked to:
Resplendent quetzal
|
| hasTitle |
founder-king of Copán
ⓘ
kʼuhul ajaw (holy lord) ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute | goggles and war-serpent imagery linked to Teotihuacan ⓘ |
| inferredOrigin |
Tikal sphere (probable political ties)
ⓘ
linked to:
Maya city‑states
|
| inferredOrigin | central Petén region (probable) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding the royal dynasty of Copán
ⓘ
initiating Copán’s architectural florescence ⓘ initiating Copán’s political florescence ⓘ |
| name | Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ ⓘ |
| politicalRole | established Copán as a major Maya city-state ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
ajaw of Copán
ⓘ
king of Copán ⓘ |
| religion | Maya religion ⓘ |
| residence |
Copán
ⓘ
Copán Valley ⓘ
linked to:
Copán
|
| significantPlace |
Copán
ⓘ
Teotihuacan (in later tradition/imagery) ⓘ
linked to:
Teotihuacan archaeological site
Tikal ⓘ |
| spouse | Lady in White Shells (probable, as identified by archaeologists) ⓘ |
| startTime |
5th century
ⓘ
c. 426 CE (traditional accession date) ⓘ |
| successor | Kʼinich Popol Hol ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Early Classic period ⓘ |
| veneratedAs | dynastic founder-ancestor at Copán ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ Description of subject: Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ was the founding dynastic ruler of the ancient Maya city-state of Copán, revered as a powerful king whose reign initiated its political and architectural florescence.
Referenced by (5)
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