Yax
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Yax is a Mayan term meaning "first" or "green/blue," used as a name element in royal titles such as Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yax canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7863726 — 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 Context triple: [Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ, nameElement, Yax]
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A.
Yaxhá
Yaxhá is an ancient Maya archaeological site in northern Guatemala known for its large ceremonial complexes and scenic setting beside Lake Yaxhá.
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B.
Yahi
The Yahi were a small Native American group from northern California, known for being among the last surviving independent Indigenous peoples in the region and for the story of Ishi, their last known member.
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C.
Tayasal
Tayasal was a major Itza Maya city in present-day Guatemala that served as one of the last independent Maya strongholds before Spanish conquest.
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D.
Yawal
Yawal is a town in the Indian state of Maharashtra, situated in the Jalgaon district and known for its agricultural surroundings and local markets.
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E.
Yat
Yat is the given name of Yat Malmgren, a notable dancer, choreographer, and acting teacher known for developing a movement-based acting technique.
- 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 Target entity description: Yax is a Mayan term meaning "first" or "green/blue," used as a name element in royal titles such as Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ.
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A.
Yaxhá
Yaxhá is an ancient Maya archaeological site in northern Guatemala known for its large ceremonial complexes and scenic setting beside Lake Yaxhá.
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B.
Yahi
The Yahi were a small Native American group from northern California, known for being among the last surviving independent Indigenous peoples in the region and for the story of Ishi, their last known member.
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C.
Tayasal
Tayasal was a major Itza Maya city in present-day Guatemala that served as one of the last independent Maya strongholds before Spanish conquest.
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D.
Yawal
Yawal is a town in the Indian state of Maharashtra, situated in the Jalgaon district and known for its agricultural surroundings and local markets.
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E.
Yackan
Yackan is an alternative name for the Yakan, an indigenous ethnolinguistic group from the island of Basilan in the southern Philippines known for their weaving and distinct cultural traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan term
ⓘ
lexical item ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ ⓘ |
| category | Mayan onomastic element ⓘ |
| colorRange | green-blue spectrum ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient Maya civilization ⓘ |
| denotes |
freshness
ⓘ
primacy ⓘ vivid coloration ⓘ |
| etymologicalOrigin |
Classic Maya language
ⓘ
linked to:
Classical Maya language
|
| language | Mayan languages ⓘ |
| meaning |
blue
ⓘ
first ⓘ green ⓘ |
| positionInName | name element ⓘ |
| region | Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| scriptType | logographic-syllabic ⓘ |
| semanticField |
colors
ⓘ
ordinality ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfUse |
Classic Maya period
ⓘ
Postclassic Maya period ⓘ
linked to:
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
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| usedBy | Maya royalty ⓘ |
| usedIn |
personal names
ⓘ
royal titles ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ |
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: Yax Description of subject: Yax is a Mayan term meaning "first" or "green/blue," used as a name element in royal titles such as Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.