Tepehuan
E94508
The Tepehuan are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico, known for their distinct Uto-Aztecan language, traditional agriculture, and communities in the Sierra Madre Occidental.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tepehuan canonical | 6 |
| Southern Tepehuan | 4 |
| Northern Tepehuan | 3 |
| Southern Tepehuán | 2 |
| Mimbreño | 1 |
| Northern Tepehuán | 1 |
| sout2980 (Southeastern Tepehuan) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T738791 — 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: Tepehuan Context triple: [Chihuahua, hasIndigenousGroup, Tepehuan]
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A.
Mazatec
Mazatec is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language (or group of closely related languages) spoken primarily by the Mazatec people in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Puebla, and Veracruz.
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B.
Muspilli
Muspilli is an Old High German eschatological poem that vividly depicts the Last Judgment and the end of the world.
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C.
Guarijío
Guarijío is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Guarijío people of northern Mexico, particularly in the states of Chihuahua and Sonora.
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D.
Tarahumara
The Tarahumara, also known as the Rarámuri, are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico renowned for their exceptional long-distance running abilities and traditional lifestyle in the canyons of the Sierra Madre.
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E.
Huastec
Huastec is a Mayan language spoken by the Huastec people primarily in northeastern Mexico, especially in parts of Veracruz and neighboring states.
- 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: Tepehuan Target entity description: The Tepehuan are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico, known for their distinct Uto-Aztecan language, traditional agriculture, and communities in the Sierra Madre Occidental.
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A.
Mazatec
Mazatec is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language (or group of closely related languages) spoken primarily by the Mazatec people in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Puebla, and Veracruz.
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B.
Muspilli
Muspilli is an Old High German eschatological poem that vividly depicts the Last Judgment and the end of the world.
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C.
Guarijío
Guarijío is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Guarijío people of northern Mexico, particularly in the states of Chihuahua and Sonora.
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D.
Tarahumara
The Tarahumara, also known as the Rarámuri, are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico renowned for their exceptional long-distance running abilities and traditional lifestyle in the canyons of the Sierra Madre.
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E.
Huastec
Huastec is a Mayan language spoken by the Huastec people primarily in northeastern Mexico, especially in parts of Veracruz and neighboring states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous people
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ |
| agriculturalSystem | milpa ⓘ |
| colonialHistory |
experienced population decline after contact
ⓘ
subject to Spanish missions ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
music with string instruments
ⓘ
ritual dances ⓘ seasonal agricultural ceremonies ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Gran Nayar ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Tepehuan people ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Northern Tepehuan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tepehuan
Southern Tepehuan ⓘ
linked to:
Tepehuan
|
| historicalEvent |
Tepehuan Revolt
ⓘ
linked to:
Tepehuán Revolt of the early 17th century
|
| indigenousTo |
Mexico
ⓘ
Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Uto-Aztecan languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Uto-Aztecan
|
| locatedInAdministrativeArea |
Chihuahua
ⓘ
Durango ⓘ Jalisco ⓘ Nayarit ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ |
| neighboringGroup |
Cora
ⓘ
Huichol ⓘ Tarahumara ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | indigenous group of Mexico ⓘ |
| region |
northern Mexico
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Mexico
|
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
traditional indigenous religion ⓘ |
| selfIdentification |
O’dam
ⓘ
O’dami ⓘ
linked to:
O’dam
|
| speaks |
Northern Tepehuan language
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Tepehuán language
Southern Tepehuan language ⓘ Tepehuan languages ⓘ |
| Tepehuan Revolt |
directed against Spanish colonial rule
ⓘ
occurred in early 17th century ⓘ |
| traditionalCraft |
basketry
ⓘ
embroidery ⓘ weaving ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing |
adobe houses
ⓘ
wooden houses ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
agriculture
ⓘ
bean cultivation ⓘ livestock raising ⓘ maize cultivation ⓘ squash cultivation ⓘ |
| usesLanguageScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: Tepehuan Description of subject: The Tepehuan are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico, known for their distinct Uto-Aztecan language, traditional agriculture, and communities in the Sierra Madre Occidental.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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