Intendancy system of New Spain
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The Intendancy system of New Spain was an 18th-century Spanish colonial administrative reform that reorganized territories into intendancies to centralize authority, improve tax collection, and curb local corruption.
All labels observed (1)
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| Intendancy system of New Spain canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18746026 — 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: Intendancy system of New Spain Context triple: [Alcaldía mayor of San Miguel el Grande, partOf, Intendancy system of New Spain]
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A.
Intendancy of Guanajuato
The Intendancy of Guanajuato was an administrative division of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, centered on the prosperous mining region of Guanajuato in colonial Mexico.
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B.
Intendancy of Potosí
The Intendancy of Potosí was a late 18th- to early 19th-century Spanish colonial administrative division in Upper Peru, centered on the rich silver-mining city of Potosí and subordinate to the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.
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C.
Plan of San Luis Potosí
The Plan of San Luis Potosí was a 1910 political manifesto issued by Francisco I. Madero that called for Mexicans to revolt against Porfirio Díaz’s dictatorship, helping to ignite the Mexican Revolution.
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D.
Viceroyalty of New Spain
The Viceroyalty of New Spain was a major administrative division of the Spanish Empire in the Americas, encompassing much of present-day Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and parts of the present-day United States from the 16th to the early 19th century.
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E.
Intendancy of Guadalajara
The Intendancy of Guadalajara was a major administrative division of New Spain centered on the city of Guadalajara, encompassing much of western Mexico during the late colonial period.
- 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: Intendancy system of New Spain Target entity description: The Intendancy system of New Spain was an 18th-century Spanish colonial administrative reform that reorganized territories into intendancies to centralize authority, improve tax collection, and curb local corruption.
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A.
Intendancy of Guanajuato
The Intendancy of Guanajuato was an administrative division of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, centered on the prosperous mining region of Guanajuato in colonial Mexico.
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B.
Intendancy of Potosí
The Intendancy of Potosí was a late 18th- to early 19th-century Spanish colonial administrative division in Upper Peru, centered on the rich silver-mining city of Potosí and subordinate to the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.
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C.
Plan of San Luis Potosí
The Plan of San Luis Potosí was a 1910 political manifesto issued by Francisco I. Madero that called for Mexicans to revolt against Porfirio Díaz’s dictatorship, helping to ignite the Mexican Revolution.
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D.
Viceroyalty of New Spain
The Viceroyalty of New Spain was a major administrative division of the Spanish Empire in the Americas, encompassing much of present-day Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and parts of the present-day United States from the 16th to the early 19th century.
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E.
Intendancy of Guadalajara
The Intendancy of Guadalajara was a major administrative division of New Spain centered on the city of Guadalajara, encompassing much of western Mexico during the late colonial period.
- F. None of above. chosen
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