Acolhua
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The Acolhua were a Nahua-speaking Mesoamerican people of central Mexico, closely allied with the Aztecs and centered in the city-state of Texcoco.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Acolhua canonical | 6 |
| Acolhua people | 3 |
| Acolhua chiefdoms | 1 |
| Culhua | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T924603 — 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.
Target entity: Acolhua Context triple: [Triple Alliance, ethnicGroup, Acolhua]
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A.
Mexica
The Mexica were a Nahuatl-speaking indigenous people of central Mexico who founded the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan and became the dominant power in the Aztec Empire.
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B.
Totonac
Totonac is an indigenous language family of eastern Mexico, traditionally spoken by the Totonac people primarily in the states of Veracruz and Puebla.
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C.
Huastec
Huastec is a Mayan language spoken by the Huastec people primarily in northeastern Mexico, especially in parts of Veracruz and neighboring states.
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D.
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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E.
Tarascan (Purépecha) civilization
The Tarascan (Purépecha) civilization was a powerful pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture centered in western Mexico, noted for its sophisticated metallurgy, strong military state, and successful resistance to Aztec expansion.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Acolhua Target entity description: The Acolhua were a Nahua-speaking Mesoamerican people of central Mexico, closely allied with the Aztecs and centered in the city-state of Texcoco.
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A.
Mexica
The Mexica were a Nahuatl-speaking indigenous people of central Mexico who founded the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan and became the dominant power in the Aztec Empire.
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B.
Totonac
Totonac is an indigenous language family of eastern Mexico, traditionally spoken by the Totonac people primarily in the states of Veracruz and Puebla.
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C.
Huastec
Huastec is a Mayan language spoken by the Huastec people primarily in northeastern Mexico, especially in parts of Veracruz and neighboring states.
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D.
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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E.
Tarascan (Purépecha) civilization
The Tarascan (Purépecha) civilization was a powerful pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture centered in western Mexico, noted for its sophisticated metallurgy, strong military state, and successful resistance to Aztec expansion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican people
ⓘ
Nahua people ⓘ |
| affectedByEvent | Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Aztec Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Aztecs
|
| architectureStyle | Mesoamerican temple-pyramid architecture ⓘ |
| artStyle | Central Mexican Postclassic art ⓘ |
| capital | Texcoco ⓘ |
| centeredIn | Texcoco ⓘ |
| conqueredBy | Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| cosmologyType | Mesoamerican cosmology ⓘ |
| cultureArea | Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
tribute collection ⓘ |
| engagedIn | warfare alongside Aztec allies ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Central Mexico ⓘ |
| floruit |
14th century
ⓘ
15th century ⓘ early 16th century ⓘ |
| governedFrom | Texcoco palace complex ⓘ |
| hadEducationSystem | calmecac-style elite education ⓘ |
| hadLegalTradition | codified laws in Texcoco ⓘ |
| hasDemonym |
Acolhua
self-link
ⓘ
Nahua ⓘ
surface form:
Acolhuan
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| knownFor |
Texcoco as a major cultural and intellectual center
ⓘ
participation in Aztec imperial expansion ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Nahuan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Nahua languages
|
| locatedInPresentDay | Mexico ⓘ |
| majorCity | Texcoco ⓘ |
| memberOf | Nahua cultural sphere ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nahua cultural sphere
ⓘ
surface form:
Aztec cultural sphere
Triple Alliance ⓘ |
| politicalOrganization | city-state system (altepetl) ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | ally and partner of the Mexica of Tenochtitlan ⓘ |
| preColumbian | true ⓘ |
| region | Valley of Mexico ⓘ |
| religion | Mesoamerican polytheism ⓘ |
| ruledBy | tlatoani ⓘ |
| socialStructure | stratified society with nobility and commoners ⓘ |
| spokeDialectOf | Classical Nahuatl ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| tripleAlliancePartnerWith |
Mexica
ⓘ
Tepanec ⓘ
surface form:
Tepanecs
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| used | chinampa agriculture (in parts of their territory) ⓘ |
| usedCalendar | Mesoamerican calendar ⓘ |
| usedMaterial |
cotton textiles
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obsidian tools ⓘ stone for monumental construction ⓘ |
| usedWritingSystem | Mesoamerican pictographic writing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Acolhua Description of subject: The Acolhua were a Nahua-speaking Mesoamerican people of central Mexico, closely allied with the Aztecs and centered in the city-state of Texcoco.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.