De la Garza
E388924
De la Garza is the fictional Mexican family surname central to Laura Esquivel’s novel "Like Water for Chocolate," associated with the domineering matriarch Mama Elena and her daughters.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| De la Garza canonical | 5 |
| de la Garza | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3764693 — 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: De la Garza Context triple: [Mama Elena, familyName, De la Garza]
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A.
Del Rio
Del Rio is a border city in southwestern Texas known for its proximity to the Rio Grande and Laughlin Air Force Base.
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B.
Álamos
Álamos is a residential neighborhood in Mexico City’s Benito Juárez borough, known for its central location and urban character.
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C.
San Felipe de Austin
San Felipe de Austin was an early 19th-century colonial settlement in Mexican Texas that served as the capital of Stephen F. Austin’s colony and a key political and commercial center before the Texas Revolution.
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D.
San Elizario
San Elizario is a historic town in far West Texas known for its 18th-century Spanish mission, preserved adobe architecture, and role in early borderlands history near El Paso.
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E.
Braunfels
Braunfels is a historic spa and castle town in the German state of Hesse, known for its well-preserved medieval old town and hilltop Braunfels Castle.
- 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: De la Garza Target entity description: De la Garza is the fictional Mexican family surname central to Laura Esquivel’s novel "Like Water for Chocolate," associated with the domineering matriarch Mama Elena and her daughters.
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A.
Del Rio
Del Rio is a border city in southwestern Texas known for its proximity to the Rio Grande and Laughlin Air Force Base.
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B.
Álamos
Álamos is a residential neighborhood in Mexico City’s Benito Juárez borough, known for its central location and urban character.
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C.
San Felipe de Austin
San Felipe de Austin was an early 19th-century colonial settlement in Mexican Texas that served as the capital of Stephen F. Austin’s colony and a key political and commercial center before the Texas Revolution.
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D.
San Elizario
San Elizario is a historic town in far West Texas known for its 18th-century Spanish mission, preserved adobe architecture, and role in early borderlands history near El Paso.
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E.
Braunfels
Braunfels is a historic spa and castle town in the German state of Hesse, known for its well-preserved medieval old town and hilltop Braunfels Castle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional family
ⓘ
fictional surname ⓘ literary character group ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Like Water for Chocolate ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
culinary magic realism
ⓘ
family tradition ⓘ forbidden love ⓘ patriarchy and matriarchy ⓘ repression ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | Tita De la Garza ⓘ |
| createdBy | Laura Esquivel ⓘ |
| familyStructure | matriarchal household ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| genreContext | magic realism ⓘ |
| governedByCharacter |
Mama Elena
ⓘ
surface form:
Mama Elena De la Garza
|
| hasCentralRoleIn | Like Water for Chocolate ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfOrigin | Mexico ⓘ |
| hasFamilyNameLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Gertrudis De la Garza
ⓘ
Mama Elena ⓘ
surface form:
Mama Elena De la Garza
Rosaura De la Garza ⓘ Tita De la Garza ⓘ |
| hasOriginalTitleContext |
Like Water for Chocolate
ⓘ
surface form:
Como agua para chocolate
|
| influencesCharacterArcOf |
Gertrudis De la Garza
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pedro Muzquiz NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosaura De la Garza NERFINISHED ⓘ Tita De la Garza ⓘ |
| literaryForm | novel family saga ⓘ |
| notableFor |
strict family rules
ⓘ
tradition that youngest daughter cannot marry ⓘ |
| setInPlace | Northern Mexico ranch ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | Mexican Revolution era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: De la Garza Description of subject: De la Garza is the fictional Mexican family surname central to Laura Esquivel’s novel "Like Water for Chocolate," associated with the domineering matriarch Mama Elena and her daughters.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
de la Garza
this entity surface form:
de la Garza