Codex Aubin
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Codex Aubin is a 16th-century Nahua pictorial manuscript that chronicles the history, migrations, and dynastic events of the Mexica (Aztecs) from their origins through the early colonial period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Codex Aubin canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4000173 — 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: Codex Aubin Context triple: [Codex Boturini, relatedWork, Codex Aubin]
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A.
Codex Boturini
Codex Boturini is a pre-Hispanic Aztec pictorial manuscript that chronicles the Mexica migration and the legendary origins of Tenochtitlan.
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B.
Codex Selden
Codex Selden is a pre-Hispanic Mixtec pictorial manuscript that records genealogies, dynastic histories, and ritual information from the Mixtec civilization of what is now southern Mexico.
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C.
Codex Forster
Codex Forster is a collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks containing his sketches, scientific studies, and writings on a wide range of subjects.
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D.
Codex Trivulzianus
Codex Trivulzianus is a manuscript notebook by Leonardo da Vinci containing his studies in language, engineering, and various scientific and artistic subjects.
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E.
Codex Arundel
Codex Arundel is a celebrated collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s scientific and artistic notes and drawings, showcasing his investigations into mechanics, geometry, and natural phenomena.
- 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: Codex Aubin Target entity description: Codex Aubin is a 16th-century Nahua pictorial manuscript that chronicles the history, migrations, and dynastic events of the Mexica (Aztecs) from their origins through the early colonial period.
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A.
Codex Boturini
Codex Boturini is a pre-Hispanic Aztec pictorial manuscript that chronicles the Mexica migration and the legendary origins of Tenochtitlan.
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B.
Codex Selden
Codex Selden is a pre-Hispanic Mixtec pictorial manuscript that records genealogies, dynastic histories, and ritual information from the Mixtec civilization of what is now southern Mexico.
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C.
Codex Forster
Codex Forster is a collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks containing his sketches, scientific studies, and writings on a wide range of subjects.
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D.
Codex Trivulzianus
Codex Trivulzianus is a manuscript notebook by Leonardo da Vinci containing his studies in language, engineering, and various scientific and artistic subjects.
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E.
Codex Arundel
Codex Arundel is a celebrated collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s scientific and artistic notes and drawings, showcasing his investigations into mechanics, geometry, and natural phenomena.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aztec codex
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Mesoamerican codex ⓘ Nahua manuscript ⓘ historical manuscript ⓘ pictorial manuscript ⓘ |
| artStyle | Aztec pictorial tradition ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicGroup |
Mexica
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surface form:
Mexica people
Nahua ⓘ
surface form:
Nahua peoples
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| chronicleType | annal ⓘ |
| chronologyEnd | 16th century colonial period ⓘ |
| chronologyStart | Mexica departure from Aztlan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Viceroyalty of New Spain
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surface form:
New Spain
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| coversPeriod |
early colonial period in New Spain
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pre-Hispanic period ⓘ |
| culture |
Mexica
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Nahua ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation | 16th century ⓘ |
| describesEvent |
Mexica migration from Aztlan
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Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ early colonial administration in central Mexico ⓘ foundation of Tenochtitlan ⓘ |
| documentType | indigenous colonial document ⓘ |
| genre |
chronicle
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historical narrative ⓘ |
| hasPart |
alphabetic glosses
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pictorial sections ⓘ year-by-year annals ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Central Mexico ⓘ |
| language | Nahuatl ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Aztec Empire
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Mexica dynasties ⓘ Mexica history ⓘ Mexica migrations ⓘ |
| material | paper manuscript ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | indigenous Nahua perspective ⓘ |
| records |
dynastic successions of Mexica rulers
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relations with Spanish authorities ⓘ tribute and obligations in the colonial period ⓘ wars and conquests of the Mexica ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Codex Boturini
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Codex Mendoza ⓘ Crónica Mexicayotl ⓘ |
| script |
alphabetic script
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pictographic script ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Mesoamerican ethnohistorical studies ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy |
ethnohistorians of central Mexico
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historians of the Aztec Empire ⓘ |
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: Codex Aubin Description of subject: Codex Aubin is a 16th-century Nahua pictorial manuscript that chronicles the history, migrations, and dynastic events of the Mexica (Aztecs) from their origins through the early colonial period.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.