“Obsidian Serpent”
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“Obsidian Serpent” is the English translation of the Nahuatl name Itzcoatl, borne by a prominent Aztec ruler who significantly expanded the Aztec Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| “Obsidian Serpent” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4379157 — 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: “Obsidian Serpent” Context triple: [Itzcoatl, meaningOfName, “Obsidian Serpent”]
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A.
Serpent’s Mouth
Serpent’s Mouth is a narrow strait between Trinidad and Venezuela that forms the southern entrance to the Gulf of Paria from the Atlantic Ocean.
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B.
World Serpent
The World Serpent is a colossal sea serpent from Norse mythology that encircles the earth and is fated to battle Thor during Ragnarök.
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C.
The Snake’s Skin
The Snake’s Skin is a modernist Georgian novel by Grigol Robakidze that explores themes of identity, transformation, and national consciousness through symbolic and philosophical narrative.
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D.
Ouroboros
Ouroboros is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail, commonly representing cyclicality, self-renewal, and the eternal nature of existence.
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E.
The Snakes
The Snakes is a subgroup affiliated with the Brooklyn hip-hop collective Junior M.A.F.I.A., associated with the mid-1990s East Coast rap scene.
- 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: “Obsidian Serpent” Target entity description: “Obsidian Serpent” is the English translation of the Nahuatl name Itzcoatl, borne by a prominent Aztec ruler who significantly expanded the Aztec Empire.
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A.
Serpent’s Mouth
Serpent’s Mouth is a narrow strait between Trinidad and Venezuela that forms the southern entrance to the Gulf of Paria from the Atlantic Ocean.
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B.
World Serpent
The World Serpent is a colossal sea serpent from Norse mythology that encircles the earth and is fated to battle Thor during Ragnarök.
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C.
The Snake’s Skin
The Snake’s Skin is a modernist Georgian novel by Grigol Robakidze that explores themes of identity, transformation, and national consciousness through symbolic and philosophical narrative.
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D.
Ouroboros
Ouroboros is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail, commonly representing cyclicality, self-renewal, and the eternal nature of existence.
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E.
The Snakes
The Snakes is a subgroup affiliated with the Brooklyn hip-hop collective Junior M.A.F.I.A., associated with the mid-1990s East Coast rap scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aztec ruler
ⓘ
human ⓘ tlatoani ⓘ |
| allianceFormedWith |
Texcoco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tlacopan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | early imperial phase of the Aztec Empire ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Tenochtitlan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalRuled | Tenochtitlan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| civilization | Aztec Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | war against Azcapotzalco ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| countryRuled | Aztec Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Aztec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1440 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Tenochtitlan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Tenochca ruling dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enemy | Azcapotzalco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Mexica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Acamapichtli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentSystem | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName | Obsidian Serpent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | Obsidian Serpent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameInNahuatl | Itzcoatl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| implementedPolicy |
centralization of power in Tenochtitlan
ⓘ
redistribution of land and tribute ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent Aztec rulers ⓘ |
| knownAs | Obsidian Serpent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legacy | establishment of Tenochtitlan as dominant power in the Valley of Mexico ⓘ |
| mother | an unnamed Tepanec noblewoman ⓘ |
| notableFor |
formation of the Aztec Triple Alliance
ⓘ
major expansion of the Aztec Empire ⓘ |
| patronDeity | Huitzilopochtli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
fourth tlatoani of Tenochtitlan
ⓘ
ruler of Tenochtitlan ⓘ |
| predecessor | Chimalpopoca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Central Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1440 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1427 ⓘ |
| religion | Aztec religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInGovernment |
military leader
ⓘ
political reformer ⓘ |
| successor | Moctezuma I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 15th century ⓘ |
| title | Huey Tlatoani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: “Obsidian Serpent” Description of subject: “Obsidian Serpent” is the English translation of the Nahuatl name Itzcoatl, borne by a prominent Aztec ruler who significantly expanded the Aztec Empire.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.