Tepeyac Hill
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Tepeyac Hill is a historic religious site in northern Mexico City, revered as the place where the Virgin of Guadalupe is believed to have appeared and now home to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tepeyac Hill canonical | 11 |
| Tepeyac | 2 |
| Tepeyac Hill area | 1 |
| Tepeyac Hill, near Mexico City | 1 |
| Tepeyac hill | 1 |
| Tepeyac pilgrimage site | 1 |
| Tepeyac religious area | 1 |
| Tepeyac, near present-day Mexico City | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T376087 — 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: Tepeyac Hill Context triple: [Gustavo A. Madero, hasLandmark, Tepeyac Hill]
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A.
Coyoacán
Coyoacán is a historic and culturally rich borough in southern Mexico City, known for its colonial architecture, cobblestone streets, and artistic heritage.
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B.
Monte Albán
Monte Albán is an ancient Zapotec archaeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico, renowned as one of the earliest and most important urban centers in Mesoamerican history.
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C.
Chichén Itzá
Chichén Itzá is a renowned ancient Maya city in Mexico famous for its monumental pyramid El Castillo and its role as a major political, religious, and cultural center in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.
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D.
Bosque de Chapultepec
Bosque de Chapultepec is a vast historic urban park in Mexico City that combines forests, lakes, museums, and cultural landmarks and is often considered one of the most important green spaces in Latin America.
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E.
Zócalo
Zócalo is the vast central plaza of Mexico City, historically and politically significant as a focal point for public gatherings, ceremonies, and cultural events.
- 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: Tepeyac Hill Target entity description: Tepeyac Hill is a historic religious site in northern Mexico City, revered as the place where the Virgin of Guadalupe is believed to have appeared and now home to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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A.
Coyoacán
Coyoacán is a historic and culturally rich borough in southern Mexico City, known for its colonial architecture, cobblestone streets, and artistic heritage.
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B.
Monte Albán
Monte Albán is an ancient Zapotec archaeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico, renowned as one of the earliest and most important urban centers in Mesoamerican history.
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C.
Chichén Itzá
Chichén Itzá is a renowned ancient Maya city in Mexico famous for its monumental pyramid El Castillo and its role as a major political, religious, and cultural center in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.
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D.
Bosque de Chapultepec
Bosque de Chapultepec is a vast historic urban park in Mexico City that combines forests, lakes, museums, and cultural landmarks and is often considered one of the most important green spaces in Latin America.
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E.
Zócalo
Zócalo is the vast central plaza of Mexico City, historically and politically significant as a focal point for public gatherings, ceremonies, and cultural events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic pilgrimage site
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Marian shrine ⓘ hill ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico
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surface form:
Archdiocese of Mexico
|
| annualPilgrims | millions of pilgrims per year ⓘ |
| apparitionsDate | 1531 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Juan Diego
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Our Lady of Guadalupe ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| associatedWithPreHispanicDeity | Tonantzin ⓘ |
| closestMajorShrine | Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important site for Mexican nationalism
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symbol of Mexican Catholic identity ⓘ |
| devotionalPractices | prayer, Mass, processions, offerings ⓘ |
| devotionBegan | 16th century ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 2,260 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
Mexican literature
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Mexican popular devotion ⓘ Mexican religious art ⓘ |
| hasAccess |
roads for vehicles
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stairways for pilgrims ⓘ |
| hasMonument | statues depicting the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe to Juan Diego ⓘ |
| hasSiteOn |
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
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Capilla de Indios ⓘ Capilla del Cerrito ⓘ Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe ⓘ
surface form:
Old Basilica of Guadalupe
various chapels ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Greater Mexico City metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Mexico City urban area
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| heritageStatus | major Catholic shrine in the Americas ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gustavo A. Madero borough
ⓘ
Mexico City ⓘ northern Mexico City ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | derived from Nahuatl "Tepeyacac" meaning "nose of the hill" or "at the top of the hill" ⓘ |
| nearbyLandmark |
Insurgentes Norte Avenue
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Villa de Guadalupe ⓘ |
| partOf |
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
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surface form:
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe complex
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| pilgrimagePeakDate | 12 December ⓘ |
| pilgrimagePeakEvent | Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe ⓘ |
| pilgrimageTradition | walking on knees or barefoot as penance ⓘ |
| preHispanicUse | site of a shrine to the Aztec goddess Tonantzin ⓘ |
| region | Valley of Mexico ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| significance | site of apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe according to Catholic tradition ⓘ |
| tourismType | religious tourism ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Tepeyac Hill Description of subject: Tepeyac Hill is a historic religious site in northern Mexico City, revered as the place where the Virgin of Guadalupe is believed to have appeared and now home to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tepeyac
this entity surface form:
Tepeyac Hill, near Mexico City
this entity surface form:
Tepeyac, near present-day Mexico City
this entity surface form:
Tepeyac hill
this entity surface form:
Tepeyac
this entity surface form:
Tepeyac pilgrimage site
this entity surface form:
Tepeyac religious area
this entity surface form:
Tepeyac Hill area