Maxtla
E481513
Maxtla was a Tepanec ruler of Azcapotzalco in pre-Columbian central Mexico, known for his aggressive expansionism and conflict with neighboring city-states such as Tenochtitlan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maxtla canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4917354 — 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: Maxtla Context triple: [Tepanec War, hasParticipant, Maxtla]
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A.
Tezonco
Tezonco is a metro station in Mexico City that serves the southeastern area of the city on the capital’s rapid transit network.
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B.
Matlatzinca
Matlatzinca is an indigenous language of central Mexico spoken by the Matlatzinca people, primarily in the State of Mexico.
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C.
Tecuichpo
Tecuichpo, better known as Isabel Moctezuma, was a Nahua noblewoman and daughter of the Aztec emperor Moctezuma II who became an important figure in early colonial New Spain through her alliances with Spanish conquistadors.
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D.
Xelajú
Xelajú is the traditional Kʼicheʼ Maya name and commonly used nickname for the Guatemalan city of Quetzaltenango, a major cultural and economic center in the country’s western highlands.
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E.
Catemaco
Catemaco is a lakeside town in Veracruz, Mexico, famed for its lush rainforest setting, ecotourism, and long-standing reputation as a center of witchcraft and spiritual rituals.
- 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: Maxtla Target entity description: Maxtla was a Tepanec ruler of Azcapotzalco in pre-Columbian central Mexico, known for his aggressive expansionism and conflict with neighboring city-states such as Tenochtitlan.
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A.
Tezonco
Tezonco is a metro station in Mexico City that serves the southeastern area of the city on the capital’s rapid transit network.
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B.
Matlatzinca
Matlatzinca is an indigenous language of central Mexico spoken by the Matlatzinca people, primarily in the State of Mexico.
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C.
Tecuichpo
Tecuichpo, better known as Isabel Moctezuma, was a Nahua noblewoman and daughter of the Aztec emperor Moctezuma II who became an important figure in early colonial New Spain through her alliances with Spanish conquistadors.
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D.
Xelajú
Xelajú is the traditional Kʼicheʼ Maya name and commonly used nickname for the Guatemalan city of Quetzaltenango, a major cultural and economic center in the country’s western highlands.
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E.
Catemaco
Catemaco is a lakeside town in Veracruz, Mexico, famed for its lush rainforest setting, ecotourism, and long-standing reputation as a center of witchcraft and spiritual rituals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tepanec ruler
ⓘ
pre-Columbian Mesoamerican ruler ⓘ |
| causeOf |
formation of the Aztec Triple Alliance
ⓘ
war with Tenochtitlan ⓘ war with Texcoco ⓘ |
| conflict |
Tenochtitlan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Texcoco NERFINISHED ⓘ Tlacopan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Azcapotzalco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Tepanec culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defeatedBy |
Aztec Triple Alliance
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Itzcoatl NERFINISHED ⓘ Nezahualcoyotl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endCause | defeat in war ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Tepanec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| event | Siege of Azcapotzalco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Tezozomoc of Azcapotzalco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSource |
Codex Chimalpahin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Codex Xolotl NERFINISHED ⓘ post-Conquest Nahua chronicles ⓘ |
| knownFor |
aggressive expansionism
ⓘ
conflict with neighboring city-states ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Classical Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | attempt to dominate the Valley of Mexico ⓘ |
| opponent |
Itzcoatl
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nezahualcoyotl NERFINISHED ⓘ Tenochtitlan Triple Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Tepanec Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | tlatoani of Azcapotzalco ⓘ |
| region | Central Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Tezozomoc of Azcapotzalco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Aztec religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Azcapotzalco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeeded | Tezozomoc of Azcapotzalco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica 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: Maxtla Description of subject: Maxtla was a Tepanec ruler of Azcapotzalco in pre-Columbian central Mexico, known for his aggressive expansionism and conflict with neighboring city-states such as Tenochtitlan.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.