Gonzalo de Sandoval
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Gonzalo de Sandoval was a Spanish conquistador and close lieutenant of Hernán Cortés, noted for his key military role in the conquest of the Aztec Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gonzalo de Sandoval canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4985199 — 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: Gonzalo de Sandoval Context triple: [Siege of Tenochtitlan, commander, Gonzalo de Sandoval]
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A.
Gómez de Sandoval
Gómez de Sandoval is a Spanish noble family name most prominently associated with Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, the powerful Duke of Lerma and favorite of King Philip III of Spain.
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Diego de Deza
Diego de Deza was a late 15th- and early 16th-century Spanish Dominican friar and theologian who became a powerful figure in the Catholic Church and a leading organizer of the Spanish Inquisition.
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Francisco de Valdez
Francisco de Valdez was a 16th-century Spanish general best known for leading Habsburg forces during the Dutch Revolt, including major operations in the Low Countries.
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D.
Juan del Águila
Juan del Águila was a Spanish general best known for commanding Spanish forces in late 16th-century conflicts against England and in campaigns in Ireland and the Low Countries.
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E.
Fernando de Valdés
Fernando de Valdés was a 16th-century Spanish churchman and statesman who served as one of the most powerful and controversial Grand Inquisitors of the Spanish Inquisition.
- 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: Gonzalo de Sandoval Target entity description: Gonzalo de Sandoval was a Spanish conquistador and close lieutenant of Hernán Cortés, noted for his key military role in the conquest of the Aztec Empire.
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A.
Gómez de Sandoval
Gómez de Sandoval is a Spanish noble family name most prominently associated with Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, the powerful Duke of Lerma and favorite of King Philip III of Spain.
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B.
Diego de Deza
Diego de Deza was a late 15th- and early 16th-century Spanish Dominican friar and theologian who became a powerful figure in the Catholic Church and a leading organizer of the Spanish Inquisition.
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C.
Francisco de Valdez
Francisco de Valdez was a 16th-century Spanish general best known for leading Habsburg forces during the Dutch Revolt, including major operations in the Low Countries.
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D.
Juan del Águila
Juan del Águila was a Spanish general best known for commanding Spanish forces in late 16th-century conflicts against England and in campaigns in Ireland and the Low Countries.
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E.
Fernando de Valdés
Fernando de Valdés was a 16th-century Spanish churchman and statesman who served as one of the most powerful and controversial Grand Inquisitors of the Spanish Inquisition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish conquistador
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explorer ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aztec Empire
NERFINISHED
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Hernán Cortés NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish conquest of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Tenochtitlan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Crown of Castile
NERFINISHED
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Medellín, Extremadura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| closeAllyOf | Hernán Cortés NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commanderOf |
Spanish troops during parts of the siege of Tenochtitlan
ⓘ
expeditions in the Gulf Coast region ⓘ forces in Colima campaign ⓘ forces in Pánuco campaign ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Crown of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
New Spain
NERFINISHED
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Veracruz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Spanish Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Spanish ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| nationality | Spanish ⓘ |
| notableFor |
close lieutenant of Hernán Cortés
ⓘ
command of Spanish forces in several decisive battles ⓘ key military role in the conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ |
| notableWork |
campaigns in Colima
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campaigns in Guatemala ⓘ campaigns in Honduras ⓘ campaigns in Michoacán ⓘ campaigns in Oaxaca ⓘ campaigns in Pánuco ⓘ campaigns in Veracruz region ⓘ conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ siege of Tenochtitlan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
conquistador
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soldier ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
NERFINISHED
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campaigns against indigenous resistance in New Spain ⓘ expedition to Honduras ⓘ siege of Tenochtitlan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Cortés expedition to Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
alguacil mayor of Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz
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regidor in New Spain settlements ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Hernán Cortés NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Age of Discovery
NERFINISHED
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Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Gonzalo de Sandoval Description of subject: Gonzalo de Sandoval was a Spanish conquistador and close lieutenant of Hernán Cortés, noted for his key military role in the conquest of the Aztec Empire.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.