Alonso de Molina
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Alonso de Molina was a 16th-century Franciscan friar and linguist renowned for compiling some of the earliest and most influential grammars and dictionaries of the Nahuatl language.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alonso de Molina canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Alonso de Molina Context triple: [Classical Nahuatl, documentedBy, Alonso de Molina]
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Alonso de Grado
Alonso de Grado was a Spanish conquistador of the early 16th century who became notable in New Spain through his marriage to the Aztec noblewoman Isabel Moctezuma.
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Dionisio de Herrera
Dionisio de Herrera was a prominent early 19th-century Honduran statesman and liberal leader who played a key role in Central America’s struggle for independence and in the formation of its first republican institutions.
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C.
Alonso de Ribera
Alonso de Ribera was a Spanish soldier and colonial governor best known for organizing the professional standing army that defended Chile during the Arauco War in the early 17th century.
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D.
Jerónimo de Aliaga
Jerónimo de Aliaga was a Spanish conquistador and early colonial figure in Peru, remembered as one of the original settlers of Lima and a prominent landowner in the 16th century.
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E.
Tomás de Villanueva
Tomás de Villanueva was a 16th-century Spanish Augustinian friar, archbishop, and renowned preacher known for his charity and later canonization as a Catholic saint.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Alonso de Molina Target entity description: Alonso de Molina was a 16th-century Franciscan friar and linguist renowned for compiling some of the earliest and most influential grammars and dictionaries of the Nahuatl language.
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A.
Alonso de Grado
Alonso de Grado was a Spanish conquistador of the early 16th century who became notable in New Spain through his marriage to the Aztec noblewoman Isabel Moctezuma.
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B.
Dionisio de Herrera
Dionisio de Herrera was a prominent early 19th-century Honduran statesman and liberal leader who played a key role in Central America’s struggle for independence and in the formation of its first republican institutions.
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C.
Alonso de Ribera
Alonso de Ribera was a Spanish soldier and colonial governor best known for organizing the professional standing army that defended Chile during the Arauco War in the early 17th century.
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D.
Jerónimo de Aliaga
Jerónimo de Aliaga was a Spanish conquistador and early colonial figure in Peru, remembered as one of the original settlers of Lima and a prominent landowner in the 16th century.
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E.
Tomás de Villanueva
Tomás de Villanueva was a 16th-century Spanish Augustinian friar, archbishop, and renowned preacher known for his charity and later canonization as a Catholic saint.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Franciscan friar
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grammatian ⓘ human ⓘ lexicographer ⓘ linguist ⓘ missionary ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Nahua people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryActive | 16th century ⓘ |
| contributedTo | documentation of Nahuatl language ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | Viceroyalty of New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Renaissance ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Nahuatl linguistics
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missionary linguistics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
dictionary
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grammar ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ |
| impact |
preserved extensive Nahuatl vocabulary
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standardized colonial written Nahuatl ⓘ |
| influenced |
colonial-era missionary linguistics
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later Nahuatl lexicography ⓘ |
| languageOfStudy | Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageWritten |
Nahuatl
NERFINISHED
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Spanish ⓘ |
| name | Alonso de Molina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notability |
compiled one of the earliest dictionaries of Nahuatl
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compiled one of the earliest grammars of Nahuatl ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Arte de la lengua mexicana y castellana
NERFINISHED
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Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana NERFINISHED ⓘ Vocabulario en lengua mexicana y castellana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
Franciscan friar
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grammatian ⓘ lexicographer ⓘ linguist ⓘ missionary ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Mexico City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryAudienceOfWorks | Spanish missionaries in New Spain ⓘ |
| primarySubjectOfWorks | Nahuatl language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfWork | Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| religiousOrder | Order of Friars Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInSociety | intermediary between Spanish missionaries and Nahuatl speakers ⓘ |
| subjectOf | scholarly studies on colonial Nahuatl linguistics ⓘ |
| usedFor | evangelization in New Spain ⓘ |
| writingSystemUsed | Latin alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Alonso de Molina Description of subject: Alonso de Molina was a 16th-century Franciscan friar and linguist renowned for compiling some of the earliest and most influential grammars and dictionaries of the Nahuatl language.
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