Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ

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Maya ruler founder of dynasty human

Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ was the founding dynastic ruler of the ancient Maya city-state of Copán, revered as a powerful king whose reign initiated its political and architectural florescence.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ canonical	3
Yax Kuk Mo	1
Yax Kʼukʼ Mo	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7552277 — 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: Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ
Context triple: [Great Plaza (Copán), associatedWith, Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ]

A. Dzibilchaltún
Dzibilchaltún is an ancient Maya archaeological site in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, noted for its Temple of the Seven Dolls and precise solar alignments during the equinoxes.
B. Kʼan Moʼ Hix
Kʼan Moʼ Hix was a Maya nobleman of Palenque, best known as the father of the famed ruler Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I.
C. Yaxchilán
Yaxchilán is an ancient Maya city renowned for its well-preserved architecture and intricately carved stone lintels along the Usumacinta River in present-day Mexico.
D. Tikal
Tikal is an ancient Maya city in present-day Guatemala, renowned for its towering pyramids, extensive ruins, and role as a powerful political and cultural center of the Classic Maya civilization.
E. Sak Kʼukʼ
Sak Kʼukʼ was a Maya queen of Palenque who served as regent and played a crucial role in securing the throne for her son, the famed ruler Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I.
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: Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ
Target entity description: Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ was the founding dynastic ruler of the ancient Maya city-state of Copán, revered as a powerful king whose reign initiated its political and architectural florescence.

A. Dzibilchaltún
Dzibilchaltún is an ancient Maya archaeological site in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, noted for its Temple of the Seven Dolls and precise solar alignments during the equinoxes.
B. Kʼan Moʼ Hix
Kʼan Moʼ Hix was a Maya nobleman of Palenque, best known as the father of the famed ruler Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I.
C. Yaxchilán
Yaxchilán is an ancient Maya city renowned for its well-preserved architecture and intricately carved stone lintels along the Usumacinta River in present-day Mexico.
D. Tikal
Tikal is an ancient Maya city in present-day Guatemala, renowned for its towering pyramids, extensive ruins, and role as a powerful political and cultural center of the Classic Maya civilization.
E. Sak Kʼukʼ
Sak Kʼukʼ was a Maya queen of Palenque who served as regent and played a crucial role in securing the throne for her son, the famed ruler Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Maya ruler ⓘ founder of dynasty ⓘ human ⓘ
alternateName	Yax Kuk Mo ⓘ linked to: Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ Yax Kʼukʼ Mo ⓘ linked to: Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ
associatedWith	Copán Acropolis ⓘ linked to: Acropolis of Copán Hunal structure at Copán ⓘ Motmot burial at Copán ⓘ
burialPlace	Copán Acropolis ⓘ linked to: Acropolis of Copán Hunal tomb (probable) ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Altar Q at Copán ⓘ hieroglyphic inscriptions at Copán ⓘ
country	Copán ⓘ
culture	Maya civilization ⓘ
depictedAs	Teotihuacan-style warrior in Copán art ⓘ
dynasty	Copán royal dynasty ⓘ linked to: Copán dynasty
endTime	5th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Maya ⓘ
founderOf	Copán dynasty ⓘ Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ dynasty ⓘ linked to: Copán dynasty
gender	male ⓘ
hasMayaNameElement	kʼukʼ (quetzal) ⓘ moʼ (macaw) ⓘ yax (first, new, green) ⓘ
hasMayaNameMeaning	First Quetzal Macaw ⓘ linked to: Resplendent quetzal
hasTitle	founder-king of Copán ⓘ kʼuhul ajaw (holy lord) ⓘ
iconographicAttribute	goggles and war-serpent imagery linked to Teotihuacan ⓘ
inferredOrigin	Tikal sphere (probable political ties) ⓘ linked to: Maya city‑states
inferredOrigin	central Petén region (probable) ⓘ
knownFor	founding the royal dynasty of Copán ⓘ initiating Copán’s architectural florescence ⓘ initiating Copán’s political florescence ⓘ
name	Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ ⓘ
politicalRole	established Copán as a major Maya city-state ⓘ
positionHeld	ajaw of Copán ⓘ king of Copán ⓘ
religion	Maya religion ⓘ
residence	Copán ⓘ Copán Valley ⓘ linked to: Copán
significantPlace	Copán ⓘ Teotihuacan (in later tradition/imagery) ⓘ linked to: Teotihuacan archaeological site Tikal ⓘ
spouse	Lady in White Shells (probable, as identified by archaeologists) ⓘ
startTime	5th century ⓘ c. 426 CE (traditional accession date) ⓘ
successor	Kʼinich Popol Hol ⓘ
timePeriod	Early Classic period ⓘ
veneratedAs	dynastic founder-ancestor at Copán ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Plaza (Copán) → associatedWith → Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ ⓘ

subject linked to: Great Plaza

Temple 16 → associatedWith → Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ ⓘ

Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ → name → Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ ⓘ

Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ → alternateName → Yax Kʼukʼ Mo ⓘ

linked to: Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ

Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ → alternateName → Yax Kuk Mo ⓘ