Luis de Onís
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Luis de Onís was a Spanish diplomat best known for negotiating the 1819 Adams–Onís Treaty, which defined the boundary between the United States and Spanish territories and ceded Florida to the U.S.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Luis de Onís canonical | 7 |
| Luis de Onís y González-Vara | 2 |
| Luis de Onís, Spanish minister to the United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9515661 — 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: Luis de Onís Context triple: [Adams–Onís Treaty, negotiatedBy, Luis de Onís]
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A.
Francisco Pascasio Moreno
Francisco Pascasio Moreno was an Argentine explorer, geographer, and naturalist renowned for his pioneering surveys of Patagonia and his role in defining Argentina’s national borders.
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B.
Francisco Narciso de Laprida
Francisco Narciso de Laprida was an Argentine lawyer and politician best known for presiding over the 1816 assembly that declared Argentina’s independence.
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C.
Antonio de Castro Mayer
Antonio de Castro Mayer was a traditionalist Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop known for his staunch opposition to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council and his close association with Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.
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D.
Francisco de Paula del Villar
Francisco de Paula del Villar was a Spanish architect best known for initiating the original design of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família before the project passed to Antoni Gaudí.
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E.
Guillermo Dupaix
Guillermo Dupaix was an early 19th-century Spanish military officer and pioneering archaeologist known for his systematic explorations and documentation of pre-Columbian sites in Mexico.
- 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: Luis de Onís Target entity description: Luis de Onís was a Spanish diplomat best known for negotiating the 1819 Adams–Onís Treaty, which defined the boundary between the United States and Spanish territories and ceded Florida to the U.S.
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A.
Francisco Pascasio Moreno
Francisco Pascasio Moreno was an Argentine explorer, geographer, and naturalist renowned for his pioneering surveys of Patagonia and his role in defining Argentina’s national borders.
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B.
Francisco Narciso de Laprida
Francisco Narciso de Laprida was an Argentine lawyer and politician best known for presiding over the 1816 assembly that declared Argentina’s independence.
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C.
Antonio de Castro Mayer
Antonio de Castro Mayer was a traditionalist Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop known for his staunch opposition to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council and his close association with Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.
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D.
Francisco de Paula del Villar
Francisco de Paula del Villar was a Spanish architect best known for initiating the original design of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família before the project passed to Antoni Gaudí.
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E.
Guillermo Dupaix
Guillermo Dupaix was an early 19th-century Spanish military officer and pioneering archaeologist known for his systematic explorations and documentation of pre-Columbian sites in Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish diplomat
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diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
diplomacy between Spain and the United States
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international relations ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Spain ⓘ |
| diplomaticFocus |
status of Florida
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territorial disputes in North America ⓘ western boundary of the Louisiana Purchase ⓘ |
| diplomaticMission | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
Kingdom of Spain
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Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to:
Crown of Spain
|
| familyName | de Onís ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
diplomacy
ⓘ
international law ⓘ |
| givenName | Luis ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalName |
Luis de Onís y González-Vara
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linked to:
Luis de Onís
|
| hasHonorificTitle | minister plenipotentiary ⓘ |
| influenced |
U.S. acquisition of Florida
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United States–Spain boundary settlement ⓘ
linked to:
Adams–Onís Treaty
|
| knownFor |
ceding Florida from Spain to the United States
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defining the boundary between the United States and Spanish territories in North America ⓘ negotiating the Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Spanish ⓘ |
| name | Luis de Onís ⓘ |
| nationality | Spanish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Adams–Onís Treaty
ⓘ
Florida cession negotiations ⓘ Transcontinental Treaty ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| partnerInTreatyNegotiationWith | John Quincy Adams ⓘ |
| partOf | Spanish diplomatic corps ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Spanish minister to the United States ⓘ |
| represented | Spain in negotiations with the United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| signedTreaty |
Adams–Onís Treaty
ⓘ
Transcontinental Treaty between the United States and Spain ⓘ
linked to:
Adams–Onís Treaty
|
| significantEvent |
cession of Florida to the United States
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diplomatic disputes over Spanish North America ⓘ negotiation of the Adams–Onís Treaty ⓘ |
| treatyEffect |
clarified Spanish claims in the American Southwest
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defined U.S.–Spanish border from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean ⓘ transferred Florida from Spain to the United States ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Madrid
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Luis de Onís Description of subject: Luis de Onís was a Spanish diplomat best known for negotiating the 1819 Adams–Onís Treaty, which defined the boundary between the United States and Spanish territories and ceded Florida to the U.S.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Luis de Onís
Transcontinental Treaty
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signedByRepresentativeOf
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Luis de Onís, Spanish minister to the United States
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linked to: Luis de Onís
linked to: Luis de Onís