Quauhnahuac
E951328
Quauhnahuac is the fictional Mexican town that serves as the primary setting of Malcolm Lowry’s novel "Under the Volcano," closely modeled on the real city of Cuernavaca.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Quauhnahuac canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11754451 — 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: Quauhnahuac Context triple: [Under the Volcano, setInCity, Quauhnahuac]
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A.
Xochistlahuaca
Xochistlahuaca is a municipality and town in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, known for its indigenous Amuzgo population and rich traditional textile weaving.
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B.
Ocoyoacac
Ocoyoacac is a municipality in the State of Mexico located on the western edge of the Valley of Mexico, known for its forests, mountainous terrain, and proximity to Mexico City.
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C.
Atlcahualo
Atlcahualo was an important Aztec religious festival held in honor of the rain god Tlaloc, marked by rituals and offerings to ensure agricultural fertility.
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D.
Teotlalco
Teotlalco was one of the principal wives of the Aztec emperor Moctezuma II and a noblewoman of high status in the Mexica court.
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E.
Coixtlahuaca
Coixtlahuaca was an important pre-Columbian city in present-day Oaxaca, Mexico, serving as a key political and cultural hub in the Mixtec region.
- 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: Quauhnahuac Target entity description: Quauhnahuac is the fictional Mexican town that serves as the primary setting of Malcolm Lowry’s novel "Under the Volcano," closely modeled on the real city of Cuernavaca.
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A.
Xochistlahuaca
Xochistlahuaca is a municipality and town in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, known for its indigenous Amuzgo population and rich traditional textile weaving.
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B.
Ocoyoacac
Ocoyoacac is a municipality in the State of Mexico located on the western edge of the Valley of Mexico, known for its forests, mountainous terrain, and proximity to Mexico City.
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C.
Atlcahualo
Atlcahualo was an important Aztec religious festival held in honor of the rain god Tlaloc, marked by rituals and offerings to ensure agricultural fertility.
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D.
Teotlalco
Teotlalco was one of the principal wives of the Aztec emperor Moctezuma II and a noblewoman of high status in the Mexica court.
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E.
Coixtlahuaca
Coixtlahuaca was an important pre-Columbian city in present-day Oaxaca, Mexico, serving as a key political and cultural hub in the Mixtec region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional town
ⓘ
literary setting ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Under the Volcano ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
alcoholism
ⓘ
existential despair ⓘ political unrest ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| createdBy | Malcolm Lowry ⓘ |
| hasClimate | temperate highland climate (in-fiction, like Cuernavaca) ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | post-Revolutionary Mexico ⓘ |
| hasEvent |
Day of the Dead celebrations
ⓘ
linked to:
Día de Muertos
Mexican national holiday festivities ⓘ |
| hasFictionalStatus | fictional location ⓘ |
| hasLiterarySignificance | one of the most famous fictional towns in 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | multiple viewpoints in Under the Volcano ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
volcano Iztaccíhuatl (referenced in-fiction)
ⓘ
linked to:
Iztaccíhuatl stratovolcano
volcano Popocatépetl (referenced in-fiction) ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistResident | the Consul (Geoffrey Firmin) ⓘ |
| hasTransportation | buses to Mexico City (in-fiction) ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfPlace | provincial Mexican town ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Nahuatl ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernist literature ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalRegion | state of Morelos ⓘ |
| modeledOn | Cuernavaca ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | symbolic landscape of spiritual decay ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
British expatriate community
ⓘ
cantinas and bars ⓘ volcanic landscape ⓘ |
| primarySettingOf | Under the Volcano ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
inner turmoil of the Consul
ⓘ
moral and political chaos ⓘ |
| topographicallySimilarTo | Cuernavaca ⓘ |
| usedAs | allegorical version of Cuernavaca ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1947 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Quauhnahuac Description of subject: Quauhnahuac is the fictional Mexican town that serves as the primary setting of Malcolm Lowry’s novel "Under the Volcano," closely modeled on the real city of Cuernavaca.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.