Grenadian Revolution
E142714
The Grenadian Revolution was a 1979 Marxist-Leninist uprising in Grenada that overthrew Prime Minister Eric Gairy and established the People's Revolutionary Government under Maurice Bishop.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Grenadian Revolution canonical | 4 |
| 1979 Grenada coup d'état | 1 |
| 1979 Grenadian Revolution | 1 |
| 1979 Grenadian coup d'état | 1 |
| Grenada Revolution | 1 |
| Grenadian Revolution of 1979 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1239875 — 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.
Target entity: Grenadian Revolution Context triple: [Urgent Fury, precededBy, Grenadian Revolution]
-
A.
Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution was a late-18th- to early-19th-century slave uprising in the French colony of Saint-Domingue that led to the abolition of slavery there and the establishment of Haiti as the first Black republic and the first successful slave-led state in the modern world.
-
B.
Nicaraguan Revolution
The Nicaraguan Revolution was a late-20th-century uprising led primarily by the Sandinista National Liberation Front that overthrew the Somoza dictatorship and reshaped Nicaragua’s political and social landscape.
-
C.
Dominican Civil War
The Dominican Civil War was a 1965 internal conflict in the Dominican Republic between constitutionalist and military-backed factions that prompted a major U.S.-led intervention during the Cold War.
-
D.
Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was a 1953–1959 armed uprising led by Fidel Castro that overthrew the U.S.-backed Batista regime and established a socialist state aligned with the Soviet Union, dramatically reshaping Cold War geopolitics in the Western Hemisphere.
-
E.
Cuban War of Independence
The Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898) was the final and most significant Cuban uprising against Spanish colonial rule, ultimately leading to U.S. intervention and the end of Spain’s empire in the Americas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Grenadian Revolution Target entity description: The Grenadian Revolution was a 1979 Marxist-Leninist uprising in Grenada that overthrew Prime Minister Eric Gairy and established the People's Revolutionary Government under Maurice Bishop.
-
A.
Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution was a late-18th- to early-19th-century slave uprising in the French colony of Saint-Domingue that led to the abolition of slavery there and the establishment of Haiti as the first Black republic and the first successful slave-led state in the modern world.
-
B.
Nicaraguan Revolution
The Nicaraguan Revolution was a late-20th-century uprising led primarily by the Sandinista National Liberation Front that overthrew the Somoza dictatorship and reshaped Nicaragua’s political and social landscape.
-
C.
Dominican Civil War
The Dominican Civil War was a 1965 internal conflict in the Dominican Republic between constitutionalist and military-backed factions that prompted a major U.S.-led intervention during the Cold War.
-
D.
Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was a 1953–1959 armed uprising led by Fidel Castro that overthrew the U.S.-backed Batista regime and established a socialist state aligned with the Soviet Union, dramatically reshaping Cold War geopolitics in the Western Hemisphere.
-
E.
Cuban War of Independence
The Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898) was the final and most significant Cuban uprising against Spanish colonial rule, ultimately leading to U.S. intervention and the end of Spain’s empire in the Americas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marxist–Leninist revolution
ⓘ
political uprising ⓘ revolution ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Cuba ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Grenadian Revolution
ⓘ
surface form:
Grenada Revolution
|
| context | Cold War ⓘ |
| country | Grenada ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Operation Urgent Fury
ⓘ
surface form:
1983 United States invasion of Grenada
internal power struggle within the New Jewel Movement ⓘ |
| governmentFormed |
People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Revolutionary Government
|
| hasKeyFigure |
Bernard Coard
ⓘ
Eric Gairy ⓘ Maurice Bishop ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentInstalled | Maurice Bishop ⓘ |
| ideology |
Marxism–Leninism
ⓘ
socialism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Black Power movement
ⓘ
surface form:
Black Power movement in the Caribbean
Cuban Revolution ⓘ |
| internationalReaction |
concern from Western governments
ⓘ
support from Cuba ⓘ |
| involvedParty |
Grenadian security forces loyal to Eric Gairy
ⓘ
People's Revolutionary Army ⓘ |
| leader | Maurice Bishop ⓘ |
| legalConsequence |
rule by decree
ⓘ
suspension of parliament ⓘ |
| location | St. George's, Grenada ⓘ |
| opposedBy | supporters of Eric Gairy ⓘ |
| organisedBy | New Jewel Movement ⓘ |
| overthrew | Eric Gairy ⓘ |
| overthrewGovernment |
Government of Eric Gairy
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of Prime Minister Eric Gairy
|
| partOf | history of Grenada ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation | left-wing ⓘ |
| precededBy | Government of Eric Gairy ⓘ |
| reason |
allegations of corruption and repression under Eric Gairy
ⓘ
desire for social and economic reforms ⓘ opposition to authoritarian rule of Eric Gairy ⓘ |
| region | Caribbean ⓘ |
| result |
establishment of the People's Revolutionary Government
ⓘ
overthrow of Eric Gairy ⓘ rule by the New Jewel Movement ⓘ suspension of Grenada's constitution ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
capture of the Grenadian radio station
ⓘ
formation of the People's Revolutionary Government ⓘ seizure of the True Blue army barracks ⓘ |
| startDate | 1979-03-13 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| year | 1979 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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.
Subject: Grenadian Revolution Description of subject: The Grenadian Revolution was a 1979 Marxist-Leninist uprising in Grenada that overthrew Prime Minister Eric Gairy and established the People's Revolutionary Government under Maurice Bishop.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.