Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
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Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho was a Portuguese military officer and strategist who played a central role in planning and leading the 1974 Carnation Revolution that ended Portugal’s Estado Novo dictatorship.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho canonical | 10 |
| Otelo Nuno Romão Saraiva de Carvalho | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T119271 — 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: Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho Context triple: [Carnation Revolution, hasKeyFigure, Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho]
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A.
António de Spínola
António de Spínola was a Portuguese military officer and politician who played a pivotal role in the 1974 transition from dictatorship to democracy, briefly serving as President of Portugal.
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B.
Xanana Gusmão
Xanana Gusmão is a Timorese independence leader and statesman who became the first president and later prime minister of Timor-Leste after leading the struggle against Indonesian occupation.
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C.
Henrique Lopes de Mendonça
Henrique Lopes de Mendonça was a Portuguese playwright, poet, and naval officer best known for writing the lyrics to Portugal’s national anthem, “A Portuguesa.”
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D.
António
António is a common Portuguese given name, notably borne by António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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E.
Marcelo Caetano
Marcelo Caetano was the last prime minister of Portugal’s Estado Novo dictatorship, whose overthrow in 1974 during the Carnation Revolution ended decades of authoritarian rule.
- 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: Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho Target entity description: Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho was a Portuguese military officer and strategist who played a central role in planning and leading the 1974 Carnation Revolution that ended Portugal’s Estado Novo dictatorship.
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A.
António de Spínola
António de Spínola was a Portuguese military officer and politician who played a pivotal role in the 1974 transition from dictatorship to democracy, briefly serving as President of Portugal.
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B.
Xanana Gusmão
Xanana Gusmão is a Timorese independence leader and statesman who became the first president and later prime minister of Timor-Leste after leading the struggle against Indonesian occupation.
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C.
Henrique Lopes de Mendonça
Henrique Lopes de Mendonça was a Portuguese playwright, poet, and naval officer best known for writing the lyrics to Portugal’s national anthem, “A Portuguesa.”
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D.
António
António is a common Portuguese given name, notably borne by António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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E.
Marcelo Caetano
Marcelo Caetano was the last prime minister of Portugal’s Estado Novo dictatorship, whose overthrow in 1974 during the Carnation Revolution ended decades of authoritarian rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese military officer
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human ⓘ political activist ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Prazeres Cemetery ⓘ |
| candidateInElection |
Portuguese presidential election, 1976
ⓘ
Portuguese presidential election, 1976 ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese presidential election, 1980
|
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| citizenship | Portugal ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
Mozambique
ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese Mozambique
|
| dateOfBirth | 1936-08-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2021-07-25 ⓘ |
| education | Portuguese Military Academy ⓘ |
| event |
Carnation Revolution
ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese Revolution of 25 April 1974
|
| familyName | Saraiva de Carvalho ⓘ |
| fullName |
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Otelo Nuno Romão Saraiva de Carvalho
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Otelo ⓘ |
| hasHonor |
Order of Liberty (Portugal)
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Order of the Tower and Sword ⓘ |
| ideology | left-wing politics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
opposition to the Estado Novo dictatorship
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role in Portugal’s transition to democracy ⓘ |
| language | Portuguese ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Armed Forces Movement
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surface form:
Movimento das Forças Armadas
|
| militaryBranch | Portuguese Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | brigadier ⓘ |
| movement |
Armed Forces Movement
ⓘ
Carnation Revolution ⓘ |
| nationality | Portuguese ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading the military operations of the Carnation Revolution
ⓘ
planning the Carnation Revolution ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Lourenço Marques
ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Lisbon
ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ |
| planned | military operations of 25 April 1974 in Portugal ⓘ |
| ranForOffice | President of Portugal ⓘ |
| residence | Lisbon ⓘ |
| role |
chief strategist of the Carnation Revolution
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operational commander of the Carnation Revolution ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Portuguese Colonial War
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surface form:
Angola theatre of the Portuguese Colonial War
Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ
surface form:
Guinea-Bissau theatre of the Portuguese Colonial War
Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
20th century
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21st century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho Description of subject: Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho was a Portuguese military officer and strategist who played a central role in planning and leading the 1974 Carnation Revolution that ended Portugal’s Estado Novo dictatorship.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Otelo Nuno Romão Saraiva de Carvalho
subject surface form:
Movimento das Forças Armadas