Irish Confederates
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The Irish Confederates were a coalition of Irish Catholic nobles, clergy, and military leaders who governed much of Ireland and fought to defend Catholic interests and Irish autonomy during the mid-17th-century conflicts known as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
All labels observed (12)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2519094 — 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: Irish Confederates Context triple: [Wars of the Three Kingdoms, mainBelligerent, Irish Confederates]
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Irish Republican Brotherhood
The Irish Republican Brotherhood was a secret oath-bound revolutionary organization founded in the 19th century that sought to establish an independent Irish republic, playing a central role in planning the 1916 Easter Rising.
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Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)
The Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) was the guerrilla military organization of Irish republicans that fought British rule in Ireland and sought to establish an independent Irish republic during the early 20th century.
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Society of United Irishmen
The Society of United Irishmen was a late 18th-century revolutionary organization in Ireland that sought to unite Catholics, Protestants, and Dissenters in the cause of Irish independence and republican reform.
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Irish National Liberation Army
The Irish National Liberation Army was a republican paramilitary organization in Northern Ireland that sought to end British rule and establish a socialist republic, becoming known for its violent campaign during the Troubles.
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Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army was a paramilitary organization dedicated to ending British rule in Northern Ireland and achieving a united Irish republic, active in various forms throughout the 20th century.
- 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: Irish Confederates Target entity description: The Irish Confederates were a coalition of Irish Catholic nobles, clergy, and military leaders who governed much of Ireland and fought to defend Catholic interests and Irish autonomy during the mid-17th-century conflicts known as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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A.
Irish Republican Brotherhood
The Irish Republican Brotherhood was a secret oath-bound revolutionary organization founded in the 19th century that sought to establish an independent Irish republic, playing a central role in planning the 1916 Easter Rising.
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B.
Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)
The Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) was the guerrilla military organization of Irish republicans that fought British rule in Ireland and sought to establish an independent Irish republic during the early 20th century.
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C.
Society of United Irishmen
The Society of United Irishmen was a late 18th-century revolutionary organization in Ireland that sought to unite Catholics, Protestants, and Dissenters in the cause of Irish independence and republican reform.
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D.
Irish National Liberation Army
The Irish National Liberation Army was a republican paramilitary organization in Northern Ireland that sought to end British rule and establish a socialist republic, becoming known for its violent campaign during the Troubles.
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Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army was a paramilitary organization dedicated to ending British rule in Northern Ireland and achieving a united Irish republic, active in various forms throughout the 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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.
Input
Subject: Irish Confederates Description of subject: The Irish Confederates were a coalition of Irish Catholic nobles, clergy, and military leaders who governed much of Ireland and fought to defend Catholic interests and Irish autonomy during the mid-17th-century conflicts known as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
Referenced by (33)
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Irish Confederate forces
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Irish Confederates used a strong defensive position before counterattacking
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Irish Confederate army of Leinster
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Irish Confederate troops
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Irish Confederate forces
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Irish Confederate forces
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Confederate Catholics of Ireland
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Confederate Catholics of Ireland
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Irish Confederate forces
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Irish Confederate forces
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Irish Confederate Army in Ulster
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Confederate Catholics of Ireland
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Irish Confederate forces
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Army of the Irish Confederation
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Irish Confederate forces
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Irish Confederate army
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Irish Confederate forces
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Irish Confederate forces
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Irish Confederate Army