Stickies
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Stickies is the nickname for the Official Irish Republican movement, a left-wing Irish republican organization that emerged from a split in the IRA in the late 1960s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stickies canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4339344 — 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: Stickies Context triple: [Official republican movement, alsoKnownAs, Stickies]
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A.
The Stick
The Stick is the longtime nickname of Candlestick Park, the former outdoor sports stadium in San Francisco that famously hosted the San Francisco Giants and 49ers.
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B.
Super Stickers
Super Stickers are animated, paid digital stickers that viewers can purchase during YouTube live streams and Premieres to support creators and stand out in chat.
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C.
Stick It
Stick It is a 2006 teen sports comedy-drama film centered on competitive gymnastics and rebellious youth.
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D.
Cooties
Cooties is a 2014 horror-comedy film about elementary school teachers fighting off a playground zombie outbreak caused by tainted chicken nuggets.
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E.
Trix
Trix is one of the official cartoon mascots created to represent and promote the UEFA Euro 2008 football tournament.
- 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: Stickies Target entity description: Stickies is the nickname for the Official Irish Republican movement, a left-wing Irish republican organization that emerged from a split in the IRA in the late 1960s.
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A.
The Stick
The Stick is the longtime nickname of Candlestick Park, the former outdoor sports stadium in San Francisco that famously hosted the San Francisco Giants and 49ers.
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B.
Super Stickers
Super Stickers are animated, paid digital stickers that viewers can purchase during YouTube live streams and Premieres to support creators and stand out in chat.
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C.
Stick It
Stick It is a 2006 teen sports comedy-drama film centered on competitive gymnastics and rebellious youth.
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D.
Cooties
Cooties is a 2014 horror-comedy film about elementary school teachers fighting off a playground zombie outbreak caused by tainted chicken nuggets.
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E.
Trix
Trix is one of the official cartoon mascots created to represent and promote the UEFA Euro 2008 football tournament.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish republican organisation
ⓘ
political nickname ⓘ |
| alignedWith | Workers' Party in later years ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Official IRA
ⓘ
linked to:
Official IRA (historically)
Officials ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Official IRA
ⓘ
linked to:
Official IRA (historically)
Official Irish Republican movement ⓘ
linked to:
Official republican movement
|
| armedWingOf | Official republican movement ⓘ |
| associatedPoliticalWing |
Official Sinn Féin
ⓘ
Workers' Party of Ireland ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeriod | The Troubles ⓘ |
| ceasedMajorOperationsBy | mid-1970s ⓘ |
| conflictType | involved in sectarian and political violence during the Troubles ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Provisional IRA
ⓘ
Provisionals ⓘ |
| emergedFromEvent | split in the IRA over strategy and ideology ⓘ |
| goal |
end of partition of Ireland
ⓘ
establishment of a socialist republic in Ireland ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Cold War-era Irish politics ⓘ |
| ideology |
Irish republicanism
ⓘ
Marxism ⓘ left-wing politics ⓘ socialism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Marxist–Leninist theory
ⓘ
linked to:
Marxism–Leninism
international communist movement ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| movementSplitFrom |
IRA
ⓘ
Irish Republican Army ⓘ |
| nicknameOrigin | use of stick-on paper Easter lilies ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | more Marxist and class-oriented than Provisional IRA ⓘ |
| opposedTo | British rule in Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| organizationalNature |
paramilitary organisation
ⓘ
political movement ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | left-wing to far-left ⓘ |
| positionOnBorder | support for Irish reunification ⓘ |
| primaryOpponents |
British Army in Northern Ireland
ⓘ
Provisional IRA (rival republican faction) ⓘ
linked to:
Provisional Irish Republican Army
loyalist paramilitaries ⓘ |
| reasonForNickname | use of adhesive Easter lily badges instead of pinned ones ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Northern Ireland
ⓘ
Republic of Ireland ⓘ |
| splitOccurredIn | late 1960s ⓘ |
| status | largely inactive as an armed organisation ⓘ |
| tactics |
armed struggle
ⓘ
political organisation ⓘ trade union activism ⓘ |
| timeOfEmergence | 1969 ⓘ |
| usedSymbol | Easter lily ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Stickies Description of subject: Stickies is the nickname for the Official Irish Republican movement, a left-wing Irish republican organization that emerged from a split in the IRA in the late 1960s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.