1973 Chilean coup d'état
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The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a military overthrow of President Salvador Allende that marked the violent end of Chile's democracy and the beginning of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1973 Chilean coup d'état canonical | 6 |
| Chilean coup of 1973 | 1 |
| Chilean military coup of 1973 | 1 |
| Golpe de Estado en Chile de 1973 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T580186 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1973 Chilean coup d'état Context triple: [La Moneda Palace, hasEvent, 1973 Chilean coup d'état]
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A.
1979 Salvadoran coup d'état
The 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état was a military-led overthrow of President Carlos Humberto Romero that installed a reformist junta and set the stage for the outbreak of the Salvadoran Civil War.
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B.
Parada Militar de Chile
Parada Militar de Chile is Chile’s annual military parade, held in Santiago to commemorate the country’s Independence and showcase its armed forces.
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C.
First Government Junta of Chile
The First Government Junta of Chile was the provisional governing body established in Santiago on September 18, 1810, marking the beginning of Chile’s process of independence from Spanish colonial rule.
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Second Government Junta of Chile
The Second Government Junta of Chile was the short-lived governing body that succeeded the country’s first junta during the early stages of Chile’s struggle for independence from Spanish rule.
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E.
El Mozote massacre
The El Mozote massacre was a 1981 atrocity in which Salvadoran government troops killed hundreds of civilians, becoming one of the most infamous human rights violations of the Salvadoran Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1973 Chilean coup d'état Target entity description: The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a military overthrow of President Salvador Allende that marked the violent end of Chile's democracy and the beginning of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.
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A.
1979 Salvadoran coup d'état
The 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état was a military-led overthrow of President Carlos Humberto Romero that installed a reformist junta and set the stage for the outbreak of the Salvadoran Civil War.
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B.
Parada Militar de Chile
Parada Militar de Chile is Chile’s annual military parade, held in Santiago to commemorate the country’s Independence and showcase its armed forces.
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C.
First Government Junta of Chile
The First Government Junta of Chile was the provisional governing body established in Santiago on September 18, 1810, marking the beginning of Chile’s process of independence from Spanish colonial rule.
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D.
Second Government Junta of Chile
The Second Government Junta of Chile was the short-lived governing body that succeeded the country’s first junta during the early stages of Chile’s struggle for independence from Spanish rule.
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E.
El Mozote massacre
The El Mozote massacre was a 1981 atrocity in which Salvadoran government troops killed hundreds of civilians, becoming one of the most infamous human rights violations of the Salvadoran Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coup d'état
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military coup ⓘ political event ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
1973 Chilean coup d'état
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surface form:
Chilean coup of 1973
|
| associatedWith | Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ |
| casualties | hundreds of people killed or disappeared in immediate aftermath ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | September 11 ⓘ |
| country | Chile ⓘ |
| date | 1973-09-11 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Chilean military dictatorship
ⓘ
surface form:
Chilean military dictatorship under Augusto Pinochet
human rights violations in Chile ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Augusto Pinochet
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Carlos Prats ⓘ César Mendoza ⓘ Gustavo Leigh ⓘ José Toribio Merino ⓘ Salvador Allende ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| ledBy |
Augusto Pinochet
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Carabineros de Chile ⓘ Chilean Air Force ⓘ Armed Forces of Chile ⓘ
surface form:
Chilean Armed Forces
Chilean Navy ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| nativeName |
1973 Chilean coup d'état
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Golpe de Estado en Chile de 1973
|
| opposedBy | supporters of Salvador Allende ⓘ |
| opposedIdeology | socialism ⓘ |
| opposedParty | Popular Unity ⓘ |
| overthrew | Salvador Allende ⓘ |
| overthrewGovernmentOf |
Chile
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Chile
|
| partOf | Cold War ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Cold War
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surface form:
U.S.–Soviet Cold War rivalry
|
| precededBy | presidency of Salvador Allende ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
beginning of Augusto Pinochet regime
ⓘ
dissolution of political parties ⓘ end of Chilean democracy ⓘ establishment of military dictatorship in Chile ⓘ overthrow of Salvador Allende ⓘ suspension of Chilean Congress ⓘ |
| significance |
symbol of Cold War intervention in Latin America
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turning point in Chilean political history ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Chilean right-wing parties
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United States government ⓘ business elites in Chile ⓘ sectors of the Catholic Church in Chile ⓘ |
| targetedOffice | President of Chile ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn |
La Moneda Palace
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Santiago ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
air bombardment of La Moneda Palace
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military assault on La Moneda Palace ⓘ |
| year | 1973 ⓘ |
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Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chilean coup of 1973
this entity surface form:
Golpe de Estado en Chile de 1973
this entity surface form:
Chilean military coup of 1973