Silent Sentinels
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The Silent Sentinels were a group of women suffragists who conducted the first-ever nonviolent, continuous picketing of the White House in 1917 to demand voting rights for women in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Silent Sentinels canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Silent Sentinels Context triple: [Silent Sentinels White House picketing, alsoKnownAs, Silent Sentinels]
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A.
The Volunteers
The Volunteers was the popular name for the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, a locally raised militia that provided auxiliary military defense for Hong Kong, particularly during the early 20th century and World War II.
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B.
Sentinels
The Sentinels is the name of the athletic teams representing Patrick Henry College in collegiate sports competitions.
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C.
Sentinels
Sentinels is the mascot name representing the athletic teams and school spirit of Inglewood High School.
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D.
Sentinels
Sentinels are powerful mutant-hunting robots from the X-Men universe, designed to track, capture, and exterminate mutants.
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E.
The Troops
"The Troops" is a World War I poem by Siegfried Sassoon that bitterly portrays the physical and psychological devastation of soldiers returning from the front.
- 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: Silent Sentinels Target entity description: The Silent Sentinels were a group of women suffragists who conducted the first-ever nonviolent, continuous picketing of the White House in 1917 to demand voting rights for women in the United States.
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A.
The Volunteers
The Volunteers was the popular name for the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, a locally raised militia that provided auxiliary military defense for Hong Kong, particularly during the early 20th century and World War II.
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B.
Sentinels
The Sentinels is the name of the athletic teams representing Patrick Henry College in collegiate sports competitions.
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C.
Sentinels
Sentinels is the mascot name representing the athletic teams and school spirit of Inglewood High School.
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D.
Sentinels
Sentinels are powerful mutant-hunting robots from the X-Men universe, designed to track, capture, and exterminate mutants.
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E.
The Troops
"The Troops" is a World War I poem by Siegfried Sassoon that bitterly portrays the physical and psychological devastation of soldiers returning from the front.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
picketing campaign
ⓘ
protest group ⓘ women's suffrage organization ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticizedFor | picketing the president during wartime ⓘ |
| endDate | 1919-06-04 ⓘ |
| faced |
arrests of picketers
ⓘ
imprisonment of suffragists ⓘ violence from hostile crowds ⓘ |
| goal |
federal amendment for women's suffrage in the United States
ⓘ
voting rights for women in the United States ⓘ |
| hasPart | Night of Terror (November 14, 1917) ⓘ |
| ideology |
political equality
ⓘ
women's rights ⓘ |
| imprisonmentLocation |
District of Columbia Jail
ⓘ
linked to:
D.C. Jail
Occoquan Workhouse ⓘ
linked to:
Occoquan Workhouse, Virginia
|
| influenced | passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leader |
Alice Paul
ⓘ
Lucy Burns ⓘ |
| location |
Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
White House ⓘ |
| method |
civil disobedience
ⓘ
nonviolent protest ⓘ picketing ⓘ |
| movement | women's suffrage movement in the United States ⓘ |
| notableFor | first-ever nonviolent, continuous picketing of the White House ⓘ |
| opponent |
United States government
ⓘ
Woodrow Wilson ⓘ |
| opposedBy | anti-suffrage groups in the United States ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage
ⓘ
National Woman's Party ⓘ |
| participant |
Alice Paul
ⓘ
Doris Stevens ⓘ Eunice Dana Brannan ⓘ Inez Milholland Boissevain ⓘ
linked to:
Inez Milholland
Katherine Morey ⓘ Lucy Burns ⓘ Mabel Vernon ⓘ Rose Winslow ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
increased public sympathy for women's suffrage
ⓘ
national attention to the suffrage cause ⓘ |
| slogan | Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty? ⓘ |
| startDate | 1917-01-10 ⓘ |
| tactic |
silent picketing with banners
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use of provocative political slogans on banners ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War I ⓘ |
| used | hunger strikes in prison ⓘ |
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