Bobby Sands
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Bobby Sands was an Irish republican and Provisional IRA member who became internationally known after dying on hunger strike in prison in 1981, symbolizing resistance to British rule in Northern Ireland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bobby Sands canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T833161 — 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: Bobby Sands Context triple: [Hunger strikes of 1981, notableDeath, Bobby Sands]
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A.
James Connolly
James Connolly was an American athlete and scholar best known as the first Olympic champion of the modern era, winning the triple jump at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
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B.
Robin McLeavy
Robin McLeavy is an Australian actress best known for her role as Eva in the television Western drama series "Hell on Wheels."
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C.
Pat Moran
Pat Moran was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball manager and former catcher best known for leading teams like the Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds, including guiding the Reds to a controversial 1919 World Series championship.
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D.
Marc Bulger
Marc Bulger is a former NFL quarterback best known for his Pro Bowl tenure with the St. Louis Rams in the 2000s.
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E.
Cathal Brugha
Cathal Brugha was an Irish revolutionary leader and politician who played a key role in the struggle for independence, serving as a senior commander in the IRA and later as the first chairman of Dáil Éireann.
- 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: Bobby Sands Target entity description: Bobby Sands was an Irish republican and Provisional IRA member who became internationally known after dying on hunger strike in prison in 1981, symbolizing resistance to British rule in Northern Ireland.
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A.
James Connolly
James Connolly was an American athlete and scholar best known as the first Olympic champion of the modern era, winning the triple jump at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
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B.
Robin McLeavy
Robin McLeavy is an Australian actress best known for her role as Eva in the television Western drama series "Hell on Wheels."
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C.
Pat Moran
Pat Moran was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball manager and former catcher best known for leading teams like the Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds, including guiding the Reds to a controversial 1919 World Series championship.
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D.
Marc Bulger
Marc Bulger is a former NFL quarterback best known for his Pro Bowl tenure with the St. Louis Rams in the 2000s.
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E.
Cathal Brugha
Cathal Brugha was an Irish revolutionary leader and politician who played a key role in the struggle for independence, serving as a senior commander in the IRA and later as the first chairman of Dáil Éireann.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish republican
ⓘ
Provisional Irish Republican Army member ⓘ human ⓘ political activist ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
hunger strike
ⓘ
starvation ⓘ |
| child |
Robert Gerard Sands
ⓘ
surface form:
Gerard Sands
|
| constituencyRepresented | Fermanagh and South Tyrone ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1954-03-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1981-05-05 ⓘ |
| detainedUnder | special category status policy dispute ⓘ |
| electionDate | 1981-04-09 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Irish ⓘ |
| fullName | Robert Gerard Sands ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasMural | Bobby Sands mural on Falls Road, Belfast ⓘ |
| imprisonedAt |
HM Prison Maze
ⓘ
Long Kesh ⓘ |
| influenced |
Irish republican movement
ⓘ
international prison protest movements ⓘ |
| knownFor |
1981 Irish hunger strike
ⓘ
leading the 1981 hunger strike in the Maze Prison ⓘ symbol of resistance to British rule in Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Provisional Irish Republican Army
ⓘ
Sinn Féin ⓘ |
| movement |
Irish republicanism
ⓘ
Provisional Irish Republican Army ⓘ |
| nationality | Irish ⓘ |
| nickname | Bobby Sands self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Day in My Life
ⓘ
A Day in My Life ⓘ
surface form:
One Day in My Life
|
| occupation |
paramilitary
ⓘ
poet ⓘ politician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermEnd | 1981-05-05 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermStart | 1981-04-09 ⓘ |
| partOf | The Troubles ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Belfast
ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
County Antrim
ⓘ
HM Prison Maze ⓘ Long Kesh ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| politicalParty | Sinn Féin ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| protestedAgainst |
British rule in Northern Ireland
ⓘ
removal of special category status for paramilitary prisoners ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Twinbrook, Belfast ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Provisional Irish Republican Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade
|
| spouse | Geraldine Noade ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Hunger (film)
ⓘ
surface form:
film "Hunger"
murals in Belfast ⓘ numerous songs ⓘ |
| wrote |
poems
ⓘ
prison diary ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bobby Sands Description of subject: Bobby Sands was an Irish republican and Provisional IRA member who became internationally known after dying on hunger strike in prison in 1981, symbolizing resistance to British rule in Northern Ireland.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hunger (2008 film)