Távora affair

Target entity: Távora affair
Context triple: [Joseph I of Portugal, significantEvent, Távora affair]

• A. Calas affair
  The Calas affair was an 18th-century French legal case involving the wrongful execution of Protestant merchant Jean Calas, which became a symbol of religious intolerance and judicial injustice and inspired Voltaire’s campaign for civil rights and legal reform.
• B. Nechayev affair
  The Nechayev affair was a notorious 1869 Russian revolutionary conspiracy and murder scandal involving Sergei Nechayev, which exposed the extremism of radical nihilist politics and inspired later literary and political critiques.
• C. Dunera affair
  The Dunera affair was a World War II incident in which over 2,000 mainly Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany were wrongly deported by Britain to internment camps in Australia under harsh and unjust conditions.
• D. Ibiza affair
  The Ibiza affair was a major 2019 political scandal in Austria involving a secretly recorded video that led to the collapse of the governing coalition and the resignation of key far-right leaders.
• E. Bettencourt affair
  The Bettencourt affair was a major French political and financial scandal involving L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, allegations of tax evasion, illegal political donations, and influence peddling at the highest levels of the French government.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Távora affair
Target entity description: The Távora affair was an 18th-century political scandal and alleged assassination plot in Portugal that led to the brutal execution of members of the powerful Távora family and strengthened the absolutist rule of the Marquis of Pombal.

• A. Calas affair
  The Calas affair was an 18th-century French legal case involving the wrongful execution of Protestant merchant Jean Calas, which became a symbol of religious intolerance and judicial injustice and inspired Voltaire’s campaign for civil rights and legal reform.
• B. Nechayev affair
  The Nechayev affair was a notorious 1869 Russian revolutionary conspiracy and murder scandal involving Sergei Nechayev, which exposed the extremism of radical nihilist politics and inspired later literary and political critiques.
• C. Dunera affair
  The Dunera affair was a World War II incident in which over 2,000 mainly Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany were wrongly deported by Britain to internment camps in Australia under harsh and unjust conditions.
• D. Ibiza affair
  The Ibiza affair was a major 2019 political scandal in Austria involving a secretly recorded video that led to the collapse of the governing coalition and the resignation of key far-right leaders.
• E. Bettencourt affair
  The Bettencourt affair was a major French political and financial scandal involving L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, allegations of tax evasion, illegal political donations, and influence peddling at the highest levels of the French government.
• F. None of above. chosen