Students for a Democratic Society
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New Left organization
political manifesto
political organization
radical left-wing organization
student activist organization
Students for a Democratic Society was a prominent 1960s American student activist organization known for its central role in the New Left, opposing the Vietnam War and advocating participatory democracy and social justice.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Students for a Democratic Society canonical | 12 |
| Weathermen faction of Students for a Democratic Society | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1460255 — 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: Students for a Democratic Society Context triple: [New Left, hasKeyOrganization, Students for a Democratic Society]
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A.
Young People's Socialist League
The Young People's Socialist League was the youth organization associated with the Socialist Party of America, engaging and organizing young activists around socialist politics in the United States.
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B.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was a major youth-led civil rights organization in the United States, best known for organizing sit-ins, Freedom Rides, and voter registration drives in the 1960s.
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C.
National Federation of Socialist Students
The National Federation of Socialist Students is the student organization aligned with Portugal’s Socialist Party, representing and mobilizing socialist-oriented students in educational institutions.
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D.
Greensboro Student Executive Committee for Justice
The Greensboro Student Executive Committee for Justice was a civil rights student organization that coordinated and led the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins challenging racial segregation at lunch counters in North Carolina.
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E.
Young Liberals of Canada
The Young Liberals of Canada is the national youth organization that engages and represents young members within the Liberal Party of Canada, promoting their involvement in party politics and policy development.
- 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: Students for a Democratic Society Target entity description: Students for a Democratic Society was a prominent 1960s American student activist organization known for its central role in the New Left, opposing the Vietnam War and advocating participatory democracy and social justice.
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A.
Young People's Socialist League
The Young People's Socialist League was the youth organization associated with the Socialist Party of America, engaging and organizing young activists around socialist politics in the United States.
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B.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was a major youth-led civil rights organization in the United States, best known for organizing sit-ins, Freedom Rides, and voter registration drives in the 1960s.
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C.
National Federation of Socialist Students
The National Federation of Socialist Students is the student organization aligned with Portugal’s Socialist Party, representing and mobilizing socialist-oriented students in educational institutions.
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D.
Greensboro Student Executive Committee for Justice
The Greensboro Student Executive Committee for Justice was a civil rights student organization that coordinated and led the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins challenging racial segregation at lunch counters in North Carolina.
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E.
Young Liberals of Canada
The Young Liberals of Canada is the national youth organization that engages and represents young members within the Liberal Party of Canada, promoting their involvement in party politics and policy development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Left organization
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political manifesto ⓘ political organization ⓘ radical left-wing organization ⓘ student activist organization ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| author | Students for a Democratic Society self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dissolved | early 1970s ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
anti-war activism
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civil rights activism ⓘ social justice ⓘ student organizing ⓘ |
| founded | 1960 ⓘ |
| hasPart | local campus chapters ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Ann Arbor
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surface form:
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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| ideology |
New Left
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anti-imperialism ⓘ anti-war movement ⓘ participatory democracy ⓘ socialism ⓘ |
| influenced | Weather Underground ⓘ |
| keyConcept | participatory democracy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| membership | primarily college students ⓘ |
| movement |
New Left
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surface form:
American New Left
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| notableDocument | Port Huron Statement ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
1965 Washington, D.C. anti-war march
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Columbia University protests of 1968 ⓘ
surface form:
1968 Columbia University protests
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| notableMember |
Bernardine Dohrn
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Carl Oglesby ⓘ Rennie Davis ⓘ Todd Gitlin ⓘ Tom Hayden ⓘ |
| opposed | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| organized |
anti-war marches
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campus protests ⓘ teach-ins against the Vietnam War ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | Students for a Democratic Society self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
left-wing
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radical left ⓘ |
| positionOnIssue |
criticized U.S. foreign policy
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criticized capitalism ⓘ opposed conscription during the Vietnam War ⓘ supported civil rights movement ⓘ |
| predecessor | Student League for Industrial Democracy ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1962 ⓘ |
| slogan | participatory democracy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Students for a Democratic Society Description of subject: Students for a Democratic Society was a prominent 1960s American student activist organization known for its central role in the New Left, opposing the Vietnam War and advocating participatory democracy and social justice.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Students for a Democratic Society
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this entity surface form:
Weathermen faction of Students for a Democratic Society
Students for a Democratic Society
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Students for a Democratic Society
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subject surface form:
Port Huron Statement
Students for a Democratic Society
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Students for a Democratic Society
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subject surface form:
Weather Underground