Tunisian Revolution

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political event revolution social movement uprising

The Tunisian Revolution was a wave of popular protests and civil resistance in Tunisia that overthrew President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011 and sparked broader uprisings across the Arab world.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Tunisian Revolution canonical 18
2010–2011 Tunisian Revolution 2
2011 Tunisian Revolution 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political event ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
aftermath adoption of a new Tunisian constitution in 2014 ⓘ
increased political pluralism in Tunisia ⓘ
legal proceedings against former regime figures ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Jasmine Revolution

Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Tunisian Uprising
cause authoritarian rule of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
economic inequality ⓘ
high unemployment ⓘ
police brutality ⓘ
restrictions on freedom of expression ⓘ
country Tunisia ⓘ
endDate 2011-01-14 ⓘ
influenced Bahraini uprising of 2011 ⓘ
Egyptian Revolution of 2011 ⓘ
2011 Libyan Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Libyan Civil War of 2011

Syrian Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Syrian uprising of 2011

Yemeni Revolution of 2011 ⓘ
surface form: Yemeni uprising of 2011
location Kasserine ⓘ
Sfax ⓘ
Sidi Bouzid ⓘ
Sousse ⓘ
Tunis ⓘ
mediaRole use of satellite television to broadcast events ⓘ
use of social media to organize protests ⓘ
method civil resistance ⓘ
demonstrations ⓘ
mass protests ⓘ
online activism ⓘ
strikes ⓘ
opponent Constitutional Democratic Rally ⓘ
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ⓘ
participant Tunisian General Labour Union ⓘ
Tunisian human rights activists ⓘ
Tunisian lawyers ⓘ
Tunisian youth ⓘ
partOf Arab Spring ⓘ
result beginning of democratic transition in Tunisia ⓘ
dissolution of the Constitutional Democratic Rally party ⓘ
election of a Constituent Assembly in 2011 ⓘ
end of Ben Ali regime ⓘ
flight of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to Saudi Arabia ⓘ
formation of interim governments ⓘ
overthrow of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ⓘ
startDate 2010-12-17 ⓘ
triggerEvent self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi ⓘ
triggerEventDate 2010-12-17 ⓘ

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: Tunisian Revolution
Description of subject: The Tunisian Revolution was a wave of popular protests and civil resistance in Tunisia that overthrew President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011 and sparked broader uprisings across the Arab world.

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arab Spring → ledTo → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
Tunisian Revolution → alsoKnownAs → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jasmine Revolution
Tunisian Revolution → alsoKnownAs → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tunisian Uprising
Egyptian Revolution of 2011 → precededBy → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
Yemeni Revolution of 2011 → inspiredBy → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
Sidi Bouzid → knownFor → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2010–2011 Tunisian Revolution
Women of the Arab Spring → associatedWithEvent → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
Avenue Habib Bourguiba → significantEvent → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tunisian Revolution demonstrations of 2010–2011
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali → wasDeposedDuring → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
Carthage Palace → significantEvent → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tunisian Revolution of 2010–2011
January 25 Uprising → inspiredBy → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
Day of Revolt → inspiredBy → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
Kasserine → hasRoleInEvent → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
Kasserine → partOfEventSeries → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arab Spring protests in Tunisia
Constitutional Democratic Rally → dissolutionReason → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
Constitutional Democratic Rally → associatedWithEvent → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2010–2011 Tunisian Revolution
Tunisian General Labour Union → notableRole → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
Tunisian General Labour Union → notableRole → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arab Spring in Tunisia
Lina Ben Mhenni → movement → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
Tunisian security forces → reformedAfter → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2011 Tunisian Revolution
Chamber of Deputies of Tunisia → dissolvedFollowingEvent → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
Bardo Palace → associatedWith → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
Nidaa Tounes → roseToProminenceAfter → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
Nidaa Tounes → roseToProminenceAfter → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2011 Tunisian Revolution
Congress for the Republic → associatedWithEvent → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
Zine El Abidine → wasOustedDuring → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
subject surface form: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Zine El Abidine → causeOfResignation → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
subject surface form: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Zine El Abidine → notableEventDuringRule → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
subject surface form: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Zine El Abidine → notableEventDuringRule → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
subject surface form: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
this entity surface form: Jasmine Revolution
Leïla Ben Ali → notableEvent → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tunisian Revolution of 2010–2011