Bernard Coard
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Bernard Coard is a Grenadian politician and former Marxist leader best known for his key role in the 1979–1983 Grenadian Revolution and the internal power struggle that led to the collapse of the revolutionary government.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bernard Coard canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1239805 — 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: Bernard Coard Context triple: [People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada, deputyHeadOfGovernment, Bernard Coard]
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A.
Bernard Hart
Bernard Hart was an early American financier and broker known for being among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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B.
Geoffrey Beevers
Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor best known to Doctor Who fans for his chilling portrayal of the villainous Time Lord known as the Master.
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C.
Lloyd Bryce
Lloyd Bryce was an American editor, politician, and diplomat best known for his influential leadership of the North American Review in the late 19th century.
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D.
Richard Bristow
Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
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E.
Richard Hiscott
Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
- 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: Bernard Coard Target entity description: Bernard Coard is a Grenadian politician and former Marxist leader best known for his key role in the 1979–1983 Grenadian Revolution and the internal power struggle that led to the collapse of the revolutionary government.
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A.
Bernard Hart
Bernard Hart was an early American financier and broker known for being among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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B.
Geoffrey Beevers
Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor best known to Doctor Who fans for his chilling portrayal of the villainous Time Lord known as the Master.
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C.
Lloyd Bryce
Lloyd Bryce was an American editor, politician, and diplomat best known for his influential leadership of the North American Review in the late 19th century.
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D.
Richard Bristow
Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
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E.
Richard Hiscott
Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marxist
ⓘ
human ⓘ politician ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ |
| afterRelease | lived in exile outside Grenada ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Operation Urgent Fury
ⓘ
surface form:
United States invasion of Grenada in 1983
|
| causeOfDownfall | power struggle with Maurice Bishop ⓘ |
| chargedWith | murder related to the killing of Maurice Bishop and others in 1983 ⓘ |
| convictedOf | murder related to the 1983 executions at Fort Rupert ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Grenada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1944 ⓘ |
| dateOfRelease | 2009 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Brandeis University
ⓘ
University of Sussex ⓘ University of the West Indies ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| faction | hardline Marxist faction of the New Jewel Movement ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| governmentOverthrown | government of Eric Gairy ⓘ |
| ideologicalInfluence |
Leninism
ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism ⓘ |
| imprisonedIn | Richmond Hill Prison, Grenada ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | New Jewel Movement ⓘ |
| movement | Grenadian Revolution ⓘ |
| nationality | Grenadian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in the Grenadian Revolution
ⓘ
role in the collapse of the People’s Revolutionary Government of Grenada ⓘ |
| notableWork | How the West Indian Child Is Made Educationally Sub-normal in the British School System ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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economist ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| participantIn |
1979 coup in Grenada
ⓘ
1983 internal power struggle in Grenada ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Grenada ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | Marxism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Deputy Prime Minister of Grenada
ⓘ
Minister of Finance of Grenada ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Caribbean ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | central figure in internal split that precipitated U.S. invasion of Grenada ⓘ |
| sentence | death sentence later commuted to prison term ⓘ |
| servedInGovernmentOf |
People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada
ⓘ
surface form:
People’s Revolutionary Government of Grenada
|
| spouse | Phyllis Coard ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bernard Coard Description of subject: Bernard Coard is a Grenadian politician and former Marxist leader best known for his key role in the 1979–1983 Grenadian Revolution and the internal power struggle that led to the collapse of the revolutionary government.
Referenced by (5)
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