Great Fear
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The Great Fear was a widespread rural panic and wave of peasant uprisings across France in the summer of 1789, driven by rumors of aristocratic plots and contributing to the radicalization of the early French Revolution.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Grande Peur | 1 |
| Great Fear canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2680022 — 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: Great Fear Context triple: [Storming of the Bastille, followedBy, Great Fear]
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A.
Lurking Fear
Lurking Fear is a renowned big-wall rock climbing route on Yosemite’s El Capitan, known for its long, challenging aid and free climbing pitches.
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B.
Journey into Fear
Journey into Fear is a 1943 film noir–style thriller, based on Eric Ambler’s novel, in which Joseph Cotten plays an American engineer targeted by Nazi agents while traveling through wartime Europe.
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C.
The Fog
The Fog is a 1980 supernatural horror film directed by John Carpenter, centered on a coastal town haunted by vengeful ghosts who return shrouded in an eerie, glowing mist.
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D.
The Frighteners
The Frighteners is a 1996 horror-comedy film directed by Peter Jackson that blends supernatural thrills with dark humor as it follows a psychic con artist who must confront real malevolent spirits.
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E.
Apparition
Apparition was an independent American film distribution company known for releasing prestige and arthouse films in the late 2000s.
- 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: Great Fear Target entity description: The Great Fear was a widespread rural panic and wave of peasant uprisings across France in the summer of 1789, driven by rumors of aristocratic plots and contributing to the radicalization of the early French Revolution.
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A.
Lurking Fear
Lurking Fear is a renowned big-wall rock climbing route on Yosemite’s El Capitan, known for its long, challenging aid and free climbing pitches.
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B.
Journey into Fear
Journey into Fear is a 1943 film noir–style thriller, based on Eric Ambler’s novel, in which Joseph Cotten plays an American engineer targeted by Nazi agents while traveling through wartime Europe.
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C.
The Fog
The Fog is a 1980 supernatural horror film directed by John Carpenter, centered on a coastal town haunted by vengeful ghosts who return shrouded in an eerie, glowing mist.
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D.
The Frighteners
The Frighteners is a 1996 horror-comedy film directed by Peter Jackson that blends supernatural thrills with dark humor as it follows a psychic con artist who must confront real malevolent spirits.
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E.
Apparition
Apparition was an independent American film distribution company known for releasing prestige and arthouse films in the late 2000s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
event of the French Revolution
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historical event ⓘ peasant revolt ⓘ rural panic ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Great Fear
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surface form:
Grande Peur
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| characterizedBy |
anti-feudal actions
ⓘ
mass panic ⓘ rumor-driven violence ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
French history
ⓘ
revolutionary studies ⓘ |
| followedBy |
August Decrees of 1789
ⓘ
surface form:
August Decrees
abolition of feudal dues ⓘ |
| hasCause |
economic hardship
ⓘ
famine fears ⓘ fear of a noble conspiracy against the Third Estate ⓘ grain shortages ⓘ political instability in 1789 ⓘ rumors of aristocratic plots ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
August 4, 1789 abolition of feudal privileges
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attacks on châteaux ⓘ destruction of feudal records ⓘ pressure on the National Constituent Assembly ⓘ radicalization of the early French Revolution ⓘ spread of revolutionary sentiment in rural areas ⓘ wave of peasant uprisings ⓘ weakening of feudalism in France ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | August 1789 ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | July 1789 ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Age of Revolutions
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surface form:
Age of Revolution
|
| historicalRegion |
Ancien Régime
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancien Régime France
|
| influenced |
National Assembly decisions on feudalism
ⓘ
rural support for the French Revolution ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| location |
French countryside
ⓘ
rural France ⓘ |
| mainParticipants |
French peasants
ⓘ
rural commoners ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
French nobility
ⓘ
seigneurial lords ⓘ |
| partOf | French Revolution ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Estates-General of 1789
ⓘ
Storming of the Bastille ⓘ
surface form:
storming of the Bastille
|
| significantPlace |
Brittany
ⓘ
Burgundy wine region ⓘ
surface form:
Burgundy
Normandy ⓘ Île-de-France region ⓘ
surface form:
Île-de-France
|
| temporalContext |
early phase of the French Revolution
ⓘ
summer of 1789 ⓘ |
| year | 1789 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Great Fear Description of subject: The Great Fear was a widespread rural panic and wave of peasant uprisings across France in the summer of 1789, driven by rumors of aristocratic plots and contributing to the radicalization of the early French Revolution.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Grande Peur