True IRA (former)
E355315
The True IRA (former) is a fictional Irish republican paramilitary organization in the television series "Sons of Anarchy," involved in gun-running and political violence.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Irish Kings (True IRA leadership) | 1 |
| True IRA (former) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3408022 — 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: True IRA (former) Context triple: [Chibs Telford, affiliation, True IRA (former)]
-
A.
Ulster Defence Association
The Ulster Defence Association is a loyalist paramilitary organization in Northern Ireland known for its violent campaign against Irish republicanism and involvement in sectarian conflict during the late 20th century.
-
B.
Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army was a paramilitary organization dedicated to ending British rule in Northern Ireland and achieving a united Irish republic, active in various forms throughout the 20th century.
-
C.
Irish National Liberation Army
The Irish National Liberation Army was a republican paramilitary organization in Northern Ireland that sought to end British rule and establish a socialist republic, becoming known for its violent campaign during the Troubles.
-
D.
Provisional Irish Republican Army
The Provisional Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican paramilitary organization that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland and played a central role in the conflict known as the Troubles.
-
E.
Ulster Volunteer Force
The Ulster Volunteer Force is a loyalist paramilitary organization in Northern Ireland known for its violent campaign against Irish republicanism during the Troubles.
- 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: True IRA (former) Target entity description: The True IRA (former) is a fictional Irish republican paramilitary organization in the television series "Sons of Anarchy," involved in gun-running and political violence.
-
A.
Ulster Defence Association
The Ulster Defence Association is a loyalist paramilitary organization in Northern Ireland known for its violent campaign against Irish republicanism and involvement in sectarian conflict during the late 20th century.
-
B.
Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army was a paramilitary organization dedicated to ending British rule in Northern Ireland and achieving a united Irish republic, active in various forms throughout the 20th century.
-
C.
Irish National Liberation Army
The Irish National Liberation Army was a republican paramilitary organization in Northern Ireland that sought to end British rule and establish a socialist republic, becoming known for its violent campaign during the Troubles.
-
D.
Provisional Irish Republican Army
The Provisional Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican paramilitary organization that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland and played a central role in the conflict known as the Troubles.
-
E.
Ulster Volunteer Force
The Ulster Volunteer Force is a loyalist paramilitary organization in Northern Ireland known for its violent campaign against Irish republicanism during the Troubles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional organization
ⓘ
fictional paramilitary organization ⓘ television series fictional entity ⓘ |
| activity |
gun-running
ⓘ
political violence ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Sons of Anarchy ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
SAMCRO
ⓘ
SAMCRO ⓘ
surface form:
Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Original
|
| basedInWork | Sons of Anarchy ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| fictionalRole | Irish republican paramilitary group ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkContext | crime drama television series ⓘ |
| hasFictionalOpposition |
law enforcement in Sons of Anarchy
ⓘ
rival criminal organizations in Sons of Anarchy ⓘ |
| hasFictionalStatus |
illegal organization
ⓘ
terrorist organization ⓘ |
| ideology | Irish republicanism ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Irish Republican Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Irish Republican Army (in real world context)
|
| languageOfOriginalWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | arms supplier to SAMCRO ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
international arms trade
ⓘ
organized crime networks ⓘ political extremism ⓘ |
| operationalFocus |
arms trafficking
ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse |
Sons of Anarchy
ⓘ
surface form:
Sons of Anarchy universe
|
| portrayedAs |
politically motivated
ⓘ
secretive ⓘ violent ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: True IRA (former) Description of subject: The True IRA (former) is a fictional Irish republican paramilitary organization in the television series "Sons of Anarchy," involved in gun-running and political violence.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Irish Kings (True IRA leadership)