José Afonso
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José Afonso was a seminal Portuguese singer-songwriter and political folk musician whose work, especially the song "Grândola, Vila Morena," became a symbol of resistance during the Estado Novo regime and the Carnation Revolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| José Afonso canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folk musician
ⓘ
human ⓘ political activist ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1980s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Zeca Afonso ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Portuguese Communist Party ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Portugal ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1929-08-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1987-02-23 ⓘ |
| fullName | José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos ⓘ |
| genre |
Portuguese popular music
ⓘ
folk music ⓘ political song ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpactOn | Portuguese democracy movement ⓘ |
| honouredIn | Portuguese public spaces named after him ⓘ |
| influenced |
Fausto Bordalo Dias
ⓘ
José Mário Branco ⓘ Portuguese folk revival ⓘ Portuguese protest music ⓘ Sérgio Godinho ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
ⓘ
voice ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Portuguese ⓘ |
| movement |
Portuguese protest song movement
ⓘ
opposition to Estado Novo ⓘ |
| name | José Afonso self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Coro da Primavera
ⓘ
Grândola ⓘ
surface form:
Grândola, Vila Morena
Os Vampiros ⓘ Traz Outro Amigo Também ⓘ Venham Mais Cinco ⓘ |
| occupation |
musician
ⓘ
singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Aveiro
ⓘ
surface form:
Aveiro, Portugal
|
| placeOfDeath | Setúbal, Portugal ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
anti-fascist
ⓘ
left-wing ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Orfeo
ⓘ
surface form:
Orfeu
|
| significantEvent | Carnation Revolution ⓘ |
| songUsedAsSignalIn | Carnation Revolution ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
biographical books
ⓘ
documentary films ⓘ |
| symbolized | resistance to Estado Novo ⓘ |
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: José Afonso Description of subject: José Afonso was a seminal Portuguese singer-songwriter and political folk musician whose work, especially the song "Grândola, Vila Morena," became a symbol of resistance during the Estado Novo regime and the Carnation Revolution.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.