IRA
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The IRA (Irish Republican Army) is a paramilitary organization that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland and unify Ireland, known for its armed campaign including bombings and other attacks during the Troubles.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4339291 — 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: IRA Context triple: [Docklands bombing, perpetratorAbbreviation, IRA]
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IRA
IRA is the ICAO airline designator used in international aviation to identify Iran Air.
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B.
IRA
The IRA (Intercollegiate Rowing Association) is the primary governing body and organizer of national championship rowing regattas for U.S. collegiate men’s varsity crews.
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IER
IER is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice that enforces federal laws protecting immigrants and other workers from employment discrimination based on citizenship or immigration status and national origin.
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IR
IR is the IATA airline designator assigned to Iran Air, the national flag carrier of Iran.
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ARI
ARI is the Johannesburg Stock Exchange ticker symbol for African Rainbow Minerals, a South African diversified mining and minerals company.
- 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: IRA Target entity description: The IRA (Irish Republican Army) is a paramilitary organization that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland and unify Ireland, known for its armed campaign including bombings and other attacks during the Troubles.
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A.
IRA
IRA is the ICAO airline designator used in international aviation to identify Iran Air.
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B.
IRA
The IRA (Intercollegiate Rowing Association) is the primary governing body and organizer of national championship rowing regattas for U.S. collegiate men’s varsity crews.
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C.
IER
IER is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice that enforces federal laws protecting immigrants and other workers from employment discrimination based on citizenship or immigration status and national origin.
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D.
IR
IR is the IATA airline designator assigned to Iran Air, the national flag carrier of Iran.
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E.
ARI
ARI is the Johannesburg Stock Exchange ticker symbol for African Rainbow Minerals, a South African diversified mining and minerals company.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish republican organization
ⓘ
paramilitary organization ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Great Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| announcedEndOfArmedCampaign | 2005 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Northern Ireland conflict
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Troubles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consideredTerroristOrganizationBy |
European Union
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ireland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| declaredCeasefire |
1994
ⓘ
1997 ⓘ |
| decommissionedWeapons | 2005 ⓘ |
| goal |
end British rule in Northern Ireland
ⓘ
unification of Ireland ⓘ |
| ideology |
Irish nationalism
ⓘ
Irish republicanism ⓘ anti-imperialism ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Bloody Friday bombings in Belfast in 1972
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brighton hotel bombing in 1984 ⓘ Docklands bombing in London in 1996 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePeriodOfActivity |
1970s
ⓘ
1980s ⓘ early 1990s ⓘ late 1960s ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
British Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Ulster Constabulary NERFINISHED ⓘ loyalist paramilitary groups ⓘ |
| opposedTo | British rule in Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | Irish Volunteers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalWing | Sinn Féin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Irish Republican Brotherhood
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish Volunteers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousBackgroundMajority | Catholic ⓘ |
| resumedCampaign | 1996 ⓘ |
| supportedAgreement | Good Friday Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedTactic |
armed robbery
ⓘ
assassinations ⓘ bombings ⓘ guerrilla warfare ⓘ kidnappings ⓘ shootings ⓘ |
| usedWeaponType |
car bombs
ⓘ
firearms ⓘ improvised explosive devices ⓘ mortars ⓘ |
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: IRA Description of subject: The IRA (Irish Republican Army) is a paramilitary organization that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland and unify Ireland, known for its armed campaign including bombings and other attacks during the Troubles.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Docklands bombing
this entity surface form:
New IRA
subject surface form:
Harold Shand