Solidarność
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Solidarność is the Polish trade union and social movement founded in 1980 that played a central role in opposing communist rule and advancing democratic change in Poland.
All labels observed (10)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1405278 — 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: Solidarność Context triple: [Solidarity, alsoKnownAs, Solidarność]
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A.
Esplanade Solidarność 1980
Esplanade Solidarność 1980 is a public square and pedestrian esplanade in Brussels named in honor of the Polish Solidarity movement of 1980.
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B.
Żegota
Żegota was a clandestine Polish World War II organization dedicated to rescuing and aiding Jews under Nazi occupation.
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Grossaktion Warsaw
Grossaktion Warsaw was the mass deportation and extermination campaign carried out by Nazi Germany in 1942 that led to the murder of hundreds of thousands of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto, primarily at the Treblinka death camp.
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D.
Service for Poland’s Victory
Service for Poland’s Victory was an early World War II Polish resistance organization that laid the groundwork for the later Polish Underground State.
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E.
Redłowo
Redłowo is a coastal district of the Polish city of Gdynia, known for its residential character and proximity to the Baltic Sea.
- 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: Solidarność Target entity description: Solidarność is the Polish trade union and social movement founded in 1980 that played a central role in opposing communist rule and advancing democratic change in Poland.
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A.
Esplanade Solidarność 1980
Esplanade Solidarność 1980 is a public square and pedestrian esplanade in Brussels named in honor of the Polish Solidarity movement of 1980.
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B.
Żegota
Żegota was a clandestine Polish World War II organization dedicated to rescuing and aiding Jews under Nazi occupation.
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C.
Grossaktion Warsaw
Grossaktion Warsaw was the mass deportation and extermination campaign carried out by Nazi Germany in 1942 that led to the murder of hundreds of thousands of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto, primarily at the Treblinka death camp.
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D.
Service for Poland’s Victory
Service for Poland’s Victory was an early World War II Polish resistance organization that laid the groundwork for the later Polish Underground State.
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E.
Redłowo
Redłowo is a coastal district of the Polish city of Gdynia, known for its residential character and proximity to the Baltic Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
political movement
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social movement ⓘ trade union ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
NSZZ "Solidarność"
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linked to:
Solidarność
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| associatedWith |
Gdańsk Shipyard strikes of August 1980
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linked to:
Polish 1980 strikes
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| coreDemand |
freedom of speech
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independent trade unions ⓘ release of political prisoners ⓘ right to strike ⓘ |
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| founded | 1980 ⓘ |
| foundedAt | Gdańsk Shipyard ⓘ |
| foundedIn | Gdańsk ⓘ |
| founder | Lech Wałęsa ⓘ |
| fullName |
Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy "Solidarność"
ⓘ
linked to:
Solidarność
|
| headquarters | Gdańsk ⓘ |
| ideology |
Catholic social teaching
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anti-communism ⓘ democracy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia
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linked to:
Revolutions of 1989
democratic opposition in the Soviet Union ⓘ dissident movements in Eastern Bloc ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | workers' strikes in Gdańsk in 1980 ⓘ |
| keyEvent |
Gdańsk Agreement of August 1980
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linked to:
Gdańsk Agreement
Round Table Talks in 1989 ⓘ
linked to:
Round Table Talks of 1989
imposition of martial law in Poland in December 1981 ⓘ |
| leader | Lech Wałęsa ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
banned in 1981
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legalized in 1980 ⓘ re-legalized in 1989 ⓘ |
| membershipPeak | about 10 million members ⓘ |
| movementType | mass social movement ⓘ |
| notableLeader |
Andrzej Gwiazda
ⓘ
Anna Walentynowicz ⓘ Bogdan Borusewicz ⓘ Tadeusz Mazowiecki ⓘ |
| operatingLanguage | Polish ⓘ |
| opposed |
Polish United Workers' Party
ⓘ
communist rule in Poland ⓘ |
| politicalWing | Solidarity Citizens' Committee ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | first independent trade union in a Warsaw Pact country ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Nobel Peace Prize to Lech Wałęsa in 1983 ⓘ |
| region |
Central and Eastern Europe
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linked to:
Eastern and Central Europe
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| roleInHistory |
contributed to the fall of communism in Eastern Europe
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pioneered non-violent resistance to communist regimes ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Catholic Church in Poland
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Pope John Paul II ⓘ |
| symbol | red Solidarność logo ⓘ |
| transformedInto | Solidarity Electoral Action ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Solidarność Description of subject: Solidarność is the Polish trade union and social movement founded in 1980 that played a central role in opposing communist rule and advancing democratic change in Poland.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Solidarity movement
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subject linked to:
PZPR
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Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee
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associatedWith
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Independent Self-governing Trade Union "Solidarity"
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