Abimael Guzmán
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Abimael Guzmán was the leader of the Maoist insurgent group Shining Path in Peru and the architect of its violent guerrilla campaign against the Peruvian state.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abimael Guzmán canonical | 5 |
| Manuel Rubén Abimael Guzmán Reynoso | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3707843 — 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: Abimael Guzmán Context triple: [Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path, foundedBy, Abimael Guzmán]
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A.
Farabundo Martí
Farabundo Martí was a Salvadoran revolutionary leader and Marxist activist who became a symbol of leftist resistance in El Salvador.
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B.
Oscar López Rivera
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C.
Amado Guevara
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D.
Emiliano Zapata
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E.
Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza
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- 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: Abimael Guzmán Target entity description: Abimael Guzmán was the leader of the Maoist insurgent group Shining Path in Peru and the architect of its violent guerrilla campaign against the Peruvian state.
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A.
Farabundo Martí
Farabundo Martí was a Salvadoran revolutionary leader and Marxist activist who became a symbol of leftist resistance in El Salvador.
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B.
Oscar López Rivera
Oscar López Rivera is a Puerto Rican nationalist and activist best known for his long imprisonment in the United States on charges related to his involvement with the pro-independence group FALN.
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C.
Amado Guevara
Amado Guevara is a Honduran former attacking midfielder best known as one of Major League Soccer’s standout playmakers of the 2000s and a key figure for both the New York/New Jersey MetroStars and the Honduras national team.
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D.
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata was a leading figure of the Mexican Revolution, renowned for championing agrarian reform and peasant rights in southern Mexico.
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E.
Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza
Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza was a prominent Chilean lawyer, guerrilla leader, and national hero who played a key role in the struggle for Chile’s independence from Spanish rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maoist
ⓘ
Peruvian ⓘ guerrilla leader ⓘ insurgent leader ⓘ person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 1970s–1990s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Chairman Gonzalo
ⓘ
linked to:
Presidente Gonzalo
Presidente Gonzalo ⓘ |
| arrestDate | 1992-09-12 ⓘ |
| arrestedIn | Lima ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Peru ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1934-12-03 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Arequipa ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| citizenship | Peru ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
terrorism
ⓘ
treason ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | Peru ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2021-09-11 ⓘ |
| diedIn | Callao Naval Base prison ⓘ |
| education | National University of Saint Augustine ⓘ |
| familyName |
Guzmán
ⓘ
linked to:
Guzman
|
| fieldOfWork |
philosophy
ⓘ
political theory ⓘ |
| founderOf |
Shining Path
ⓘ
linked to:
Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path
|
| fullName |
Manuel Rubén Abimael Guzmán Reynoso
ⓘ
linked to:
Abimael Guzmán
|
| givenName |
Abimael
ⓘ
Manuel ⓘ Rubén ⓘ |
| ideology |
Maoism
ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding the Shining Path
ⓘ
leading the Shining Path insurgency in Peru ⓘ |
| leaderOf |
Shining Path
ⓘ
linked to:
Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path
|
| movement |
Shining Path
ⓘ
linked to:
Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path
|
| nationality | Peruvian ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
launched Shining Path armed struggle in 1980
ⓘ
linked to:
Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path
|
| occupation |
guerrilla leader
ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ politician ⓘ terrorist leader ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Government of Peru ⓘ |
| organized | armed struggle against the Peruvian state ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | far-left ⓘ |
| responsibleFor | insurgent campaign of Shining Path ⓘ |
| role | philosophy professor at the National University of San Cristóbal de Huamanga ⓘ |
| sentence | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| spouse | Elena Iparraguirre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taughtAt | National University of San Cristóbal de Huamanga ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Abimael Guzmán Description of subject: Abimael Guzmán was the leader of the Maoist insurgent group Shining Path in Peru and the architect of its violent guerrilla campaign against the Peruvian state.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Abimael Guzmán