Green March
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The Green March was a 1975 mass demonstration organized by Morocco in which hundreds of thousands of unarmed civilians crossed into Spanish Sahara to pressure Spain into relinquishing control of the territory.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Green March canonical | 4 |
| Green March policy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T560057 — 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: Green March Context triple: [Spanish Sahara, event, Green March]
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A.
1969 Libyan coup d'état
The 1969 Libyan coup d'état was a military overthrow of King Idris I that abolished the monarchy and brought a group of young officers led by Muammar Gaddafi to power, transforming Libya into a republic.
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B.
Black September conflict
The Black September conflict was a violent confrontation in 1970–1971 between the Jordanian government and Palestinian armed organizations that reshaped the Palestinian resistance movement and regional politics in the Middle East.
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C.
Algerian War of Independence
The Algerian War of Independence was a major mid-20th-century anti-colonial conflict in which Algerian nationalists fought against French rule, ultimately leading to Algeria’s independence in 1962.
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D.
Aden Emergency
The Aden Emergency was a violent insurgency and period of civil unrest in the 1960s in the British-controlled port of Aden, marking a key episode in the end of British colonial rule in South Arabia.
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E.
Tunisian Revolution
The Tunisian Revolution was a wave of popular protests and civil resistance in Tunisia that overthrew President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011 and sparked broader uprisings across the Arab world.
- 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: Green March Target entity description: The Green March was a 1975 mass demonstration organized by Morocco in which hundreds of thousands of unarmed civilians crossed into Spanish Sahara to pressure Spain into relinquishing control of the territory.
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A.
1969 Libyan coup d'état
The 1969 Libyan coup d'état was a military overthrow of King Idris I that abolished the monarchy and brought a group of young officers led by Muammar Gaddafi to power, transforming Libya into a republic.
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B.
Black September conflict
The Black September conflict was a violent confrontation in 1970–1971 between the Jordanian government and Palestinian armed organizations that reshaped the Palestinian resistance movement and regional politics in the Middle East.
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C.
Algerian War of Independence
The Algerian War of Independence was a major mid-20th-century anti-colonial conflict in which Algerian nationalists fought against French rule, ultimately leading to Algeria’s independence in 1962.
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D.
Aden Emergency
The Aden Emergency was a violent insurgency and period of civil unrest in the 1960s in the British-controlled port of Aden, marking a key episode in the end of British colonial rule in South Arabia.
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E.
Tunisian Revolution
The Tunisian Revolution was a wave of popular protests and civil resistance in Tunisia that overthrew President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011 and sparked broader uprisings across the Arab world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mass demonstration
ⓘ
nonviolent protest ⓘ political event ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | La Marche Verte ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | November 6 ⓘ |
| commemorationCountry | Morocco ⓘ |
| country | Morocco ⓘ |
| endDate | 1975-11-09 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Madrid Accords of 1975
ⓘ
linked to:
Madrid Accords
|
| formerColonialPowerTargeted | Spain ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalSignificanceIn | Morocco ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Cold War era ⓘ |
| immediateTrigger | Spanish plans for a referendum in Western Sahara ⓘ |
| internationalReaction | concern at risk of conflict between Morocco and Spain ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Arabic
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| leader |
King Hassan II of Morocco
ⓘ
linked to:
Hassan II of Morocco
|
| legalContext | International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Western Sahara (1975) ⓘ |
| location |
Spanish Sahara
ⓘ
Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to:
Spanish Sahara
|
| mediaCoverage | extensive international media attention ⓘ |
| method |
mass civilian march
ⓘ
nonviolent pressure ⓘ |
| numberOfParticipants | hundreds of thousands ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Polisario Front
ⓘ
Sahrawi nationalists ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
King Hassan II of Morocco
ⓘ
linked to:
Hassan II of Morocco
Kingdom of Morocco ⓘ
linked to:
Morocco
|
| participantsDescription | unarmed civilians ⓘ |
| participantsOrigin | Morocco ⓘ |
| precededBy | International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Western Sahara ⓘ |
| purpose |
to assert Moroccan claims over Western Sahara
ⓘ
to pressure Spain to relinquish control of Spanish Sahara ⓘ |
| region | North Africa ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Madrid Accords
ⓘ
Western Sahara conflict ⓘ decolonization of Africa ⓘ |
| result |
Spain agreed to negotiate the Madrid Accords
ⓘ
Spain began process of withdrawing from Spanish Sahara ⓘ territory was later administered by Morocco and Mauritania ⓘ |
| riskManagement | participants were instructed to remain unarmed ⓘ |
| sloganOrSymbol | green color symbolizing Islam ⓘ |
| startDate | 1975-11-06 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | numerous historical and political studies ⓘ |
| territorialClaim | Moroccan claim over Western Sahara ⓘ |
| typeOfTerritoryInvolved | disputed territory ⓘ |
| year | 1975 ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Green March Description of subject: The Green March was a 1975 mass demonstration organized by Morocco in which hundreds of thousands of unarmed civilians crossed into Spanish Sahara to pressure Spain into relinquishing control of the territory.
Referenced by (5)
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linked to: Green March