National Liberation Army (ELN)
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The National Liberation Army (ELN) is a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group in Colombia known for its long-running insurgency, kidnappings, and attacks against state and economic targets.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Liberation Army (Colombia) | 2 |
| National Liberation Army (ELN) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9295625 — 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: National Liberation Army (ELN) Context triple: [Colombian armed conflict, hasParticipant, National Liberation Army (ELN)]
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Bolivian National Liberation Army (ELN)
The Bolivian National Liberation Army (ELN) was a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group active in Bolivia in the 1960s, most famous for including Che Guevara in its ranks and for its role in his final campaign and death.
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Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group and insurgent organization that waged a decades-long armed conflict against the Colombian state before demobilizing under a 2016 peace agreement.
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C.
National Liberation Army
The National Liberation Army was an ethnic Albanian militant group active in the early 2000s, best known for its armed insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia seeking greater rights and autonomy for the Albanian minority.
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National Liberation Army
The National Liberation Army is the military wing of the National Liberation Front, responsible for conducting its armed struggle and guerrilla operations.
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E.
Army of National Liberation
The Army of National Liberation was an armed revolutionary movement in Costa Rica that played a key role in the 1948 civil war and laid the groundwork for the later formation of the National Liberation Party.
- 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: National Liberation Army (ELN) Target entity description: The National Liberation Army (ELN) is a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group in Colombia known for its long-running insurgency, kidnappings, and attacks against state and economic targets.
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A.
Bolivian National Liberation Army (ELN)
The Bolivian National Liberation Army (ELN) was a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group active in Bolivia in the 1960s, most famous for including Che Guevara in its ranks and for its role in his final campaign and death.
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B.
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group and insurgent organization that waged a decades-long armed conflict against the Colombian state before demobilizing under a 2016 peace agreement.
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C.
National Liberation Army
The National Liberation Army was an ethnic Albanian militant group active in the early 2000s, best known for its armed insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia seeking greater rights and autonomy for the Albanian minority.
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D.
National Liberation Army
The National Liberation Army is the military wing of the National Liberation Front, responsible for conducting its armed struggle and guerrilla operations.
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E.
Army of National Liberation
The Army of National Liberation was an armed revolutionary movement in Costa Rica that played a key role in the 1948 civil war and laid the groundwork for the later formation of the National Liberation Party.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | guerrilla organization ⓘ |
| conflict | Colombian armed conflict ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation | Colombia ⓘ |
| designatedAs |
terrorist organization by Canada
ⓘ
terrorist organization by Colombia ⓘ terrorist organization by the European Union ⓘ terrorist organization by the United States ⓘ |
| engagedInProcess | peace talks with the Colombian government ⓘ |
| financingMethod |
drug trafficking-related activities
ⓘ
extortion of businesses ⓘ illegal mining ⓘ kidnapping for ransom ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1964 ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | ELN ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersLocation | Colombia ⓘ |
| hasLeader | Central Command (COCE) ⓘ |
| hasNativeLabel | Ejército de Liberación Nacional ⓘ |
| hasOpposingForce |
Colombian Armed Forces
ⓘ
linked to:
Armed Forces of Colombia
Government of Colombia ⓘ right-wing paramilitary groups ⓘ |
| hasReligionComponent | influenced by liberation theology ⓘ |
| hasStatus | active armed group in Colombia ⓘ |
| ideology |
Guevarism
ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Cuban Revolution ⓘ |
| languageOfOrganization | Spanish ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
attacks on military and police targets
ⓘ
attacks on oil pipelines in Colombia ⓘ kidnapping of civilians and foreign nationals ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
border regions of Colombia and Venezuela
ⓘ
rural areas of Colombia ⓘ |
| organizationalStructure | federal structure of regional fronts ⓘ |
| partOf |
Colombian internal armed conflict
ⓘ
linked to:
Colombian armed conflict
|
| politicalGoal |
overthrow of the Colombian government
ⓘ
revolutionary socialist transformation of Colombia ⓘ |
| primaryTargets |
Colombian state forces
ⓘ
economic infrastructure ⓘ energy sector facilities ⓘ oil pipelines ⓘ |
| region | Andean region of Colombia ⓘ |
| startTime | 1964 ⓘ |
| usesTactic |
bombing
ⓘ
extortion ⓘ guerrilla warfare ⓘ kidnapping ⓘ sabotage of infrastructure ⓘ |
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: National Liberation Army (ELN) Description of subject: The National Liberation Army (ELN) is a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group in Colombia known for its long-running insurgency, kidnappings, and attacks against state and economic targets.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: National Liberation Army (ELN)
linked to: National Liberation Army (ELN)