Birmingham Six
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The Birmingham Six were a group of six Irish men wrongfully convicted in 1975 for the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings in England, whose convictions were quashed in 1991 after a major miscarriage-of-justice campaign.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Birmingham Six canonical | 10 |
| Birmingham Six case | 5 |
| Birmingham Six (related miscarriage-of-justice campaigns) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T872084 — 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: Birmingham Six Context triple: [Birmingham pub bombings, relatedCase, Birmingham Six]
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Birmingham pub bombings
The Birmingham pub bombings were a 1974 IRA terrorist attack in Birmingham, England, in which bombs exploded in two pubs, killing 21 people and injuring many others, becoming one of the deadliest incidents of The Troubles on the British mainland.
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Saville Inquiry
The Saville Inquiry was a major British public investigation led by Lord Saville of Newdigate into the events of Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland, ultimately concluding that the killings of unarmed civil rights protesters by British soldiers were unjustified.
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Rivonia Trial
The Rivonia Trial was a landmark 1963–1964 South African court case in which Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid leaders were prosecuted and ultimately sentenced to long prison terms for sabotage and related charges, drawing global attention to the struggle against apartheid.
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Bobby Sands
Bobby Sands was an Irish republican and Provisional IRA member who became internationally known after dying on hunger strike in prison in 1981, symbolizing resistance to British rule in Northern Ireland.
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Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday was a 1972 incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, when British soldiers shot and killed unarmed civil rights protesters, becoming one of the most infamous and galvanizing events of the Troubles.
- 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: Birmingham Six Target entity description: The Birmingham Six were a group of six Irish men wrongfully convicted in 1975 for the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings in England, whose convictions were quashed in 1991 after a major miscarriage-of-justice campaign.
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A.
Birmingham pub bombings
The Birmingham pub bombings were a 1974 IRA terrorist attack in Birmingham, England, in which bombs exploded in two pubs, killing 21 people and injuring many others, becoming one of the deadliest incidents of The Troubles on the British mainland.
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B.
Saville Inquiry
The Saville Inquiry was a major British public investigation led by Lord Saville of Newdigate into the events of Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland, ultimately concluding that the killings of unarmed civil rights protesters by British soldiers were unjustified.
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C.
Rivonia Trial
The Rivonia Trial was a landmark 1963–1964 South African court case in which Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid leaders were prosecuted and ultimately sentenced to long prison terms for sabotage and related charges, drawing global attention to the struggle against apartheid.
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D.
Bobby Sands
Bobby Sands was an Irish republican and Provisional IRA member who became internationally known after dying on hunger strike in prison in 1981, symbolizing resistance to British rule in Northern Ireland.
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E.
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday was a 1972 incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, when British soldiers shot and killed unarmed civil rights protesters, becoming one of the most infamous and galvanizing events of the Troubles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Birmingham Six Description of subject: The Birmingham Six were a group of six Irish men wrongfully convicted in 1975 for the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings in England, whose convictions were quashed in 1991 after a major miscarriage-of-justice campaign.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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