Tokyo subway sarin attack
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The Tokyo subway sarin attack was a 1995 domestic terrorist incident in which the Aum Shinrikyo cult released sarin nerve gas on multiple Tokyo subway lines, killing and injuring hundreds and shocking Japan and the world.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack | 2 |
| Tokyo subway sarin attack canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13753238 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tokyo subway sarin attack Context triple: [Tomiichi Murayama, notableEventDuringTerm, Tokyo subway sarin attack]
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A.
Hibiya Incendiary Incident
The Hibiya Incendiary Incident was a 1905 anti-government riot in Tokyo sparked by public outrage over the terms of the Treaty of Portsmouth that ended the Russo-Japanese War.
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B.
Bombing of Kobe
The Bombing of Kobe was a devastating World War II air raid in 1945 in which U.S. forces firebombed the Japanese city of Kobe, causing massive destruction and loss of life.
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C.
Shinjuku Incident
Shinjuku Incident is a 2009 Hong Kong crime drama film starring Jackie Chan that explores the struggles of Chinese immigrants entangled in the Japanese underworld.
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D.
Sakuragichō train fire
The Sakuragichō train fire was a 1951 railway disaster in Yokohama, Japan, in which an overhead wire caused a blaze that killed more than 100 passengers and led to major safety reforms on Japanese trains.
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E.
Bombing of Osaka
The Bombing of Osaka was a series of devastating U.S. air raids during World War II that heavily damaged Japan’s industrial city of Osaka and caused extensive civilian casualties.
- 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: Tokyo subway sarin attack Target entity description: The Tokyo subway sarin attack was a 1995 domestic terrorist incident in which the Aum Shinrikyo cult released sarin nerve gas on multiple Tokyo subway lines, killing and injuring hundreds and shocking Japan and the world.
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A.
Hibiya Incendiary Incident
The Hibiya Incendiary Incident was a 1905 anti-government riot in Tokyo sparked by public outrage over the terms of the Treaty of Portsmouth that ended the Russo-Japanese War.
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B.
Bombing of Kobe
The Bombing of Kobe was a devastating World War II air raid in 1945 in which U.S. forces firebombed the Japanese city of Kobe, causing massive destruction and loss of life.
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C.
Shinjuku Incident
Shinjuku Incident is a 2009 Hong Kong crime drama film starring Jackie Chan that explores the struggles of Chinese immigrants entangled in the Japanese underworld.
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D.
Sakuragichō train fire
The Sakuragichō train fire was a 1951 railway disaster in Yokohama, Japan, in which an overhead wire caused a blaze that killed more than 100 passengers and led to major safety reforms on Japanese trains.
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E.
Bombing of Osaka
The Bombing of Osaka was a series of devastating U.S. air raids during World War II that heavily damaged Japan’s industrial city of Osaka and caused extensive civilian casualties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Act on the Control of Organizations Which Have Committed Acts of Indiscriminate Mass Murder
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enactedAfter
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Tokyo subway sarin attack
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Act on the Control of Organizations Which Have Committed Acts of Indiscriminate Mass Murder
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motivatedBy
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Tokyo subway sarin attack
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this entity surface form:
1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack
Act on the Control of Organizations Which Have Committed Acts of Indiscriminate Mass Murder
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associatedWithEvent
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Tokyo subway sarin attack
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this entity surface form:
1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack