Black July anti-Tamil pogrom
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The Black July anti-Tamil pogrom was a series of violent attacks against Sri Lanka’s Tamil population in July 1983 that marked a major escalation in ethnic tensions and helped trigger the country’s protracted civil war.
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| Black July anti-Tamil pogrom canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14008830 — 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: Black July anti-Tamil pogrom Context triple: [Eelam War I, hasCause, Black July anti-Tamil pogrom]
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A.
Noakhali riots
The Noakhali riots were a series of communal massacres and atrocities against Hindus in the Noakhali district of Bengal in 1946, which became a grim symbol of the escalating Hindu-Muslim violence preceding the Partition of India.
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B.
Qissa Khwani Bazaar massacre
The Qissa Khwani Bazaar massacre was a 1930 British colonial shooting of unarmed protesters in Peshawar, which became a pivotal moment in the nonviolent Pashtun independence movement.
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C.
Nankana Sahib massacre
The Nankana Sahib massacre was a 1921 killing of unarmed Sikh reformers by hired mercenaries at the Nankana Sahib gurdwara in Punjab, a pivotal event in the Gurdwara Reform Movement against corrupt mahants under British rule.
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D.
1984 anti-Sikh riots
The 1984 anti-Sikh riots were a series of brutal, large-scale pogroms targeting Sikhs across India, particularly in Delhi, following the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
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E.
1992 Ayodhya riots
The 1992 Ayodhya riots were a wave of large-scale communal violence across India between Hindus and Muslims that erupted after the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.
- 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: Black July anti-Tamil pogrom Target entity description: The Black July anti-Tamil pogrom was a series of violent attacks against Sri Lanka’s Tamil population in July 1983 that marked a major escalation in ethnic tensions and helped trigger the country’s protracted civil war.
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A.
Noakhali riots
The Noakhali riots were a series of communal massacres and atrocities against Hindus in the Noakhali district of Bengal in 1946, which became a grim symbol of the escalating Hindu-Muslim violence preceding the Partition of India.
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B.
Qissa Khwani Bazaar massacre
The Qissa Khwani Bazaar massacre was a 1930 British colonial shooting of unarmed protesters in Peshawar, which became a pivotal moment in the nonviolent Pashtun independence movement.
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C.
Nankana Sahib massacre
The Nankana Sahib massacre was a 1921 killing of unarmed Sikh reformers by hired mercenaries at the Nankana Sahib gurdwara in Punjab, a pivotal event in the Gurdwara Reform Movement against corrupt mahants under British rule.
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D.
1984 anti-Sikh riots
The 1984 anti-Sikh riots were a series of brutal, large-scale pogroms targeting Sikhs across India, particularly in Delhi, following the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
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E.
1992 Ayodhya riots
The 1992 Ayodhya riots were a wave of large-scale communal violence across India between Hindus and Muslims that erupted after the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.
- F. None of above. chosen
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