Akō incident
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The Akō incident was an early 18th-century samurai vendetta in Japan, in which the forty-seven rōnin avenged their lord’s forced seppuku, later becoming a legendary example of loyalty and bushidō.
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| Akō incident canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14578909 — 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: Akō incident Context triple: [Ōishi, notableEvent, Akō incident]
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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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Isshi Incident
The Isshi Incident was a 645 CE coup d'état in Japan in which Prince Naka no Ōe and his allies assassinated the powerful statesman Soga no Iruka, leading to the downfall of the Soga clan and paving the way for major political reforms.
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C.
Bubat incident
The Bubat incident was a 14th-century political and military clash in the Majapahit Kingdom, marked by the tragic confrontation between Majapahit forces and the Sundanese royal entourage that derailed a planned dynastic marriage and reshaped Javanese inter-kingdom relations.
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Musha Incident
The Musha Incident was a 1930 uprising by Indigenous Seediq people against Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan, marked by a violent attack on Japanese settlers and a brutal military crackdown in response.
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E.
Chichijima incident
The Chichijima incident was a World War II war crime in which Japanese soldiers executed and cannibalized captured American airmen on the Pacific island of Chichijima in 1944–1945.
- 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: Akō incident Target entity description: The Akō incident was an early 18th-century samurai vendetta in Japan, in which the forty-seven rōnin avenged their lord’s forced seppuku, later becoming a legendary example of loyalty and bushidō.
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A.
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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B.
Isshi Incident
The Isshi Incident was a 645 CE coup d'état in Japan in which Prince Naka no Ōe and his allies assassinated the powerful statesman Soga no Iruka, leading to the downfall of the Soga clan and paving the way for major political reforms.
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C.
Bubat incident
The Bubat incident was a 14th-century political and military clash in the Majapahit Kingdom, marked by the tragic confrontation between Majapahit forces and the Sundanese royal entourage that derailed a planned dynastic marriage and reshaped Javanese inter-kingdom relations.
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D.
Musha Incident
The Musha Incident was a 1930 uprising by Indigenous Seediq people against Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan, marked by a violent attack on Japanese settlers and a brutal military crackdown in response.
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E.
Chichijima incident
The Chichijima incident was a World War II war crime in which Japanese soldiers executed and cannibalized captured American airmen on the Pacific island of Chichijima in 1944–1945.
- F. None of above. chosen
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