1893 Brisbane flood
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The 1893 Brisbane flood was a catastrophic series of floods that devastated Brisbane, Australia, causing widespread destruction and becoming one of the worst natural disasters in the city's history.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16014976 — 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: 1893 Brisbane flood Context triple: [1974 Brisbane flood, follows, 1893 Brisbane flood]
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1974 Brisbane flood
The 1974 Brisbane flood was a major natural disaster in Queensland, Australia, when extreme rainfall from Cyclone Wanda caused the Brisbane River to overflow and inundate large parts of the city.
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1908 Musi River floods
The 1908 Musi River floods were a catastrophic deluge in Hyderabad, India, that caused massive loss of life and property and spurred major urban and flood-control reforms.
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The Great Flood of 1852
The Great Flood of 1852 was a catastrophic inundation of the Murrumbidgee River that devastated the Australian town of Gundagai, causing extensive loss of life and prompting the town’s relocation to higher ground.
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Great Johnstown Flood of 1889
The Great Johnstown Flood of 1889 was a catastrophic dam failure–induced deluge that devastated Johnstown, Pennsylvania, killing more than 2,200 people and becoming one of the deadliest and most infamous disasters in U.S. history.
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Great Flood of 1879
The Great Flood of 1879 was a catastrophic inundation of the city of Szeged in Hungary that destroyed most of the town and prompted a major reconstruction.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1893 Brisbane flood Target entity description: The 1893 Brisbane flood was a catastrophic series of floods that devastated Brisbane, Australia, causing widespread destruction and becoming one of the worst natural disasters in the city's history.
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A.
1974 Brisbane flood
The 1974 Brisbane flood was a major natural disaster in Queensland, Australia, when extreme rainfall from Cyclone Wanda caused the Brisbane River to overflow and inundate large parts of the city.
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B.
1908 Musi River floods
The 1908 Musi River floods were a catastrophic deluge in Hyderabad, India, that caused massive loss of life and property and spurred major urban and flood-control reforms.
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C.
The Great Flood of 1852
The Great Flood of 1852 was a catastrophic inundation of the Murrumbidgee River that devastated the Australian town of Gundagai, causing extensive loss of life and prompting the town’s relocation to higher ground.
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D.
Great Johnstown Flood of 1889
The Great Johnstown Flood of 1889 was a catastrophic dam failure–induced deluge that devastated Johnstown, Pennsylvania, killing more than 2,200 people and becoming one of the deadliest and most infamous disasters in U.S. history.
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E.
Great Flood of 1879
The Great Flood of 1879 was a catastrophic inundation of the city of Szeged in Hungary that destroyed most of the town and prompted a major reconstruction.
- F. None of above. chosen
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