Westland affair
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The Westland affair was a major 1985–86 British political controversy over the future of the Westland helicopter company that exposed deep Cabinet divisions and seriously damaged Margaret Thatcher’s government.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Westland affair Context triple: [UK Parliament 1983–1987, significantEvent, Westland affair]
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Thorpe affair
The Thorpe affair was a major 1970s British political scandal involving Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe’s alleged conspiracy to murder his former lover, Norman Scott.
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Calas affair
The Calas affair was an 18th-century French legal case involving the wrongful execution of Protestant merchant Jean Calas, which became a symbol of religious intolerance and judicial injustice and inspired Voltaire’s campaign for civil rights and legal reform.
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Bofors scandal
The Bofors scandal was a major Indian political corruption controversy in the 1980s involving alleged kickbacks in a Swedish howitzer gun deal, which severely damaged the credibility of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s government.
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Dunera affair
The Dunera affair was a World War II incident in which over 2,000 mainly Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany were wrongly deported by Britain to internment camps in Australia under harsh and unjust conditions.
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Morgan affair
The Morgan affair was an 1826 incident involving the disappearance of William Morgan after he threatened to expose Masonic secrets, which sparked widespread anti-Masonic sentiment in the United States.
- 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: Westland affair Target entity description: The Westland affair was a major 1985–86 British political controversy over the future of the Westland helicopter company that exposed deep Cabinet divisions and seriously damaged Margaret Thatcher’s government.
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A.
Thorpe affair
The Thorpe affair was a major 1970s British political scandal involving Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe’s alleged conspiracy to murder his former lover, Norman Scott.
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B.
Calas affair
The Calas affair was an 18th-century French legal case involving the wrongful execution of Protestant merchant Jean Calas, which became a symbol of religious intolerance and judicial injustice and inspired Voltaire’s campaign for civil rights and legal reform.
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C.
Bofors scandal
The Bofors scandal was a major Indian political corruption controversy in the 1980s involving alleged kickbacks in a Swedish howitzer gun deal, which severely damaged the credibility of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s government.
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D.
Dunera affair
The Dunera affair was a World War II incident in which over 2,000 mainly Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany were wrongly deported by Britain to internment camps in Australia under harsh and unjust conditions.
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E.
Morgan affair
The Morgan affair was an 1826 incident involving the disappearance of William Morgan after he threatened to expose Masonic secrets, which sparked widespread anti-Masonic sentiment in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
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