Toba supereruption
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The Toba supereruption was a massive volcanic event about 74,000 years ago in present-day Indonesia, considered one of the largest known eruptions on Earth and linked to significant global climatic and ecological impacts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Toba supereruption canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17360174 — 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: Toba supereruption Context triple: [Toba Caldera Geopark, hasPrimaryEruptionSource, Toba supereruption]
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A.
Lava Creek Tuff eruption
The Lava Creek Tuff eruption was a massive supereruption at Yellowstone about 640,000 years ago that created the current Yellowstone Caldera and deposited extensive volcanic ash across much of North America.
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B.
Oruanui eruption of Taupō volcano
The Oruanui eruption of Taupō volcano was a massive supereruption about 26,500 years ago that created Lake Taupō and is one of the largest known volcanic eruptions on Earth in the last 100,000 years.
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C.
Thera eruption
The Thera eruption was a massive Bronze Age volcanic explosion on the Aegean island of Thera (Santorini) that devastated nearby regions and is often linked to the collapse of Minoan civilization.
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D.
Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption
The Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption was an enormous supereruption of the Yellowstone hotspot about 2.1 million years ago, producing vast ash deposits and helping form one of the largest known calderas on Earth.
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E.
Great Eruption
The Great Eruption was a 19th-century stellar outburst of Eta Carinae that briefly made it one of the brightest stars in the sky and created the Homunculus Nebula.
- 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: Toba supereruption Target entity description: The Toba supereruption was a massive volcanic event about 74,000 years ago in present-day Indonesia, considered one of the largest known eruptions on Earth and linked to significant global climatic and ecological impacts.
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A.
Lava Creek Tuff eruption
The Lava Creek Tuff eruption was a massive supereruption at Yellowstone about 640,000 years ago that created the current Yellowstone Caldera and deposited extensive volcanic ash across much of North America.
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B.
Oruanui eruption of Taupō volcano
The Oruanui eruption of Taupō volcano was a massive supereruption about 26,500 years ago that created Lake Taupō and is one of the largest known volcanic eruptions on Earth in the last 100,000 years.
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C.
Thera eruption
The Thera eruption was a massive Bronze Age volcanic explosion on the Aegean island of Thera (Santorini) that devastated nearby regions and is often linked to the collapse of Minoan civilization.
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D.
Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption
The Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption was an enormous supereruption of the Yellowstone hotspot about 2.1 million years ago, producing vast ash deposits and helping form one of the largest known calderas on Earth.
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E.
Great Eruption
The Great Eruption was a 19th-century stellar outburst of Eta Carinae that briefly made it one of the brightest stars in the sky and created the Homunculus Nebula.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.