1865 San Francisco earthquake
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The 1865 San Francisco earthquake was a significant 19th-century seismic event that struck the San Francisco Bay Area, causing notable damage and foreshadowing larger regional earthquakes to come.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17479112 — 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: 1865 San Francisco earthquake Context triple: [1868 Hayward earthquake, precededBy, 1865 San Francisco earthquake]
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A.
1906 San Francisco earthquake
The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was a devastating magnitude 7.8 seismic event that struck Northern California, causing widespread destruction and fires that nearly leveled San Francisco and became one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history.
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B.
1868 Hayward earthquake
The 1868 Hayward earthquake was a powerful and destructive seismic event that struck the San Francisco Bay Area in California, causing extensive damage and loss of life and serving as a key historical benchmark for seismic risk on the Hayward Fault.
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C.
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake was a powerful magnitude 6.9 quake in Northern California that caused widespread damage in the San Francisco Bay Area, including freeway collapses and the disruption of the World Series.
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D.
Loma Prieta
Loma Prieta is a prominent peak in California’s Santa Cruz Mountains, best known for lending its name to the devastating 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
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E.
1983 Coalinga earthquake
The 1983 Coalinga earthquake was a powerful magnitude 6.5 seismic event in central California that caused significant damage to the town of Coalinga and surrounding areas.
- 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: 1865 San Francisco earthquake Target entity description: The 1865 San Francisco earthquake was a significant 19th-century seismic event that struck the San Francisco Bay Area, causing notable damage and foreshadowing larger regional earthquakes to come.
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A.
1906 San Francisco earthquake
The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was a devastating magnitude 7.8 seismic event that struck Northern California, causing widespread destruction and fires that nearly leveled San Francisco and became one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history.
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B.
1868 Hayward earthquake
The 1868 Hayward earthquake was a powerful and destructive seismic event that struck the San Francisco Bay Area in California, causing extensive damage and loss of life and serving as a key historical benchmark for seismic risk on the Hayward Fault.
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C.
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake was a powerful magnitude 6.9 quake in Northern California that caused widespread damage in the San Francisco Bay Area, including freeway collapses and the disruption of the World Series.
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D.
Loma Prieta
Loma Prieta is a prominent peak in California’s Santa Cruz Mountains, best known for lending its name to the devastating 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
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E.
1983 Coalinga earthquake
The 1983 Coalinga earthquake was a powerful magnitude 6.5 seismic event in central California that caused significant damage to the town of Coalinga and surrounding areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.