1995 Soufrière Hills eruption
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The 1995 Soufrière Hills eruption was a prolonged and devastating volcanic event on the Caribbean island of Montserrat that buried the capital Plymouth in ash and pyroclastic flows and forced large-scale evacuations.
All labels observed (1)
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| 1995 Soufrière Hills eruption canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17721000 — 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: 1995 Soufrière Hills eruption Context triple: [Montserrat, majorEruption, 1995 Soufrière Hills eruption]
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1949 Cumbre Vieja eruption
The 1949 Cumbre Vieja eruption was a significant mid-20th-century volcanic event on La Palma in the Canary Islands, noted for its fissure eruptions, lava flows, and associated seismic activity.
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B.
1999 Reventador eruption
The 1999 Reventador eruption was a significant explosive event of Ecuador’s Reventador volcano that produced substantial ash emissions and pyroclastic activity, impacting nearby regions and air traffic.
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C.
Cerro Negro 1992 eruption
The Cerro Negro 1992 eruption was a significant explosive event of Nicaragua’s young basaltic volcano, producing ashfall, lava flows, and regional disruption within the Cordillera de los Maribios volcanic chain.
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D.
1995 eruption of Pico do Fogo
The 1995 eruption of Pico do Fogo was a major volcanic event on the Cape Verdean island of Fogo that caused significant lava flows, property damage, and the evacuation of local communities.
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E.
Mt Matavanu eruption 1905–1911
The Mt Matavanu eruption of 1905–1911 was a major volcanic event on the Samoan island of Savaiʻi that produced extensive lava flows, reshaping large areas of the island’s landscape.
- 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: 1995 Soufrière Hills eruption Target entity description: The 1995 Soufrière Hills eruption was a prolonged and devastating volcanic event on the Caribbean island of Montserrat that buried the capital Plymouth in ash and pyroclastic flows and forced large-scale evacuations.
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A.
1949 Cumbre Vieja eruption
The 1949 Cumbre Vieja eruption was a significant mid-20th-century volcanic event on La Palma in the Canary Islands, noted for its fissure eruptions, lava flows, and associated seismic activity.
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B.
1999 Reventador eruption
The 1999 Reventador eruption was a significant explosive event of Ecuador’s Reventador volcano that produced substantial ash emissions and pyroclastic activity, impacting nearby regions and air traffic.
-
C.
Cerro Negro 1992 eruption
The Cerro Negro 1992 eruption was a significant explosive event of Nicaragua’s young basaltic volcano, producing ashfall, lava flows, and regional disruption within the Cordillera de los Maribios volcanic chain.
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D.
1995 eruption of Pico do Fogo
The 1995 eruption of Pico do Fogo was a major volcanic event on the Cape Verdean island of Fogo that caused significant lava flows, property damage, and the evacuation of local communities.
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E.
Mt Matavanu eruption 1905–1911
The Mt Matavanu eruption of 1905–1911 was a major volcanic event on the Samoan island of Savaiʻi that produced extensive lava flows, reshaping large areas of the island’s landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
British Overseas Territory of Montserrat