Great Molasses Flood
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The Great Molasses Flood was a 1919 industrial disaster in Boston, Massachusetts, in which a large storage tank burst and sent a deadly wave of molasses through city streets.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17751618 — 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: Great Molasses Flood Context triple: [History of Massachusetts, includesEvent, Great Molasses Flood]
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Vanport flood of 1948
The Vanport flood of 1948 was a catastrophic Columbia River flood that destroyed the wartime housing city of Vanport, Oregon, killing at least 15 people and displacing tens of thousands, many of them Black shipyard workers and their families.
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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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Hartford Flood of 1936
The Hartford Flood of 1936 was a devastating spring flood that inundated Hartford, Connecticut and surrounding areas, causing widespread damage and prompting major flood-control improvements along the city’s rivers.
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1967 Fairbanks flood
The 1967 Fairbanks flood was a devastating inundation of Fairbanks, Alaska, that caused widespread damage and led to major changes in the region’s flood control and urban planning.
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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: Great Molasses Flood Target entity description: The Great Molasses Flood was a 1919 industrial disaster in Boston, Massachusetts, in which a large storage tank burst and sent a deadly wave of molasses through city streets.
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A.
Vanport flood of 1948
The Vanport flood of 1948 was a catastrophic Columbia River flood that destroyed the wartime housing city of Vanport, Oregon, killing at least 15 people and displacing tens of thousands, many of them Black shipyard workers and their families.
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B.
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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C.
Hartford Flood of 1936
The Hartford Flood of 1936 was a devastating spring flood that inundated Hartford, Connecticut and surrounding areas, causing widespread damage and prompting major flood-control improvements along the city’s rivers.
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D.
1967 Fairbanks flood
The 1967 Fairbanks flood was a devastating inundation of Fairbanks, Alaska, that caused widespread damage and led to major changes in the region’s flood control and urban planning.
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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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