Curragh incident
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The Curragh incident was a 1914 confrontation in which British Army officers in Ireland threatened to resign rather than enforce Home Rule, exposing deep military and political opposition to Irish self-government.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17950410 — 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: Curragh incident Context triple: [Government of Ireland Act 1914, associatedWith, Curragh incident]
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Invergordon Mutiny
The Invergordon Mutiny was a 1931 Royal Navy sailors’ protest in Scotland against pay cuts, which became a significant episode of military unrest and contributed to a crisis of confidence in the British government and economy.
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B.
Dogger Bank incident
The Dogger Bank incident was an October 1904 naval confrontation in the North Sea during the Russo-Japanese War, when Russian warships mistakenly fired on British fishing vessels, nearly provoking war between Russia and the United Kingdom.
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C.
Kingsmill massacre
The Kingsmill massacre was a 1976 sectarian attack in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, in which gunmen stopped a minibus and murdered ten Protestant workmen during the height of the Troubles.
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D.
Burning of Cork
The Burning of Cork was a devastating 1920 incident during the Irish War of Independence in which large parts of Cork city were destroyed and looted by British forces, including the Black and Tans, in reprisal for IRA activities.
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E.
Etaples mutiny
The Etaples mutiny was a 1917 revolt by British Army troops at a harsh training camp in Étaples, France, protesting brutal discipline and conditions during World War I.
- 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: Curragh incident Target entity description: The Curragh incident was a 1914 confrontation in which British Army officers in Ireland threatened to resign rather than enforce Home Rule, exposing deep military and political opposition to Irish self-government.
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A.
Invergordon Mutiny
The Invergordon Mutiny was a 1931 Royal Navy sailors’ protest in Scotland against pay cuts, which became a significant episode of military unrest and contributed to a crisis of confidence in the British government and economy.
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B.
Dogger Bank incident
The Dogger Bank incident was an October 1904 naval confrontation in the North Sea during the Russo-Japanese War, when Russian warships mistakenly fired on British fishing vessels, nearly provoking war between Russia and the United Kingdom.
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C.
Kingsmill massacre
The Kingsmill massacre was a 1976 sectarian attack in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, in which gunmen stopped a minibus and murdered ten Protestant workmen during the height of the Troubles.
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D.
Burning of Cork
The Burning of Cork was a devastating 1920 incident during the Irish War of Independence in which large parts of Cork city were destroyed and looted by British forces, including the Black and Tans, in reprisal for IRA activities.
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E.
Etaples mutiny
The Etaples mutiny was a 1917 revolt by British Army troops at a harsh training camp in Étaples, France, protesting brutal discipline and conditions during World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
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