1982 Caldecott Tunnel fire
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The 1982 Caldecott Tunnel fire was a deadly multi-vehicle accident and ensuing blaze in an Oakland, California highway tunnel that killed seven people and led to major changes in tunnel safety regulations.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18681335 — 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)
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Target entity: 1982 Caldecott Tunnel fire Context triple: [Caldecott Tunnel, hasEvent, 1982 Caldecott Tunnel fire]
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A.
Primavalle fire
The Primavalle fire was a deadly 1973 arson attack on a Rome apartment building, often cited as a key episode of political violence during Italy’s Years of Lead.
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B.
San Francisco City Hall fire
The San Francisco City Hall fire was a dramatic blaze that heavily damaged the historic municipal building and became a memorable backdrop in the film "May Day."
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C.
1991 Oakland-Berkeley firestorm
The 1991 Oakland-Berkeley firestorm was a devastating urban wildfire in the San Francisco Bay Area that killed 25 people, destroyed thousands of homes, and became one of the costliest and most destructive fires in California history.
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D.
Pionirska Street fire
The Pionirska Street fire was a notorious 1992 war crime in Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in which dozens of Bosniak civilians were locked in a house and burned alive by Serb paramilitaries during the Bosnian War.
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E.
Tunnel fire
The Tunnel fire refers to the devastating 1991 Oakland-Berkeley firestorm in Northern California, which rapidly destroyed thousands of homes and caused significant loss of life in the Oakland Hills.
- 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: 1982 Caldecott Tunnel fire Target entity description: The 1982 Caldecott Tunnel fire was a deadly multi-vehicle accident and ensuing blaze in an Oakland, California highway tunnel that killed seven people and led to major changes in tunnel safety regulations.
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A.
Primavalle fire
The Primavalle fire was a deadly 1973 arson attack on a Rome apartment building, often cited as a key episode of political violence during Italy’s Years of Lead.
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B.
San Francisco City Hall fire
The San Francisco City Hall fire was a dramatic blaze that heavily damaged the historic municipal building and became a memorable backdrop in the film "May Day."
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C.
1991 Oakland-Berkeley firestorm
The 1991 Oakland-Berkeley firestorm was a devastating urban wildfire in the San Francisco Bay Area that killed 25 people, destroyed thousands of homes, and became one of the costliest and most destructive fires in California history.
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D.
Pionirska Street fire
The Pionirska Street fire was a notorious 1992 war crime in Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in which dozens of Bosniak civilians were locked in a house and burned alive by Serb paramilitaries during the Bosnian War.
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E.
Tunnel fire
The Tunnel fire refers to the devastating 1991 Oakland-Berkeley firestorm in Northern California, which rapidly destroyed thousands of homes and caused significant loss of life in the Oakland Hills.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.