Tacoma Chinese expulsion of 1885
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The Tacoma Chinese expulsion of 1885 was a violent, racially motivated forced removal of Chinese residents from Tacoma, Washington, as part of a broader wave of anti-Chinese actions in the American West during the late 19th century.
All labels observed (1)
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| Tacoma Chinese expulsion of 1885 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20274886 — 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: Tacoma Chinese expulsion of 1885 Context triple: [Chinese Reconciliation Park, commemoratesEvent, Tacoma Chinese expulsion of 1885]
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A.
Siebold incident
The Siebold incident was a 19th-century diplomatic scandal in which German physician Philipp Franz von Siebold was expelled from Japan for allegedly smuggling sensitive maps and information, highlighting Japan’s strict isolationist policies of the time.
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B.
Kowshing incident
The Kowshing incident was an 1894 naval confrontation at the start of the First Sino-Japanese War, in which a British-flagged transport ship carrying Chinese troops was sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy, causing a major diplomatic controversy.
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C.
Akō incident
The Akō incident was an early 18th-century samurai vendetta in Japan, in which the forty-seven rōnin avenged their lord’s forced seppuku, later becoming a legendary example of loyalty and bushidō.
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D.
Takigawa incident
The Takigawa incident was a 1933 academic freedom and political repression case in Japan, in which Kyoto University law professor Takigawa Yukitoki was dismissed for his Marxist views, sparking nationwide protests by students and intellectuals.
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E.
Don Pacifico affair
The Don Pacifico affair was a mid-19th-century diplomatic incident in which Britain, under Lord Palmerston, used gunboat diplomacy against Greece to secure compensation for a British subject, sparking major controversy over foreign policy and imperial power.
- 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: Tacoma Chinese expulsion of 1885 Target entity description: The Tacoma Chinese expulsion of 1885 was a violent, racially motivated forced removal of Chinese residents from Tacoma, Washington, as part of a broader wave of anti-Chinese actions in the American West during the late 19th century.
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A.
Siebold incident
The Siebold incident was a 19th-century diplomatic scandal in which German physician Philipp Franz von Siebold was expelled from Japan for allegedly smuggling sensitive maps and information, highlighting Japan’s strict isolationist policies of the time.
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B.
Kowshing incident
The Kowshing incident was an 1894 naval confrontation at the start of the First Sino-Japanese War, in which a British-flagged transport ship carrying Chinese troops was sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy, causing a major diplomatic controversy.
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C.
Akō incident
The Akō incident was an early 18th-century samurai vendetta in Japan, in which the forty-seven rōnin avenged their lord’s forced seppuku, later becoming a legendary example of loyalty and bushidō.
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D.
Takigawa incident
The Takigawa incident was a 1933 academic freedom and political repression case in Japan, in which Kyoto University law professor Takigawa Yukitoki was dismissed for his Marxist views, sparking nationwide protests by students and intellectuals.
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E.
Don Pacifico affair
The Don Pacifico affair was a mid-19th-century diplomatic incident in which Britain, under Lord Palmerston, used gunboat diplomacy against Greece to secure compensation for a British subject, sparking major controversy over foreign policy and imperial power.
- F. None of above. chosen
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