Carthage Jail attack
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The Carthage Jail attack was the 1844 mob assault on the jail in Carthage, Illinois, that resulted in the killing of Latter-day Saint leader Joseph Smith and the wounding of his companions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Carthage Jail attack of June 27, 1844 | 2 |
| Carthage Jail attack canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20291693 — 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: Carthage Jail attack Context triple: [John Taylor, woundedIn, Carthage Jail attack]
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A.
2015 Sousse attacks
The 2015 Sousse attacks were a mass shooting at a beach resort in Tunisia, carried out by an Islamist extremist gunman and resulting in the deaths of dozens of mostly foreign tourists.
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B.
Ain El Remmaneh bus massacre
The Ain El Remmaneh bus massacre was a deadly 1975 attack on a bus carrying Palestinians in a Beirut suburb, widely regarded as the event that triggered the Lebanese Civil War.
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C.
Mubi bombings
The Mubi bombings were a series of deadly attacks in the Nigerian town of Mubi, widely attributed to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and emblematic of the violence during its insurgency.
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D.
2015 Sheikh Zuweid attack
The 2015 Sheikh Zuweid attack was a major coordinated assault by Islamist militants on Egyptian security forces in the town of Sheikh Zuweid in North Sinai, resulting in heavy casualties and marking one of the deadliest incidents of the Sinai insurgency.
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E.
2015 Bardo National Museum attack
The 2015 Bardo National Museum attack was a terrorist assault in Tunis, Tunisia, in which gunmen opened fire on tourists at the country’s leading museum, killing over 20 people and injuring many others.
- 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: Carthage Jail attack Target entity description: The Carthage Jail attack was the 1844 mob assault on the jail in Carthage, Illinois, that resulted in the killing of Latter-day Saint leader Joseph Smith and the wounding of his companions.
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A.
2015 Sousse attacks
The 2015 Sousse attacks were a mass shooting at a beach resort in Tunisia, carried out by an Islamist extremist gunman and resulting in the deaths of dozens of mostly foreign tourists.
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B.
Ain El Remmaneh bus massacre
The Ain El Remmaneh bus massacre was a deadly 1975 attack on a bus carrying Palestinians in a Beirut suburb, widely regarded as the event that triggered the Lebanese Civil War.
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C.
Mubi bombings
The Mubi bombings were a series of deadly attacks in the Nigerian town of Mubi, widely attributed to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and emblematic of the violence during its insurgency.
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D.
2015 Sheikh Zuweid attack
The 2015 Sheikh Zuweid attack was a major coordinated assault by Islamist militants on Egyptian security forces in the town of Sheikh Zuweid in North Sinai, resulting in heavy casualties and marking one of the deadliest incidents of the Sinai insurgency.
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E.
2015 Bardo National Museum attack
The 2015 Bardo National Museum attack was a terrorist assault in Tunis, Tunisia, in which gunmen opened fire on tourists at the country’s leading museum, killing over 20 people and injuring many others.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Carthage Jail attack
linked to: Carthage Jail attack