M62 coach bombing
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The M62 coach bombing was a 1974 Provisional IRA attack on a British Army coach in northern England that killed 12 people, including soldiers and their families, and became one of the most notorious incidents of the Troubles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| M62 coach bombing canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20874299 — 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: M62 coach bombing Context triple: [Provisional IRA bombing campaign, notableEvent, M62 coach bombing]
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A.
Brighton hotel bombing
The Brighton hotel bombing was a 1984 IRA assassination attempt targeting British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet at the Conservative Party conference in Brighton.
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B.
Himmel Street bombing
The Himmel Street bombing is the devastating air raid in Markus Zusak’s novel "The Book Thief" that destroys Liesel Meminger’s neighborhood and kills most of the people she loves.
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C.
Café Terminus bombing
The Café Terminus bombing was an 1894 anarchist attack in Paris in which a bomb was thrown into a crowded café near the Gare Saint-Lazare, killing and injuring multiple people.
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D.
Claudy bombing
The Claudy bombing was a 1972 Provisional IRA car bomb attack in the village of Claudy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, that killed nine civilians and became notorious for both its brutality and an alleged subsequent cover-up involving church and state authorities.
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E.
Hafte Tir bombing
The Hafte Tir bombing was a 1981 terrorist attack in Tehran that killed dozens of senior Iranian officials and became a pivotal event in the early years of the Islamic Republic.
- 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: M62 coach bombing Target entity description: The M62 coach bombing was a 1974 Provisional IRA attack on a British Army coach in northern England that killed 12 people, including soldiers and their families, and became one of the most notorious incidents of the Troubles.
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A.
Brighton hotel bombing
The Brighton hotel bombing was a 1984 IRA assassination attempt targeting British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet at the Conservative Party conference in Brighton.
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B.
Himmel Street bombing
The Himmel Street bombing is the devastating air raid in Markus Zusak’s novel "The Book Thief" that destroys Liesel Meminger’s neighborhood and kills most of the people she loves.
-
C.
Café Terminus bombing
The Café Terminus bombing was an 1894 anarchist attack in Paris in which a bomb was thrown into a crowded café near the Gare Saint-Lazare, killing and injuring multiple people.
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D.
Claudy bombing
The Claudy bombing was a 1972 Provisional IRA car bomb attack in the village of Claudy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, that killed nine civilians and became notorious for both its brutality and an alleged subsequent cover-up involving church and state authorities.
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E.
Hafte Tir bombing
The Hafte Tir bombing was a 1981 terrorist attack in Tehran that killed dozens of senior Iranian officials and became a pivotal event in the early years of the Islamic Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.