1972 Belfast bombings
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The 1972 Belfast bombings were a series of deadly paramilitary attacks during the Northern Ireland Troubles that caused widespread destruction and civilian casualties across the city.
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| 1972 Belfast bombings canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20874239 — 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: 1972 Belfast bombings Context triple: [Smithfield bus station, historicallyAssociatedWith, 1972 Belfast bombings]
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A.
Omagh bombing
The Omagh bombing was a 1998 car bomb attack in Northern Ireland carried out by the Real IRA, killing 29 people and becoming the deadliest single incident of the Troubles.
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B.
Enniskillen bombing
The Enniskillen bombing was a 1987 IRA bomb attack during a Remembrance Day ceremony in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, that killed 11 civilians and became one of the most widely condemned atrocities of the Troubles.
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C.
Easter Tuesday bombing of Belfast
The Easter Tuesday bombing of Belfast was a major German Luftwaffe air raid during World War II that caused extensive destruction and civilian casualties in the city.
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D.
Shankill Road bombing
The Shankill Road bombing was a 1993 IRA attack in Belfast that killed nine civilians and one of the bombers, becoming one of the most notorious incidents of the Northern Ireland Troubles.
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E.
Ballykelly bombing
The Ballykelly bombing was a 1982 Provisional IRA attack in the village of Ballykelly, County Londonderry, in which a bomb exploded in a crowded pub, killing 17 people and injuring many others.
- 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: 1972 Belfast bombings Target entity description: The 1972 Belfast bombings were a series of deadly paramilitary attacks during the Northern Ireland Troubles that caused widespread destruction and civilian casualties across the city.
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A.
Omagh bombing
The Omagh bombing was a 1998 car bomb attack in Northern Ireland carried out by the Real IRA, killing 29 people and becoming the deadliest single incident of the Troubles.
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B.
Enniskillen bombing
The Enniskillen bombing was a 1987 IRA bomb attack during a Remembrance Day ceremony in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, that killed 11 civilians and became one of the most widely condemned atrocities of the Troubles.
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C.
Easter Tuesday bombing of Belfast
The Easter Tuesday bombing of Belfast was a major German Luftwaffe air raid during World War II that caused extensive destruction and civilian casualties in the city.
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D.
Shankill Road bombing
The Shankill Road bombing was a 1993 IRA attack in Belfast that killed nine civilians and one of the bombers, becoming one of the most notorious incidents of the Northern Ireland Troubles.
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E.
Ballykelly bombing
The Ballykelly bombing was a 1982 Provisional IRA attack in the village of Ballykelly, County Londonderry, in which a bomb exploded in a crowded pub, killing 17 people and injuring many others.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.