2008 Okmok eruption
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The 2008 Okmok eruption was a powerful explosive volcanic event in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands that produced a large ash plume, disrupted air travel, and significantly altered the caldera’s landscape.
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| 2008 Okmok eruption canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21835739 — 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: 2008 Okmok eruption Context triple: [Mount Okmok, notableEruption, 2008 Okmok eruption]
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Mauna Ulu eruption
The Mauna Ulu eruption was a prolonged and spectacular series of lava outpourings from Kīlauea volcano on Hawaiʻi Island between 1969 and 1974, notable for its dramatic lava fountains and extensive lava flows.
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Mount Novarupta
Mount Novarupta is a volcano in Alaska’s Katmai region, best known for its massive 1912 eruption, one of the largest of the 20th century.
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C.
Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption
The Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption was an enormous supereruption of the Yellowstone hotspot about 2.1 million years ago, producing vast ash deposits and helping form one of the largest known calderas on Earth.
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D.
Rotoiti eruption
The Rotoiti eruption was a massive late Pleistocene explosive event in New Zealand that produced extensive ignimbrite and caldera-forming activity within the Okataina Volcanic Centre.
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E.
Mount Bogoslof
Mount Bogoslof is an active volcanic island in the eastern Aleutian chain of Alaska, known for its explosive eruptions and rapidly changing landform.
- 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: 2008 Okmok eruption Target entity description: The 2008 Okmok eruption was a powerful explosive volcanic event in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands that produced a large ash plume, disrupted air travel, and significantly altered the caldera’s landscape.
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A.
Mauna Ulu eruption
The Mauna Ulu eruption was a prolonged and spectacular series of lava outpourings from Kīlauea volcano on Hawaiʻi Island between 1969 and 1974, notable for its dramatic lava fountains and extensive lava flows.
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B.
Mount Novarupta
Mount Novarupta is a volcano in Alaska’s Katmai region, best known for its massive 1912 eruption, one of the largest of the 20th century.
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C.
Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption
The Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption was an enormous supereruption of the Yellowstone hotspot about 2.1 million years ago, producing vast ash deposits and helping form one of the largest known calderas on Earth.
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D.
Rotoiti eruption
The Rotoiti eruption was a massive late Pleistocene explosive event in New Zealand that produced extensive ignimbrite and caldera-forming activity within the Okataina Volcanic Centre.
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E.
Mount Bogoslof
Mount Bogoslof is an active volcanic island in the eastern Aleutian chain of Alaska, known for its explosive eruptions and rapidly changing landform.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.