Eyam plague outbreak of 1665–1666
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The Eyam plague outbreak of 1665–1666 was a devastating bubonic plague epidemic in the English village of Eyam, renowned for the villagers’ self-imposed quarantine to prevent the disease from spreading to surrounding communities.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22386714 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eyam plague outbreak of 1665–1666 Context triple: [Catherine Mompesson, activeDuring, Eyam plague outbreak of 1665–1666]
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Great Plague of London
The Great Plague of London was a devastating outbreak of bubonic plague in 1665–1666 that killed a large portion of the city’s population and marked the last major epidemic of its kind in England.
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Baslow and Eyam
Baslow and Eyam is a Church of England benefice in Derbyshire that groups together the parishes serving the villages of Baslow and Eyam and their surrounding communities.
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A Journal of the Plague Year
A Journal of the Plague Year is a historical novel by Daniel Defoe that vividly reconstructs life in London during the 1665 bubonic plague outbreak.
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Palermo plague of 1624
The Palermo plague of 1624 was a devastating outbreak of bubonic plague in the Sicilian city of Palermo, during which the rediscovery and veneration of Saint Rosalia became central to the city’s religious and cultural response.
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E.
Great Dying epidemic of 1616–1619
The Great Dying epidemic of 1616–1619 was a devastating wave of Old World diseases that decimated Indigenous populations in coastal New England just before large-scale English colonization.
- 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: Eyam plague outbreak of 1665–1666 Target entity description: The Eyam plague outbreak of 1665–1666 was a devastating bubonic plague epidemic in the English village of Eyam, renowned for the villagers’ self-imposed quarantine to prevent the disease from spreading to surrounding communities.
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A.
Great Plague of London
The Great Plague of London was a devastating outbreak of bubonic plague in 1665–1666 that killed a large portion of the city’s population and marked the last major epidemic of its kind in England.
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B.
Baslow and Eyam
Baslow and Eyam is a Church of England benefice in Derbyshire that groups together the parishes serving the villages of Baslow and Eyam and their surrounding communities.
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C.
A Journal of the Plague Year
A Journal of the Plague Year is a historical novel by Daniel Defoe that vividly reconstructs life in London during the 1665 bubonic plague outbreak.
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D.
Palermo plague of 1624
The Palermo plague of 1624 was a devastating outbreak of bubonic plague in the Sicilian city of Palermo, during which the rediscovery and veneration of Saint Rosalia became central to the city’s religious and cultural response.
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E.
Great Dying epidemic of 1616–1619
The Great Dying epidemic of 1616–1619 was a devastating wave of Old World diseases that decimated Indigenous populations in coastal New England just before large-scale English colonization.
- F. None of above. chosen
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