Superga air disaster
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The Superga air disaster was a 1949 plane crash near Turin, Italy, that killed the entire Grande Torino football team and is remembered as one of the greatest tragedies in sports history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Superga air disaster canonical | 7 |
| 1949 Torino football team air disaster | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15086283 — 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: Superga air disaster Context triple: [Grande Torino, endedByEvent, Superga air disaster]
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Munich air disaster
The Munich air disaster was a 1958 plane crash involving Manchester United’s “Busby Babes” that killed 23 people and became one of the most tragic and defining events in football history.
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Smolensk air disaster
The Smolensk air disaster was a 2010 plane crash near Smolensk, Russia, that killed Polish President Lech Kaczyński and many high-ranking Polish officials en route to a World War II Katyn massacre commemoration.
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C.
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster
The Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster was a 1972 Andes plane crash in which surviving passengers of a Uruguayan rugby team endured extreme conditions and resorted to cannibalism, becoming one of history’s most famous survival stories.
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Aires Flight 8250
Aires Flight 8250 was a domestic Colombian passenger flight that crash-landed short of the runway at San Andrés Island in 2010, breaking apart and causing multiple fatalities and injuries.
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Capaci bombing
The Capaci bombing was a 1992 Mafia terrorist attack in Sicily that assassinated anti-Mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife, and members of his police escort, marking a pivotal moment in Italy’s fight against organized crime.
- 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: Superga air disaster Target entity description: The Superga air disaster was a 1949 plane crash near Turin, Italy, that killed the entire Grande Torino football team and is remembered as one of the greatest tragedies in sports history.
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A.
Munich air disaster
The Munich air disaster was a 1958 plane crash involving Manchester United’s “Busby Babes” that killed 23 people and became one of the most tragic and defining events in football history.
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B.
Smolensk air disaster
The Smolensk air disaster was a 2010 plane crash near Smolensk, Russia, that killed Polish President Lech Kaczyński and many high-ranking Polish officials en route to a World War II Katyn massacre commemoration.
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C.
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster
The Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster was a 1972 Andes plane crash in which surviving passengers of a Uruguayan rugby team endured extreme conditions and resorted to cannibalism, becoming one of history’s most famous survival stories.
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D.
Aires Flight 8250
Aires Flight 8250 was a domestic Colombian passenger flight that crash-landed short of the runway at San Andrés Island in 2010, breaking apart and causing multiple fatalities and injuries.
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E.
Capaci bombing
The Capaci bombing was a 1992 Mafia terrorist attack in Sicily that assassinated anti-Mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife, and members of his police escort, marking a pivotal moment in Italy’s fight against organized crime.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.