Lewes floods
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The Lewes floods were a series of severe inundations in the town of Lewes, East Sussex, most notably the devastating October 2000 flood that caused widespread damage and prompted major changes in local flood management.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17790209 — 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: Lewes floods Context triple: [River Ouse (Sussex), associatedWithEvent, Lewes floods]
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Tryweryn flooding
Tryweryn flooding refers to the controversial 1960s inundation of the Welsh village of Capel Celyn to create a reservoir for supplying water to Liverpool, which became a powerful symbol of Welsh nationalism and political protest.
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North Sea flood of 1953
The North Sea flood of 1953 was a catastrophic storm surge that inundated coastal areas around the North Sea, particularly in the Netherlands and eastern England, causing extensive damage and loss of life and prompting major improvements in flood defenses.
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C.
Eider Barrage
The Eider Barrage is a major coastal flood protection and storm surge barrier structure located at the mouth of the Eider River on Germany’s North Sea coast.
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D.
Dolgarrog dam disaster
The Dolgarrog dam disaster was a catastrophic 1925 dam failure in the village of Dolgarrog, Wales, that caused a deadly flood and led to major changes in British dam safety regulations.
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E.
Flood at Port-Marly
Flood at Port-Marly is an Impressionist landscape painting by Alfred Sisley depicting the inundated streets and riverside of the town of Port-Marly, France.
- 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: Lewes floods Target entity description: The Lewes floods were a series of severe inundations in the town of Lewes, East Sussex, most notably the devastating October 2000 flood that caused widespread damage and prompted major changes in local flood management.
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A.
Tryweryn flooding
Tryweryn flooding refers to the controversial 1960s inundation of the Welsh village of Capel Celyn to create a reservoir for supplying water to Liverpool, which became a powerful symbol of Welsh nationalism and political protest.
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B.
North Sea flood of 1953
The North Sea flood of 1953 was a catastrophic storm surge that inundated coastal areas around the North Sea, particularly in the Netherlands and eastern England, causing extensive damage and loss of life and prompting major improvements in flood defenses.
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C.
Eider Barrage
The Eider Barrage is a major coastal flood protection and storm surge barrier structure located at the mouth of the Eider River on Germany’s North Sea coast.
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D.
Dolgarrog dam disaster
The Dolgarrog dam disaster was a catastrophic 1925 dam failure in the village of Dolgarrog, Wales, that caused a deadly flood and led to major changes in British dam safety regulations.
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E.
Flood at Port-Marly
Flood at Port-Marly is an Impressionist landscape painting by Alfred Sisley depicting the inundated streets and riverside of the town of Port-Marly, France.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
River Ouse