Second Colombo war
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The Second Colombo war was a violent internal conflict within New York’s Colombo crime family in the early 1990s, marked by bloody power struggles and numerous murders between rival factions.
All labels observed (1)
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| Second Colombo war canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20375208 — 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: Second Colombo war Context triple: [Colombo crime family, notableEvent, Second Colombo war]
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First Colombo war
The First Colombo War was a violent internal conflict within New York’s Colombo crime family in the early 1960s, marked by power struggles, assassination attempts, and a bloody struggle for control of the organization.
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B.
Kandyan–Portuguese War
The Kandyan–Portuguese War was a protracted series of 17th-century conflicts in Sri Lanka between the inland Kingdom of Kandy and Portuguese colonial forces vying for control of the island.
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C.
Sinhalese–Portuguese War
The Sinhalese–Portuguese War was a series of 16th-century conflicts in Sri Lanka between local Sinhalese kingdoms and the Portuguese Empire over control of coastal territories and trade.
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D.
Battle of Ceylon
The Battle of Ceylon was a World War II naval and air engagement in April 1942, when the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked British forces and installations around Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in the Indian Ocean.
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E.
Third Colombo war
The Third Colombo war was a violent internal conflict in the early 1990s between rival factions of New York’s Colombo crime family that led to numerous murders and destabilized the organization.
- 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: Second Colombo war Target entity description: The Second Colombo war was a violent internal conflict within New York’s Colombo crime family in the early 1990s, marked by bloody power struggles and numerous murders between rival factions.
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A.
First Colombo war
The First Colombo War was a violent internal conflict within New York’s Colombo crime family in the early 1960s, marked by power struggles, assassination attempts, and a bloody struggle for control of the organization.
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B.
Kandyan–Portuguese War
The Kandyan–Portuguese War was a protracted series of 17th-century conflicts in Sri Lanka between the inland Kingdom of Kandy and Portuguese colonial forces vying for control of the island.
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C.
Sinhalese–Portuguese War
The Sinhalese–Portuguese War was a series of 16th-century conflicts in Sri Lanka between local Sinhalese kingdoms and the Portuguese Empire over control of coastal territories and trade.
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D.
Battle of Ceylon
The Battle of Ceylon was a World War II naval and air engagement in April 1942, when the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked British forces and installations around Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in the Indian Ocean.
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E.
Third Colombo war
The Third Colombo war was a violent internal conflict in the early 1990s between rival factions of New York’s Colombo crime family that led to numerous murders and destabilized the organization.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.