Deal barracks bombing
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The Deal barracks bombing was a 1989 Provisional IRA attack on the Royal Marines School of Music in Deal, Kent, that killed 11 musicians and became one of the most notorious IRA bombings in mainland Britain.
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| Deal barracks bombing canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20874304 — 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: Deal barracks bombing Context triple: [Provisional IRA bombing campaign, notableEvent, Deal barracks bombing]
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Separ restaurant bombing
The Separ restaurant bombing was a 2018 explosion in Donetsk that killed Alexander Zakharchenko, the leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, and was widely seen as a major escalation in the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
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7/7 bombings
The 7/7 bombings were a series of coordinated suicide attacks on London’s public transport system on July 7, 2005, carried out by Islamist extremists and resulting in significant loss of life and injuries.
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Droppin Well bombing
The Droppin Well bombing was a 1982 attack in Ballykelly, County Londonderry, in which a bomb exploded in a crowded pub frequented by British soldiers, killing 17 people and becoming one of the deadliest incidents of the Troubles.
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Italicus Express bombing
The Italicus Express bombing was a deadly 1974 neo-fascist terrorist attack on a train in Italy, emblematic of the political violence and tension of the country’s Years of Lead.
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Nyanya bombings
The Nyanya bombings were deadly terrorist attacks near Abuja, Nigeria, in 2014, widely attributed to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and emblematic of its violent insurgency.
- 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: Deal barracks bombing Target entity description: The Deal barracks bombing was a 1989 Provisional IRA attack on the Royal Marines School of Music in Deal, Kent, that killed 11 musicians and became one of the most notorious IRA bombings in mainland Britain.
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A.
Separ restaurant bombing
The Separ restaurant bombing was a 2018 explosion in Donetsk that killed Alexander Zakharchenko, the leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, and was widely seen as a major escalation in the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
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B.
7/7 bombings
The 7/7 bombings were a series of coordinated suicide attacks on London’s public transport system on July 7, 2005, carried out by Islamist extremists and resulting in significant loss of life and injuries.
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C.
Droppin Well bombing
The Droppin Well bombing was a 1982 attack in Ballykelly, County Londonderry, in which a bomb exploded in a crowded pub frequented by British soldiers, killing 17 people and becoming one of the deadliest incidents of the Troubles.
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D.
Italicus Express bombing
The Italicus Express bombing was a deadly 1974 neo-fascist terrorist attack on a train in Italy, emblematic of the political violence and tension of the country’s Years of Lead.
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E.
Nyanya bombings
The Nyanya bombings were deadly terrorist attacks near Abuja, Nigeria, in 2014, widely attributed to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and emblematic of its violent insurgency.
- F. None of above. chosen
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