1972 Black Hills flood
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The 1972 Black Hills flood was a catastrophic flash flood in and around Rapid City, South Dakota, that killed hundreds of people and caused extensive destruction, making it one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history.
All labels observed (1)
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| 1972 Black Hills flood canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21385119 — 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: 1972 Black Hills flood Context triple: [Rapid Creek, hasFloodEvent, 1972 Black Hills flood]
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1976 Big Thompson Canyon flood
The 1976 Big Thompson Canyon flood was a catastrophic flash flood in Colorado that killed more than 140 people and became one of the deadliest natural disasters in the state's history.
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B.
Great Sioux City Flood of 1892
The Great Sioux City Flood of 1892 was a devastating late-19th-century flood that inundated Sioux City, Iowa, causing widespread destruction and loss of life along the Missouri River.
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C.
1967 Fairbanks flood
The 1967 Fairbanks flood was a devastating inundation of Fairbanks, Alaska, that caused widespread damage and led to major changes in the region’s flood control and urban planning.
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Missoula floods
The Missoula floods were a series of cataclysmic Ice Age glacial outburst floods that repeatedly swept across the Pacific Northwest, dramatically reshaping the landscape of what is now Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.
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E.
1997 Red River flood
The 1997 Red River flood was a catastrophic spring flood along the Red River of the North that devastated communities in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba, causing widespread evacuations and extensive property damage.
- 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: 1972 Black Hills flood Target entity description: The 1972 Black Hills flood was a catastrophic flash flood in and around Rapid City, South Dakota, that killed hundreds of people and caused extensive destruction, making it one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history.
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A.
1976 Big Thompson Canyon flood
The 1976 Big Thompson Canyon flood was a catastrophic flash flood in Colorado that killed more than 140 people and became one of the deadliest natural disasters in the state's history.
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B.
Great Sioux City Flood of 1892
The Great Sioux City Flood of 1892 was a devastating late-19th-century flood that inundated Sioux City, Iowa, causing widespread destruction and loss of life along the Missouri River.
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C.
1967 Fairbanks flood
The 1967 Fairbanks flood was a devastating inundation of Fairbanks, Alaska, that caused widespread damage and led to major changes in the region’s flood control and urban planning.
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D.
Missoula floods
The Missoula floods were a series of cataclysmic Ice Age glacial outburst floods that repeatedly swept across the Pacific Northwest, dramatically reshaping the landscape of what is now Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.
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E.
1997 Red River flood
The 1997 Red River flood was a catastrophic spring flood along the Red River of the North that devastated communities in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba, causing widespread evacuations and extensive property damage.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.