Srebrenica genocide
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The Srebrenica genocide was the July 1995 mass killing of more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces during the Bosnian War, recognized as the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Srebrenica genocide canonical | 7 |
| Srebrenica massacre | 5 |
| Srebrenica | 1 |
| Srebrenica massacre constituted genocide | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1421934 — 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: Srebrenica genocide Context triple: [Bosniaks, genocideVictimGroup, Srebrenica genocide]
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Račak massacre
The Račak massacre was a 1999 killing of ethnic Albanian civilians in the village of Račak in Kosovo by Serbian security forces, widely seen as a pivotal atrocity that galvanized international support for NATO intervention.
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Bosnian War
The Bosnian War was a brutal 1992–1995 conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina marked by ethnic cleansing, siege warfare, and international intervention following the breakup of Yugoslavia.
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C.
Katyn massacre
The Katyn massacre was a World War II mass execution of thousands of Polish military officers and intelligentsia carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940.
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D.
Malmedy massacre
The Malmedy massacre was a World War II war crime in which American prisoners of war were murdered by German SS troops during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944.
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E.
1994 Rwandan genocide
The 1994 Rwandan genocide was a mass slaughter in which extremist Hutu militias and civilians killed an estimated 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu over about 100 days, making it one of the most horrific genocides of the late 20th century.
- 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: Srebrenica genocide Target entity description: The Srebrenica genocide was the July 1995 mass killing of more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces during the Bosnian War, recognized as the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II.
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A.
Račak massacre
The Račak massacre was a 1999 killing of ethnic Albanian civilians in the village of Račak in Kosovo by Serbian security forces, widely seen as a pivotal atrocity that galvanized international support for NATO intervention.
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B.
Bosnian War
The Bosnian War was a brutal 1992–1995 conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina marked by ethnic cleansing, siege warfare, and international intervention following the breakup of Yugoslavia.
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C.
Katyn massacre
The Katyn massacre was a World War II mass execution of thousands of Polish military officers and intelligentsia carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940.
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D.
Malmedy massacre
The Malmedy massacre was a World War II war crime in which American prisoners of war were murdered by German SS troops during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944.
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E.
1994 Rwandan genocide
The 1994 Rwandan genocide was a mass slaughter in which extremist Hutu militias and civilians killed an estimated 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu over about 100 days, making it one of the most horrific genocides of the late 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Srebrenica genocide Description of subject: The Srebrenica genocide was the July 1995 mass killing of more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces during the Bosnian War, recognized as the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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