Columbia River floods
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The Columbia River floods are a series of major inundation events along the Columbia River Basin that have repeatedly reshaped regional landscapes, communities, and infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14920135 — 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: Columbia River floods Context triple: [Vanport flood of 1948, partOf, Columbia River floods]
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Bonneville flood
The Bonneville flood was a massive prehistoric outburst flood that occurred when ancient Lake Bonneville catastrophically drained, reshaping much of the Snake River Plain and surrounding landscapes in the northwestern United States.
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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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2013 Yukon River flood
The 2013 Yukon River flood was a major spring breakup flood that caused extensive damage and forced evacuations in river communities along Alaska’s Yukon River, particularly devastating the village of Galena.
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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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The Great Flood of 1852
The Great Flood of 1852 was a catastrophic inundation of the Murrumbidgee River that devastated the Australian town of Gundagai, causing extensive loss of life and prompting the town’s relocation to higher ground.
- 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: Columbia River floods Target entity description: The Columbia River floods are a series of major inundation events along the Columbia River Basin that have repeatedly reshaped regional landscapes, communities, and infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest.
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A.
Bonneville flood
The Bonneville flood was a massive prehistoric outburst flood that occurred when ancient Lake Bonneville catastrophically drained, reshaping much of the Snake River Plain and surrounding landscapes in the northwestern United States.
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B.
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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C.
2013 Yukon River flood
The 2013 Yukon River flood was a major spring breakup flood that caused extensive damage and forced evacuations in river communities along Alaska’s Yukon River, particularly devastating the village of Galena.
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D.
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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E.
The Great Flood of 1852
The Great Flood of 1852 was a catastrophic inundation of the Murrumbidgee River that devastated the Australian town of Gundagai, causing extensive loss of life and prompting the town’s relocation to higher ground.
- F. None of above. chosen
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