Nankai earthquake of 1707
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The Nankai earthquake of 1707 was a massive megathrust earthquake and tsunami along Japan’s Nankai Trough that caused widespread destruction across southwestern Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu.
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| Nankai earthquake of 1707 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15633553 — 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: Nankai earthquake of 1707 Context triple: [Nankai segment, hasHistoricalEarthquake, Nankai earthquake of 1707]
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1854 Ansei-Nankai earthquake
The 1854 Ansei-Nankai earthquake was a powerful undersea megathrust earthquake off Japan’s Nankai Trough that caused widespread destruction and tsunamis along the southwestern coast of Honshu and Shikoku during the late Edo period.
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B.
1854 Ansei-Tokai earthquake
The 1854 Ansei-Tokai earthquake was a major Edo-period megathrust earthquake and tsunami that struck central Japan, causing widespread destruction and loss of life along the Pacific coast.
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C.
Great Kanto earthquake
The Great Kanto earthquake was a devastating 1923 seismic disaster that struck the Tokyo-Yokohama region of Japan, causing massive destruction and loss of life.
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D.
1596 Keichō–Fushimi earthquake
The 1596 Keichō–Fushimi earthquake was a powerful late-16th-century Japanese earthquake that caused extensive destruction in the Kyoto–Osaka region and significantly impacted the political landscape of the Toyotomi regime.
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E.
1944 Tonankai earthquake
The 1944 Tonankai earthquake was a powerful undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that generated a destructive tsunami and caused extensive damage and loss of life in the Tōkai and Kii Peninsula regions during World War II.
- 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: Nankai earthquake of 1707 Target entity description: The Nankai earthquake of 1707 was a massive megathrust earthquake and tsunami along Japan’s Nankai Trough that caused widespread destruction across southwestern Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu.
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A.
1854 Ansei-Nankai earthquake
The 1854 Ansei-Nankai earthquake was a powerful undersea megathrust earthquake off Japan’s Nankai Trough that caused widespread destruction and tsunamis along the southwestern coast of Honshu and Shikoku during the late Edo period.
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B.
1854 Ansei-Tokai earthquake
The 1854 Ansei-Tokai earthquake was a major Edo-period megathrust earthquake and tsunami that struck central Japan, causing widespread destruction and loss of life along the Pacific coast.
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C.
Great Kanto earthquake
The Great Kanto earthquake was a devastating 1923 seismic disaster that struck the Tokyo-Yokohama region of Japan, causing massive destruction and loss of life.
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D.
1596 Keichō–Fushimi earthquake
The 1596 Keichō–Fushimi earthquake was a powerful late-16th-century Japanese earthquake that caused extensive destruction in the Kyoto–Osaka region and significantly impacted the political landscape of the Toyotomi regime.
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E.
1944 Tonankai earthquake
The 1944 Tonankai earthquake was a powerful undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that generated a destructive tsunami and caused extensive damage and loss of life in the Tōkai and Kii Peninsula regions during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
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