Year Without a Summer
E123906
The Year Without a Summer was the unusually cold, crop-failing year of 1816, marked by severe climate anomalies and widespread food shortages across the Northern Hemisphere.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Year Without a Summer canonical | 2 |
| Year Without a Summer (1816) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1063459 — 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.
Target entity: Year Without a Summer Context triple: [Mount Tambora, causedEvent, Year Without a Summer]
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A.
Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After is Alexandre Dumas’ historical adventure novel that continues the story of d’Artagnan and the three musketeers two decades later amid the turmoil of the Fronde and the English Civil War.
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Less Than Zero
Less Than Zero is a 1987 American drama film, loosely based on Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, that follows wealthy Los Angeles teenagers spiraling into drug addiction and moral decay.
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C.
Fell on Black Days
"Fell on Black Days" is a dark, introspective grunge song by Soundgarden, written and sung by Chris Cornell and released on their acclaimed 1994 album *Superunknown*.
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D.
Strangeland
Strangeland is a song by the American rock band Green Day from their early compilation album "Kerplunk."
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Rattle and Hum
Rattle and Hum is a 1988 U2 album and companion documentary film that blends live performances, studio recordings, and explorations of American musical roots.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Year Without a Summer Target entity description: The Year Without a Summer was the unusually cold, crop-failing year of 1816, marked by severe climate anomalies and widespread food shortages across the Northern Hemisphere.
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A.
Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After is Alexandre Dumas’ historical adventure novel that continues the story of d’Artagnan and the three musketeers two decades later amid the turmoil of the Fronde and the English Civil War.
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B.
Less Than Zero
Less Than Zero is a 1987 American drama film, loosely based on Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, that follows wealthy Los Angeles teenagers spiraling into drug addiction and moral decay.
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C.
Fell on Black Days
"Fell on Black Days" is a dark, introspective grunge song by Soundgarden, written and sung by Chris Cornell and released on their acclaimed 1994 album *Superunknown*.
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D.
Strangeland
Strangeland is a song by the American rock band Green Day from their early compilation album "Kerplunk."
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E.
Rattle and Hum
Rattle and Hum is a 1988 U2 album and companion documentary film that blends live performances, studio recordings, and explorations of American musical roots.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
climatic anomaly
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historical event ⓘ weather disaster ⓘ |
| affectedArea |
Atlantic Canada
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British Isles ⓘ China ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ India ⓘ New England ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death
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Poverty Year ⓘ The Year Without a Summer of 1816 ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Mount Tambora
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surface form:
1815 eruption of Mount Tambora
reduced solar radiation reaching Earth’s surface ⓘ volcanic aerosols in the stratosphere ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
European food riots
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agricultural crisis in Europe ⓘ changes in crop choices and farming practices ⓘ economic hardship for farmers ⓘ heightened awareness of climate variability ⓘ increased emigration from New England to the American Midwest ⓘ inspiration for literary works ⓘ malnutrition-related disease ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Asia
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Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| influencedWork |
Lord Byron’s poem "Darkness"
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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus ⓘ
surface form:
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
development of the modern bicycle (as a response to horse feed shortages) ⓘ |
| mainEffect |
crop failures
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extreme weather events ⓘ famine in some regions ⓘ flooding ⓘ food shortages ⓘ frosts in summer months ⓘ grain price spikes ⓘ heavy rains ⓘ increased migration ⓘ livestock deaths ⓘ snowfall in summer months ⓘ social unrest ⓘ unusually cold temperatures ⓘ widespread hunger ⓘ |
| partOf | global climatic impacts of the 1815 Tambora eruption ⓘ |
| significance |
major historical example of volcanic forcing of climate
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one of the coldest Northern Hemisphere years of the 19th century ⓘ |
| startTime | 1816 ⓘ |
| temporalContext |
Little Ice Age
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surface form:
Little Ice Age (late phase)
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Subject: Year Without a Summer Description of subject: The Year Without a Summer was the unusually cold, crop-failing year of 1816, marked by severe climate anomalies and widespread food shortages across the Northern Hemisphere.
Referenced by (3)
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