Cyclone Nargis
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Cyclone Nargis was a devastating 2008 tropical cyclone that struck Myanmar, causing catastrophic flooding and one of the deadliest natural disasters in the country's history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cyclone Nargis canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1966026 — 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: Cyclone Nargis Context triple: [State Peace and Development Council, governedDuring, Cyclone Nargis]
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A.
Cyclone
Cyclone is a family of low-cost, low-power FPGA devices developed by Altera (now part of Intel) for a wide range of embedded and programmable logic applications.
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B.
Cyclone
Cyclone is a statically typed, safe dialect of C designed to prevent common programming errors such as buffer overflows and memory leaks while retaining low-level control.
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C.
Shimotsumaki
Shimotsumaki is the third and final volume of the ancient Japanese chronicle Kojiki, focusing largely on historical-era emperors and genealogies rather than mythological narratives.
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D.
Cyclone Tracy
Cyclone Tracy was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck Darwin, Australia, on Christmas Eve 1974, destroying most of the city and causing significant loss of life.
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E.
Cyclones
The Cyclones are the athletic teams representing Iowa State University in collegiate sports competitions.
- 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: Cyclone Nargis Target entity description: Cyclone Nargis was a devastating 2008 tropical cyclone that struck Myanmar, causing catastrophic flooding and one of the deadliest natural disasters in the country's history.
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A.
Cyclone
Cyclone is a family of low-cost, low-power FPGA devices developed by Altera (now part of Intel) for a wide range of embedded and programmable logic applications.
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B.
Cyclone
Cyclone is a statically typed, safe dialect of C designed to prevent common programming errors such as buffer overflows and memory leaks while retaining low-level control.
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C.
Shimotsumaki
Shimotsumaki is the third and final volume of the ancient Japanese chronicle Kojiki, focusing largely on historical-era emperors and genealogies rather than mythological narratives.
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D.
Cyclone Tracy
Cyclone Tracy was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck Darwin, Australia, on Christmas Eve 1974, destroying most of the city and causing significant loss of life.
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E.
Cyclones
The Cyclones are the athletic teams representing Iowa State University in collegiate sports competitions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
North Indian Ocean cyclone
ⓘ
natural disaster ⓘ tropical cyclone ⓘ |
| affectedCountry |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
India ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| basin |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
surface form:
North Indian Ocean
|
| countryAtTime |
Myanmar
ⓘ
surface form:
Myanmar (also known as Burma)
|
| countryMostAffected | Myanmar ⓘ |
| damageEstimate | approximately 12.9 billion USD ⓘ |
| damageType |
agricultural losses
ⓘ
catastrophic flooding ⓘ infrastructure destruction ⓘ |
| deathTollEstimate | over 130000 people ⓘ |
| deathTollRange | about 138000 people ⓘ |
| dissipatedOn | 2008-05-03 ⓘ |
| formedIn | 2008 ⓘ |
| formedOn | 2008-04-27 ⓘ |
| hitCapitalRegion | Yangon Region ⓘ |
| impactedCity | Yangon ⓘ |
| impactedRegion |
Ayeyarwady Region
ⓘ
Bago Region ⓘ Kayin State ⓘ Mon State ⓘ |
| landfallCountry | Myanmar ⓘ |
| landfallRegion |
Irrawaddy Delta
ⓘ
surface form:
Ayeyarwady Delta
|
| ledTo | large-scale international relief efforts ⓘ |
| madeLandfallIn | Myanmar ⓘ |
| madeLandfallOn | 2008-05-02 ⓘ |
| maximumCategory | Category 4 tropical cyclone ⓘ |
| maximumSustainedWinds |
115 kn
ⓘ
215 km/h ⓘ |
| meteorologicalOrigin | area of disturbed weather in the Bay of Bengal ⓘ |
| minimumCentralPressure | 962 hPa ⓘ |
| missingPersonsEstimate | over 50000 people ⓘ |
| nameAssignedBy | India Meteorological Department ⓘ |
| nameUsage | retired from future use in the North Indian Ocean basin ⓘ |
| notableConsequence |
displacement of hundreds of thousands of people
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long-term damage to rice production in Myanmar ⓘ outbreaks of waterborne diseases ⓘ |
| notableFor | extreme vulnerability of low-lying Ayeyarwady Delta ⓘ |
| ocean | Indian Ocean ⓘ |
| primaryImpact |
flooding
ⓘ
high winds ⓘ storm surge ⓘ |
| rankAmongDeadliestCyclones | one of the deadliest tropical cyclones on record ⓘ |
| responseCharacterization | Myanmar government initially restricted foreign aid workers ⓘ |
| season | 2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season ⓘ |
| trackDescription | moved eastward across the Bay of Bengal before turning northeast toward Myanmar ⓘ |
| triggered | humanitarian crisis in Myanmar ⓘ |
| worstNaturalDisasterIn | Myanmar ⓘ |
| year | 2008 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cyclone Nargis Description of subject: Cyclone Nargis was a devastating 2008 tropical cyclone that struck Myanmar, causing catastrophic flooding and one of the deadliest natural disasters in the country's history.
Referenced by (2)
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