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Event Detection

Identify the real world events within any piece of text. Find all the sentences talking about events and automatically identify where the events happened and what entities were involved.

  • Example

    An explosion blew out the windows of a COVID-19 testing centre in the town of Bovenkarspel in North Holland, Dutch police said on Wednesday. Nobody was injured in the blast, which occurred just before 7am. Menno Hartenber, a spokesman for North Holland police, told Euronews “a small metal object or pipe, 10cm in length, was attached to the side of the COVID-19 test centre”. He told Euronews the loud blast was heard by people nearby, and it left five windows shattered. In January, a coronavirus testing centre in the nearby town of Urk was set on fire by rioters opposed to the country’s lockdown.

    Events Detected[01]

    event:

    Explosion at COVID-19 testing centre.

    location:

    Bovenkarspel, Holland

    [02]

    event:

    Fire at a coronavirus testing centre.

    location:

    Urk, Holland