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Table 10 Examples showcasing the variation of similar debunked claims across multiple entities and contexts, with corresponding fact-check links. The text in bold shows difference in named entities between the claims

From: UTDRM: unsupervised method for training debunked-narrative retrieval models

Debunked Claim

Fact-check Link

Claim 1: Crocodile swimming on a flooded street in the south Indian city of Hyderabad.

https://factcheck.afp.com/no-footage-has-circulated-2019-reports-about-crocodile-west-india

Claim 2: Crocodile seen during flood in Patna, Bihar.

https://www.boomlive.in/crocodile-spotted-during-bihar-floods-video-from-gujarat-shared-as-patna/

Claim 3: Crocodile spotted in the waterlogged streets of Bengaluru.

https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-crocodile-spotted-waterlogged-bengaluru-viral-video-mp-1997133-2022-09-06

Claim 4: Crocodile seen during flood in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.

https://factly.in/this-video-of-a-crocodile-swimming-in-a-flooded-street-was-captured-in-madhya-pradesh-not-aligarh/

Claim 5: Crocodile seen during flood in Florida.

https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32KT6D7

Claim 1: Sushant Singh Rajputs father KK Singh has demanded a CBI inquiry into his death.

https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/sushant-singh-rajput-ians-jagran-fall-for-fake-account-demanding-cbi-probe-8750

Claim 2: PM Modi has ordered for a CBI inquiry into Sushant Singh Rajputs death.

https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/no-pm-modi-did-not-order-cbi-inquiry-into-sushant-singh-rajputs-death-8736

Claim 3: Amit Shah ordered CBI probe for investigating Sushant Singh Rajput’s death.

https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/no-amit-shah-did-not-order-cbi-probe-into-sushant-singh-rajputs-death-8939

Claim 1: A video in which a woman suffers a seizure on the floor in an Argentine hospital after the woman was vaccinated against covid-19 .

https://checamos.afp.com/mulher-que-sofreu-uma-convulsao-em-um-hospital-argentino-nao-foi-vacinada-contra-covid-19

Claim 2: A video shows a man fainting after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine in Indonesia’s West Nusa Tenggara province.

https://factcheck.afp.com/video-actually-shows-simulation-exercise-indonesia-not-real-covid-19-vaccination

Claim 1: A video shows meeting of the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic ocean, but without that they mix.

https://checamos.afp.com/este-video-mostra-o-rio-fraser-se-encontrando-com-o-oceano-pacifico-no-canada

Claim 2: A video which shows a place where the Indian Ocean meets the Atlantic ocean, and the waters of the two oceans do not mix.

https://napravoumiru.afp.com/toto-video-nezachycuje-misto-kde-se-setkavaji-dva-oceany

Claim 3: A video shows meeting of the Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi River, but without mixing.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mississippi-meets-gulf-mexico/