U.S. naval blockade of Santiago de Cuba
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The U.S. naval blockade of Santiago de Cuba was a key Spanish–American War operation in 1898 in which American warships sealed off the Cuban port to trap the Spanish fleet and pave the way for subsequent landings and battles.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| U.S. naval blockade of Cuba | 1 |
| U.S. naval blockade of Santiago de Cuba canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16168956 — 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: U.S. naval blockade of Santiago de Cuba Context triple: [Landing at Siboney, precededBy, U.S. naval blockade of Santiago de Cuba]
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A.
U.S. naval quarantine of Cuba
The U.S. naval quarantine of Cuba was a Cold War military blockade imposed by the United States in October 1962 to prevent further Soviet missile shipments to the island and force the withdrawal of existing nuclear missiles.
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B.
Bombardment of San Juan
The Bombardment of San Juan was a U.S. naval attack on the Spanish-held city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1898 during the Spanish–American War.
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C.
Capture of Ponce
The Capture of Ponce was a key 1898 U.S. military operation during the Spanish–American War in which American forces seized the strategic Puerto Rican port city of Ponce from Spain, helping secure control of the island.
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D.
Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War
The Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War was the principal naval and land battleground between the United States and Spain in 1898, centered on operations around Cuba and Puerto Rico that decisively shaped the war’s outcome.
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E.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed 1961 CIA-backed attempt by Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro’s government in Cuba.
- 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: U.S. naval blockade of Santiago de Cuba Target entity description: The U.S. naval blockade of Santiago de Cuba was a key Spanish–American War operation in 1898 in which American warships sealed off the Cuban port to trap the Spanish fleet and pave the way for subsequent landings and battles.
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A.
U.S. naval quarantine of Cuba
The U.S. naval quarantine of Cuba was a Cold War military blockade imposed by the United States in October 1962 to prevent further Soviet missile shipments to the island and force the withdrawal of existing nuclear missiles.
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B.
Bombardment of San Juan
The Bombardment of San Juan was a U.S. naval attack on the Spanish-held city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1898 during the Spanish–American War.
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C.
Capture of Ponce
The Capture of Ponce was a key 1898 U.S. military operation during the Spanish–American War in which American forces seized the strategic Puerto Rican port city of Ponce from Spain, helping secure control of the island.
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D.
Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War
The Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War was the principal naval and land battleground between the United States and Spain in 1898, centered on operations around Cuba and Puerto Rico that decisively shaped the war’s outcome.
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E.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed 1961 CIA-backed attempt by Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro’s government in Cuba.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
U.S. naval blockade of Cuba