Cuban archipelago
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The Cuban archipelago is the extensive island system of Cuba, comprising the main island, Isla de la Juventud, and thousands of surrounding islets and cays in the Caribbean Sea.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cuban archipelago canonical | 2 |
| Cuba region | 1 |
| Cuban insular shelf | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1562853 — 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: Cuban archipelago Context triple: [Isla de la Juventud, partOf, Cuban archipelago]
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Isla de Cuba
Isla de Cuba is the largest island of the Caribbean and the main island of the Republic of Cuba, known for its rich colonial history, vibrant culture, and strategic location between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.
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Lucayan Archipelago
The Lucayan Archipelago is a chain of islands in the Atlantic Ocean that includes the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, lying just north of the Caribbean Sea.
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Isla de la Juventud
Isla de la Juventud is the second-largest Cuban island, located south of the main island in the Caribbean Sea and known for its unique administrative status and historical role as a penal colony and revolutionary site.
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D.
Bay Islands
The Bay Islands are a Caribbean archipelago off the northern coast of Honduras, known for their coral reefs, diving tourism, and blend of Garifuna and English-speaking island cultures.
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E.
Cayo Ratones
Cayo Ratones is a small, uninhabited islet in the Caribbean Sea that forms part of the United States’ insular areas.
- 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: Cuban archipelago Target entity description: The Cuban archipelago is the extensive island system of Cuba, comprising the main island, Isla de la Juventud, and thousands of surrounding islets and cays in the Caribbean Sea.
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A.
Isla de Cuba
Isla de Cuba is the largest island of the Caribbean and the main island of the Republic of Cuba, known for its rich colonial history, vibrant culture, and strategic location between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.
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B.
Lucayan Archipelago
The Lucayan Archipelago is a chain of islands in the Atlantic Ocean that includes the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, lying just north of the Caribbean Sea.
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C.
Isla de la Juventud
Isla de la Juventud is the second-largest Cuban island, located south of the main island in the Caribbean Sea and known for its unique administrative status and historical role as a penal colony and revolutionary site.
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D.
Bay Islands
The Bay Islands are a Caribbean archipelago off the northern coast of Honduras, known for their coral reefs, diving tourism, and blend of Garifuna and English-speaking island cultures.
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E.
Cayo Ratones
Cayo Ratones is a small, uninhabited islet in the Caribbean Sea that forms part of the United States’ insular areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cuban archipelago Description of subject: The Cuban archipelago is the extensive island system of Cuba, comprising the main island, Isla de la Juventud, and thousands of surrounding islets and cays in the Caribbean Sea.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cuba region
this entity surface form:
Cuban insular shelf