Bay of Pigs
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The Bay of Pigs is a coastal inlet on the southern shore of Cuba, best known as the site of the failed 1961 CIA-backed invasion aimed at overthrowing Fidel Castro’s government.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bay of Pigs canonical | 3 |
| Bay of the Pigs | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16574226 — 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: Bay of Pigs Context triple: [Ciénaga de Zapata municipality, contains, Bay of Pigs]
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A.
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.
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B.
Baía dos Porcos
Baía dos Porcos is a small, scenic cove in Brazil’s Fernando de Noronha archipelago, famed for its turquoise waters, dramatic rock formations, and excellent snorkeling.
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C.
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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D.
Operation Mongoose
Operation Mongoose was a covert U.S. government program in the early 1960s aimed at destabilizing and ultimately overthrowing Fidel Castro’s government in Cuba.
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E.
U.S. naval blockade of Santiago de Cuba
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.
- 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: Bay of Pigs Target entity description: The Bay of Pigs is a coastal inlet on the southern shore of Cuba, best known as the site of the failed 1961 CIA-backed invasion aimed at overthrowing Fidel Castro’s government.
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A.
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.
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B.
Baía dos Porcos
Baía dos Porcos is a small, scenic cove in Brazil’s Fernando de Noronha archipelago, famed for its turquoise waters, dramatic rock formations, and excellent snorkeling.
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C.
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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D.
Operation Mongoose
Operation Mongoose was a covert U.S. government program in the early 1960s aimed at destabilizing and ultimately overthrowing Fidel Castro’s government in Cuba.
-
E.
U.S. naval blockade of Santiago de Cuba
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bay of Pigs