Grito de Yara
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Grito de Yara was the 1868 proclamation by Carlos Manuel de Céspedes that launched Cuba’s Ten Years' War for independence from Spanish colonial rule.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Grito de Yara canonical | 7 |
| Cry of Yara | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2376359 — 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: Grito de Yara Context triple: [Ten Years' War, hasPart, Grito de Yara]
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A.
La Noche Triste
La Noche Triste was a pivotal 1520 episode during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, when Hernán Cortés’s forces suffered a devastating nighttime retreat from Tenochtitlan.
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B.
Chichimeca Jonaz
Chichimeca Jonaz is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken by the Chichimeca Jonaz people in central Mexico, particularly in the state of Guanajuato.
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C.
Tierra de Barros
Tierra de Barros is a renowned wine- and olive-producing comarca in southwestern Spain characterized by its fertile, clay-rich soils.
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D.
Grito de Baire
Grito de Baire was the 1895 uprising in the town of Baire that marked the formal beginning of Cuba’s War of Independence against Spanish colonial rule.
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E.
Hero of Yaguajay
Hero of Yaguajay is the honorific title given to Cuban revolutionary commander Camilo Cienfuegos for his decisive leadership in the Battle of Yaguajay during the Cuban Revolution.
- 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: Grito de Yara Target entity description: Grito de Yara was the 1868 proclamation by Carlos Manuel de Céspedes that launched Cuba’s Ten Years' War for independence from Spanish colonial rule.
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A.
La Noche Triste
La Noche Triste was a pivotal 1520 episode during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, when Hernán Cortés’s forces suffered a devastating nighttime retreat from Tenochtitlan.
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B.
Chichimeca Jonaz
Chichimeca Jonaz is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken by the Chichimeca Jonaz people in central Mexico, particularly in the state of Guanajuato.
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C.
Tierra de Barros
Tierra de Barros is a renowned wine- and olive-producing comarca in southwestern Spain characterized by its fertile, clay-rich soils.
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D.
Grito de Baire
Grito de Baire was the 1895 uprising in the town of Baire that marked the formal beginning of Cuba’s War of Independence against Spanish colonial rule.
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E.
Hero of Yaguajay
Hero of Yaguajay is the honorific title given to Cuban revolutionary commander Camilo Cienfuegos for his decisive leadership in the Battle of Yaguajay during the Cuban Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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revolutionary proclamation ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Grito de Yara
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surface form:
Cry of Yara
|
| chronology |
followed growing tensions between Cuban creoles and Spanish authorities
ⓘ
preceded the Ten Years' War ⓘ |
| colonialContext | Spanish colonialism in the Caribbean ⓘ |
| commemoratedAs | Cuban national historical date ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | October 10 ⓘ |
| conflict | Ten Years' War ⓘ |
| country | Cuba ⓘ |
| date | 1868-10-10 ⓘ |
| declaredAt | La Demajagua sugar mill ⓘ |
| declaredBy | Carlos Manuel de Céspedes ⓘ |
| hasTopic |
abolitionism
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anticolonialism ⓘ national liberation ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| inspired | later Cuban independence efforts ⓘ |
| involved |
Cuban planters
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Cuban separatists ⓘ enslaved people in Cuba ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| location |
Captaincy General of Cuba
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Oriente Province ⓘ Yara ⓘ |
| memorializedIn |
Cuban historiography
ⓘ
Cuban national celebrations ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Spanish colonial rule in Cuba ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cuban War of Independence
ⓘ
surface form:
Cuban War of Independence movement
|
| politicalGoal |
Cuban national independence
ⓘ
abolition of slavery in Cuba ⓘ |
| purpose | initiate Cuban independence from Spain ⓘ |
| region | eastern Cuba ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
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Cuban independence movement ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| result | beginning of the Ten Years' War ⓘ |
| significance |
considered the formal start of Cuba's first war of independence
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symbolic starting point of Cuban independence struggles ⓘ |
| triggered | uprising against Spanish authorities in eastern Cuba ⓘ |
| typeOfDeclaration |
call to arms
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independence proclamation ⓘ |
| year | 1868 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Grito de Yara Description of subject: Grito de Yara was the 1868 proclamation by Carlos Manuel de Céspedes that launched Cuba’s Ten Years' War for independence from Spanish colonial rule.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cry of Yara