U.S. Military Government in Cuba
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The U.S. Military Government in Cuba was the temporary American occupation administration that governed Cuba after Spain’s defeat in the Spanish–American War, overseeing the island’s transition toward nominal independence.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T358104 — 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: U.S. Military Government in Cuba Context triple: [Cuban War of Independence, followedBy, U.S. Military Government in Cuba]
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A.
Brigade 2506
Brigade 2506 was a CIA-sponsored paramilitary group of Cuban exiles that carried out the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion against Fidel Castro’s government.
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B.
United States Army Military Government in Korea
The United States Army Military Government in Korea was the American military administration that governed southern Korea from 1945 to 1948, overseeing the transition from Japanese colonial rule to the establishment of the Republic of Korea.
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C.
USSR–Cuba military alliance
The USSR–Cuba military alliance was a Cold War partnership in which the Soviet Union provided military support and protection to communist Cuba, positioning the island as a strategic outpost near the United States.
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D.
Roosevelt’s Tree Army
Roosevelt’s Tree Army was the popular nickname for the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps, a work-relief program that employed young men in large-scale conservation and public lands projects across the United States during the Great Depression.
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E.
Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was a 1953–1959 armed uprising led by Fidel Castro that overthrew the U.S.-backed Batista regime and established a socialist state aligned with the Soviet Union, dramatically reshaping Cold War geopolitics in the Western Hemisphere.
- 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. Military Government in Cuba Target entity description: The U.S. Military Government in Cuba was the temporary American occupation administration that governed Cuba after Spain’s defeat in the Spanish–American War, overseeing the island’s transition toward nominal independence.
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A.
Brigade 2506
Brigade 2506 was a CIA-sponsored paramilitary group of Cuban exiles that carried out the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion against Fidel Castro’s government.
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B.
United States Army Military Government in Korea
The United States Army Military Government in Korea was the American military administration that governed southern Korea from 1945 to 1948, overseeing the transition from Japanese colonial rule to the establishment of the Republic of Korea.
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C.
USSR–Cuba military alliance
The USSR–Cuba military alliance was a Cold War partnership in which the Soviet Union provided military support and protection to communist Cuba, positioning the island as a strategic outpost near the United States.
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D.
Roosevelt’s Tree Army
Roosevelt’s Tree Army was the popular nickname for the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps, a work-relief program that employed young men in large-scale conservation and public lands projects across the United States during the Great Depression.
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E.
Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was a 1953–1959 armed uprising led by Fidel Castro that overthrew the U.S.-backed Batista regime and established a socialist state aligned with the Soviet Union, dramatically reshaping Cold War geopolitics in the Western Hemisphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
interim government
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military occupation administration ⓘ |
| aimedAt | preparing Cuba for nominal independence ⓘ |
| appliesToEvent | Spanish–American War ⓘ |
| appliesToPeriod | post–Spanish–American War transition ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritorialExtent | entire island of Cuba except Guantánamo Bay after its lease ⓘ |
| capital |
Havana, Cuba
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surface form:
Havana
|
| commanderInChief |
Theodore Roosevelt
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surface form:
President Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley ⓘ
surface form:
President William McKinley
|
| countryGoverned | Cuba ⓘ |
| currency |
Cuban peso
ⓘ
US dollar ⓘ
surface form:
United States dollar
|
| dateOfTransferOfPower | 1902-05-20 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1902-05-20 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Cuba
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surface form:
Republic of Cuba
|
| follows | Spanish colonial administration in Cuba ⓘ |
| governedFrom |
Palacio de los Capitanes Generales
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surface form:
Palacio de los Capitanes Generales, Havana
|
| grantedIndependenceTo |
Cuba
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Cuba
|
| hasPolicy |
creation of Cuban national police force
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fiscal and customs reforms ⓘ infrastructure development and road building ⓘ public health reform in Cuba ⓘ reform of Cuban judicial system ⓘ reform of Cuban tax system ⓘ reorganization of Cuban education system ⓘ reorganization of municipal and provincial governments ⓘ sanitation and yellow fever control measures ⓘ |
| headOfGovernment |
John R. Brooke
ⓘ
Leonard Wood ⓘ |
| imposedCondition | acceptance of Platt Amendment by Cuba ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Joint Resolution of Congress for the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba (1898)
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Treaty of Paris (1898) ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| natureOfControl | de facto sovereignty by the United States over Cuba ⓘ |
| occupyingPower |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| officialLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| partOf |
U.S. Military Government in Cuba
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
United States occupation of Cuba
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| relatedTo |
U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands
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Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. occupation of Puerto Rico
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| significantEvent |
incorporation of the Platt Amendment into Cuban Constitution
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organization of Cuban constitutional convention (1900) ⓘ promulgation of the Cuban Constitution of 1901 ⓘ supervision of elections for Cuban constitutional assembly ⓘ |
| startTime | 1898-07-18 ⓘ |
| statusOfCuba |
not formally annexed by the United States
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protectorate-like relationship after independence via Platt Amendment ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: U.S. Military Government in Cuba Description of subject: The U.S. Military Government in Cuba was the temporary American occupation administration that governed Cuba after Spain’s defeat in the Spanish–American War, overseeing the island’s transition toward nominal independence.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
U.S. occupation of Santiago de Cuba
U.S. Military Government in Cuba
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U.S. Military Government in Cuba
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
United States occupation of Cuba
this entity surface form:
United States military government in Cuba
this entity surface form:
U.S. military occupation of Cuba (1898–1902)
this entity surface form:
U.S. military government in Cuba
this entity surface form:
United States military government in Cuba
this entity surface form:
American military government in Cuba
this entity surface form:
United States military government in Cuba
this entity surface form:
U.S. military occupation of Cuba (1899–1902)