Havana Bay
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Havana Bay is the natural harbor of Havana, Cuba, historically vital as a strategic Caribbean port and still dominated by the fortress of Castillo del Morro at its entrance.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Havana Bay canonical | 14 |
| Havana Harbor | 10 |
| Bay of Havana | 1 |
| Havana Bay entrance | 1 |
| Havana harbor | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T374063 — 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: Havana Bay Context triple: [Castillo del Morro, locatedIn, Havana Bay]
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A.
San Juan Bay
San Juan Bay is a historic natural harbor on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, serving as the maritime gateway to Old San Juan and one of the island’s most important ports.
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B.
San Pablo Bay
San Pablo Bay is a shallow tidal estuary in northern California that forms the northern extension of the greater San Francisco Bay system.
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C.
San Pedro Bay
San Pedro Bay is a natural harbor on the Southern California coast that serves as a major hub for international maritime trade and shipping.
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D.
Grand Bahama
Grand Bahama is one of the northernmost and most developed islands of the Bahamas, known for its tourism, beaches, and the city of Freeport.
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E.
Panama Bay
Panama Bay is a marine exhibit at Osaka’s Aquarium Kaiyukan that recreates the coastal ecosystem of the Central American bay with its characteristic sea life.
- 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: Havana Bay Target entity description: Havana Bay is the natural harbor of Havana, Cuba, historically vital as a strategic Caribbean port and still dominated by the fortress of Castillo del Morro at its entrance.
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A.
San Juan Bay
San Juan Bay is a historic natural harbor on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, serving as the maritime gateway to Old San Juan and one of the island’s most important ports.
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B.
San Pablo Bay
San Pablo Bay is a shallow tidal estuary in northern California that forms the northern extension of the greater San Francisco Bay system.
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C.
San Pedro Bay
San Pedro Bay is a natural harbor on the Southern California coast that serves as a major hub for international maritime trade and shipping.
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D.
Grand Bahama
Grand Bahama is one of the northernmost and most developed islands of the Bahamas, known for its tourism, beaches, and the city of Freeport.
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E.
Panama Bay
Panama Bay is a marine exhibit at Osaka’s Aquarium Kaiyukan that recreates the coastal ecosystem of the Central American bay with its characteristic sea life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bay
ⓘ
natural harbor ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Casa Blanca neighborhood
ⓘ
Guanabacoa ⓘ Old Havana ⓘ Regla ⓘ |
| cityServed |
Havana, Cuba
ⓘ
surface form:
Havana
|
| country | Cuba ⓘ |
| entranceFeature | narrow channel ⓘ |
| guardedBy | Castillo del Morro ⓘ |
| hasConservationEffort | environmental remediation projects ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
industrial port area
ⓘ
main port of Cuba ⓘ |
| hasIssue |
industrial contamination
ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ |
| hasLandmarkAtEntrance | Castillo del Morro ⓘ |
| hasNearbyDistrict |
Habana Vieja
ⓘ
surface form:
Habana Vieja (Old Havana)
|
| hasNearbyFortification |
Castillo del Morro
ⓘ
surface form:
Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta
Castillo de la Real Fuerza ⓘ La Cabaña Fortress ⓘ |
| hasNearbyInfrastructure | Havana Tunnel ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Havana Bay
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Havana Harbor
Port of Havana ⓘ |
| hasPortFacility |
bulk cargo docks
ⓘ
container terminals ⓘ oil terminals ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
Spanish colonial naval base
ⓘ
strategic Caribbean port ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Caribbean Sea
ⓘ
Havana, Cuba ⓘ
surface form:
Havana
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Cuba Standard Time ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterbody | Straits of Florida ⓘ |
| mouthOf |
Almendares River
ⓘ
Luyanó River ⓘ Mayabeque River ⓘ
surface form:
Martí River
|
| overlookedBy |
Castillo del Morro
ⓘ
La Cabaña Fortress ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gulf of Mexico
ⓘ
surface form:
Gulf of Mexico basin
|
| shape | semi-enclosed bay ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
control of access to Havana
ⓘ
key stopover on Spanish treasure fleets ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commercial shipping
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ naval operations ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| wasSiteOf |
Siege of Havana (1762)
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Havana (1762)
naval blockades ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Havana Bay Description of subject: Havana Bay is the natural harbor of Havana, Cuba, historically vital as a strategic Caribbean port and still dominated by the fortress of Castillo del Morro at its entrance.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Havana harbor
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Havana Harbor
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Havana Harbor
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Havana Harbor
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Havana Harbor
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Bay of Havana
this entity surface form:
Havana Harbor
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Havana Bay entrance
this entity surface form:
Havana Harbor