Disaster of 1898
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The Disaster of 1898 was the decisive defeat of Spain in the Spanish–American War, marking the loss of its last major colonies and the effective end of the Spanish Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Disaster of 1898 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12461987 — 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: Disaster of 1898 Context triple: [Bourbon Restoration in Spain, includesEvent, Disaster of 1898]
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A.
Navassa Island Rebellion of 1889
The Navassa Island Rebellion of 1889 was an uprising by African American laborers against brutal working conditions in a U.S.-run guano mining operation on the remote Caribbean island, leading to a landmark legal case on the reach of U.S. law overseas.
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B.
Bombardment of San Juan
The Bombardment of San Juan was a U.S. naval attack on the Spanish-held city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1898 during the Spanish–American War.
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C.
War of 1895
The War of 1895, also known as Cuba's War of Independence, was the major Cuban uprising against Spanish colonial rule that ultimately led to U.S. intervention and the Spanish–American War.
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D.
Quemoy Crisis
The Quemoy Crisis refers to two Cold War-era military confrontations in the 1950s between the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China over the offshore islands of Quemoy (Kinmen), which drew in U.S. involvement and heightened cross-strait tensions.
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E.
Capture of Ponce
The Capture of Ponce was a key 1898 U.S. military operation during the Spanish–American War in which American forces seized the strategic Puerto Rican port city of Ponce from Spain, helping secure control of the island.
- 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: Disaster of 1898 Target entity description: The Disaster of 1898 was the decisive defeat of Spain in the Spanish–American War, marking the loss of its last major colonies and the effective end of the Spanish Empire.
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A.
Navassa Island Rebellion of 1889
The Navassa Island Rebellion of 1889 was an uprising by African American laborers against brutal working conditions in a U.S.-run guano mining operation on the remote Caribbean island, leading to a landmark legal case on the reach of U.S. law overseas.
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B.
Bombardment of San Juan
The Bombardment of San Juan was a U.S. naval attack on the Spanish-held city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1898 during the Spanish–American War.
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C.
War of 1895
The War of 1895, also known as Cuba's War of Independence, was the major Cuban uprising against Spanish colonial rule that ultimately led to U.S. intervention and the Spanish–American War.
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D.
Quemoy Crisis
The Quemoy Crisis refers to two Cold War-era military confrontations in the 1950s between the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China over the offshore islands of Quemoy (Kinmen), which drew in U.S. involvement and heightened cross-strait tensions.
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E.
Capture of Ponce
The Capture of Ponce was a key 1898 U.S. military operation during the Spanish–American War in which American forces seized the strategic Puerto Rican port city of Ponce from Spain, helping secure control of the island.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.