Philippine territorial waters
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Philippine territorial waters are the maritime areas surrounding the Philippine archipelago over which the Philippines exercises sovereignty and jurisdiction under international and domestic law.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philippine archipelagic waters | 2 |
| Philippine sanitary jurisdiction | 1 |
| Philippine territorial sea | 1 |
| Philippine territorial waters canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1978968 — 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: Philippine territorial waters Context triple: [Armed Forces of the Philippines, operatesIn, Philippine territorial waters]
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A.
Philippine exclusive economic zone
The Philippine exclusive economic zone is a maritime area extending from the Philippines’ coast where the country holds special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources under international law.
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B.
Philippine Archipelago
The Philippine Archipelago is a vast group of over 7,000 tropical islands in Southeast Asia, known for its rich biodiversity, complex geology, and location along the Pacific Ring of Fire.
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C.
Camotes Sea
The Camotes Sea is a small sea in the central Philippines, lying between the islands of Cebu, Leyte, and Bohol, and known for its clear waters and rich marine life.
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D.
Scarborough Shoal
Scarborough Shoal is a small, disputed atoll in the South China Sea claimed by China, the Philippines, and Taiwan, known for its rich fishing grounds and strategic maritime location.
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E.
Spratly Islands
The Spratly Islands are a strategically important and resource-rich archipelago in the South China Sea, subject to overlapping territorial claims by several countries including China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, and Taiwan.
- 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: Philippine territorial waters Target entity description: Philippine territorial waters are the maritime areas surrounding the Philippine archipelago over which the Philippines exercises sovereignty and jurisdiction under international and domestic law.
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A.
Philippine exclusive economic zone
The Philippine exclusive economic zone is a maritime area extending from the Philippines’ coast where the country holds special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources under international law.
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B.
Philippine Archipelago
The Philippine Archipelago is a vast group of over 7,000 tropical islands in Southeast Asia, known for its rich biodiversity, complex geology, and location along the Pacific Ring of Fire.
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C.
Camotes Sea
The Camotes Sea is a small sea in the central Philippines, lying between the islands of Cebu, Leyte, and Bohol, and known for its clear waters and rich marine life.
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D.
Scarborough Shoal
Scarborough Shoal is a small, disputed atoll in the South China Sea claimed by China, the Philippines, and Taiwan, known for its rich fishing grounds and strategic maritime location.
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E.
Spratly Islands
The Spratly Islands are a strategically important and resource-rich archipelago in the South China Sea, subject to overlapping territorial claims by several countries including China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, and Taiwan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
maritime zone
ⓘ
territorial sea ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Luzon
ⓘ
Mindanao ⓘ Philippine archipelago ⓘ
linked to:
Philippine Archipelago
Visayas ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Philippine Coast Guard
ⓘ
Philippine Navy ⓘ |
| basedOn | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ |
| borderWith |
high seas areas of the Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
territorial waters of Indonesia ⓘ territorial waters of Malaysia ⓘ territorial waters of Taiwan ⓘ territorial waters of Vietnam ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| definedBy | Philippine archipelagic baselines ⓘ |
| disputeContext |
South China Sea disputes
ⓘ
linked to:
South China Sea maritime claims
|
| environmentalRegulationBy | Philippines ⓘ |
| governedBy | Philippine domestic law ⓘ |
| legalFramework |
Baselines Law of the Philippines
ⓘ
linked to:
Philippine archipelagic baselines
Philippine Constitution ⓘ
linked to:
Constitution of the Philippines
Republic Act No. 9522 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| navigationRegime | innocent passage for foreign vessels ⓘ |
| outerLimitMeasuredFrom |
Philippine baselines
ⓘ
linked to:
Philippine archipelagic baselines
|
| partOf | Philippine maritime zones ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | international law principles ⓘ |
| relatedZone |
Philippine archipelagic waters
ⓘ
Philippine contiguous zone ⓘ Philippine exclusive economic zone ⓘ |
| resourceRightsHeldBy | Philippines ⓘ |
| seaAreaIncludes |
parts of the Celebes Sea
ⓘ
parts of the Philippine Sea ⓘ parts of the South China Sea ⓘ parts of the Sulu Sea ⓘ |
| securityEnforcementBy | Philippines ⓘ |
| sovereigntyExercisedBy | Philippines ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
Philippine civil jurisdiction
ⓘ
Philippine criminal jurisdiction ⓘ Philippine customs jurisdiction ⓘ Philippine fiscal jurisdiction ⓘ Philippine immigration jurisdiction ⓘ Philippine sanitary jurisdiction ⓘ
linked to:
Philippine territorial waters
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Philippine territorial waters Description of subject: Philippine territorial waters are the maritime areas surrounding the Philippine archipelago over which the Philippines exercises sovereignty and jurisdiction under international and domestic law.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Philippine territorial waters
linked to: Philippine territorial waters
linked to: Philippine territorial waters