claimsTerritory

P647
predicate

Indicates that one entity asserts ownership, control, or sovereign rights over a specific geographic area or region.

All labels observed (55)

Label Occurrences
appliesToTerritory 2,653
claimedBy 288
territorialControl 151

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: claimsTerritory
Generated description
Indicates that one entity asserts ownership, control, or sovereign rights over a specific geographic area or region.

Sample triples (3,634)

Subject Object
Chile Chilean Antarctic Territory
Holy See Vatican City State via predicate surface "controlsTerritory"
linked to: Vatican City
Crimea Russian Federation via predicate surface "claimedBy"
linked to: Russia
Crimea Ukraine via predicate surface "claimedBy"
Chilean Antarctic Territory Chile via predicate surface "sovereigntyClaimedBy"
Chilean Antarctic Territory Antarctic policy of Chile via predicate surface "claimedUnder"
Northern mockingbird highly territorial via predicate surface "territoriality"
Northern mockingbird aggressively defends nesting territory via predicate surface "territoriality"
State of Palestine West Bank
State of Palestine Gaza Strip
State of Palestine East Jerusalem
linked to: Jerusalem
Legislature of California under Mexican rule Alta California via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
Korea under Japanese rule Korean Peninsula via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
Korea under Japanese rule Korea via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
linked to: Korean Peninsula
Parliament of New South Wales State of New South Wales via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
linked to: New South Wales
U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone natural resources of the seabed via predicate surface "sovereignRightsOver"
U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone natural resources of the subsoil via predicate surface "sovereignRightsOver"
U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone natural resources of the superjacent waters via predicate surface "sovereignRightsOver"
federal city of Sevastopol (within Russia, de facto) Ukraine via predicate surface "claimedBy"
federal city of Sevastopol (within Russia, de facto) Russian Federation via predicate surface "claimedBy"
linked to: Russia
Chilean Ministry of Energy territory of Chile via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
Decree 1747 of 1940 Chilean Antarctic Territory via predicate surface "establishesClaimOver"
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople parts of Turkey and some diaspora regions via predicate surface "canonicalTerritoryClaim"
Taiwan under Japanese rule Taiwan via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
linked to: Formosa
Taiwan under Japanese rule Penghu via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
linked to: Penghu Islands
Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Egypt via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam South Vietnam via predicate surface "countryClaimed"
linked to: Republic of Vietnam
Arab–Israeli conflict Palestine via predicate surface "primaryDisputedTerritories"
linked to: State of Palestine
Arab–Israeli conflict Israel via predicate surface "primaryDisputedTerritories"
Arab–Israeli conflict West Bank via predicate surface "primaryDisputedTerritories"
Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza Strip via predicate surface "primaryDisputedTerritories"
Arab–Israeli conflict East Jerusalem via predicate surface "primaryDisputedTerritories"
linked to: Jerusalem
Arab–Israeli conflict Golan Heights via predicate surface "primaryDisputedTerritories"
China Standard Time mainland China via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
China Standard Time Hong Kong via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
linked to: Hong Kong, China
China Standard Time Macau via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
China Standard Time Hainan via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
China Standard Time Xinjiang via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
China Standard Time Tibet Autonomous Region via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
China Standard Time Beijing via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
China Standard Time Shanghai via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
China Standard Time Guangdong Province via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
China Standard Time Sichuan Province via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
China Standard Time Yunnan Province via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
China Standard Time Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay Cuba via predicate surface "sovereigntyClaimedBy"
Reconstruction Acts of 1867 former Confederate states via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
Reconstruction Acts of 1867 ex-Confederate South via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
Governor-General of French Indochina Tonkin via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"
Governor-General of French Indochina Annam via predicate surface "appliesToTerritory"