Philippine exclusive economic zone
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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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philippine exclusive economic zone canonical | 3 |
| Philippine EEZ | 1 |
| Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone | 1 |
| Philippines bases claim on proximity and EEZ under UNCLOS | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1580971 — 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 exclusive economic zone Context triple: [Philippine Navy, operatesIn, Philippine exclusive economic zone]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Bohol Sea
The Bohol Sea, also known as the Mindanao Sea, is a deep basin in the southern Philippines renowned for its rich marine biodiversity and popular dive sites.
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D.
Visayan Sea
The Visayan Sea is a central Philippine sea renowned for its rich fishing grounds and its location surrounded by the islands of the Visayas.
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E.
Sibuyan Sea
The Sibuyan Sea is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean in the central Philippines, known as the site of major World War II naval battles and shipwrecks.
- 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 exclusive economic zone Target entity description: 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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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Bohol Sea
The Bohol Sea, also known as the Mindanao Sea, is a deep basin in the southern Philippines renowned for its rich marine biodiversity and popular dive sites.
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D.
Visayan Sea
The Visayan Sea is a central Philippine sea renowned for its rich fishing grounds and its location surrounded by the islands of the Visayas.
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E.
Sibuyan Sea
The Sibuyan Sea is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean in the central Philippines, known as the site of major World War II naval battles and shipwrecks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
exclusive economic zone
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maritime zone ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Philippine exclusive economic zone
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Philippine EEZ
|
| administeredBy |
Philippine government
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of the Philippines
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| arbitrationAwardYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| borderingCountryEEZ |
China
ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Palau ⓘ Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam
|
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| disputeInvolves | South China Sea maritime claims ⓘ |
| distanceFromBaseline | up to 200 nautical miles ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Philippine internal waters
ⓘ
Philippine territorial waters ⓘ
surface form:
Philippine territorial sea
|
| governedBy |
Philippine national legislation
ⓘ
UNCLOS Part V ⓘ |
| includesActivityRights |
offshore fishing
ⓘ
offshore gas exploration ⓘ offshore mineral exploration ⓘ offshore oil exploration ⓘ |
| includesJurisdictionOver |
artificial islands
ⓘ
marine scientific research ⓘ offshore installations ⓘ protection of marine environment ⓘ |
| includesRightsOver |
living resources
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non-living resources ⓘ seabed resources ⓘ water column resources ⓘ |
| legalBasis | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Celebes Sea
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ Philippine Sea ⓘ Sulu Sea ⓘ South China Sea ⓘ
surface form:
West Philippine Sea
|
| measuredFrom | Philippine archipelagic baselines ⓘ |
| purpose |
economic development of marine resources
ⓘ
protection of Philippine maritime entitlements ⓘ |
| recognizedByArbitralTribunalAs | area where Philippines has exclusive sovereign rights ⓘ |
| relatedInternationalCase |
Philippines v. China (PCA case)
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surface form:
Philippines v. China (South China Sea arbitration)
|
| relevantPhilippineAgency |
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Philippines)
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surface form:
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Department of Energy of the Philippines ⓘ Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines ⓘ Philippine maritime authorities ⓘ
surface form:
Philippine Coast Guard
|
| sovereignRightsOver |
conservation of natural resources
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exploitation of natural resources ⓘ exploration of natural resources ⓘ management of natural resources ⓘ |
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 exclusive economic zone Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Philippine exclusive economic zone
→
abbreviation
→
Philippine exclusive economic zone
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Philippine EEZ
this entity surface form:
Philippines bases claim on proximity and EEZ under UNCLOS
People's Republic of China Exclusive Economic Zone
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adjacentTo
→
Philippine exclusive economic zone
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this entity surface form:
Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone