Irish Exclusive Economic Zone
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The Irish Exclusive Economic Zone is a maritime area over which Ireland has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, extending beyond its territorial waters into the surrounding Atlantic Ocean.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Irish Exclusive Economic Zone canonical | 2 |
| Ireland exclusive economic zone | 1 |
| Irish exclusive economic zone | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9255012 — 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: Irish Exclusive Economic Zone Context triple: [Malin Shelf, fallsWithin, Irish Exclusive Economic Zone]
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A.
United Kingdom exclusive economic zone
The United Kingdom exclusive economic zone is the maritime area over which the UK has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, extending up to 200 nautical miles from its coast.
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B.
Somali Exclusive Economic Zone
The Somali Exclusive Economic Zone is a maritime area off the coast of Somalia over which the country claims special rights for exploring and using marine resources, including fishing, oil, and gas.
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C.
Australian Exclusive Economic Zone
The Australian Exclusive Economic Zone is a vast maritime area surrounding Australia over which it has special rights to explore, exploit, conserve, and manage marine resources under international law.
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D.
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
The New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone is a vast maritime area surrounding New Zealand over which the country has special rights to explore, manage, and use marine resources.
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E.
Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone
The Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone is a vast maritime area over which the Bahamas holds special rights for exploring, exploiting, conserving, and managing natural resources, including regions like the Cay Sal Bank.
- 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: Irish Exclusive Economic Zone Target entity description: The Irish Exclusive Economic Zone is a maritime area over which Ireland has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, extending beyond its territorial waters into the surrounding Atlantic Ocean.
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A.
United Kingdom exclusive economic zone
The United Kingdom exclusive economic zone is the maritime area over which the UK has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, extending up to 200 nautical miles from its coast.
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B.
Somali Exclusive Economic Zone
The Somali Exclusive Economic Zone is a maritime area off the coast of Somalia over which the country claims special rights for exploring and using marine resources, including fishing, oil, and gas.
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C.
Australian Exclusive Economic Zone
The Australian Exclusive Economic Zone is a vast maritime area surrounding Australia over which it has special rights to explore, exploit, conserve, and manage marine resources under international law.
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D.
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
The New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone is a vast maritime area surrounding New Zealand over which the country has special rights to explore, manage, and use marine resources.
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E.
Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone
The Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone is a vast maritime area over which the Bahamas holds special rights for exploring, exploiting, conserving, and managing natural resources, including regions like the Cay Sal Bank.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
exclusive economic zone
ⓘ
maritime zone ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine of Ireland
ⓘ
Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications of Ireland ⓘ Irish Naval Service ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
French Exclusive Economic Zone
ⓘ
linked to:
France exclusive economic zone
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone ⓘ United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone ⓘ
linked to:
United Kingdom exclusive economic zone
|
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| environmentalConcern |
marine pollution
ⓘ
offshore energy infrastructure impacts ⓘ overfishing ⓘ |
| establishedUnder | Irish Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction legislation ⓘ |
| extendsBeyond | Irish territorial sea ⓘ |
| governedBy | Government of Ireland ⓘ |
| grantsRightsOver |
conservation of marine resources
ⓘ
exploitation of marine resources ⓘ exploration of marine resources ⓘ fisheries resources ⓘ management of marine resources ⓘ offshore energy production ⓘ offshore oil and gas resources ⓘ offshore wind energy ⓘ |
| hasApproximateArea | over 400000 square kilometres ⓘ |
| hasDisputeContext | Rockall area access and fisheries ⓘ |
| hasKeyResource |
commercial fish stocks
ⓘ
hydrocarbon prospects ⓘ offshore renewable energy potential ⓘ |
| hasMaximumExtent | 200 nautical miles from baselines ⓘ |
| hasStrategicImportance |
European Atlantic maritime security
ⓘ
energy security for Ireland ⓘ |
| hasUse |
marine scientific research
ⓘ
shipping routes ⓘ submarine cables ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
UNCLOS
ⓘ
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Celtic Sea ⓘ Irish Sea ⓘ Rockall Trough ⓘ |
| partOf | European Union waters ⓘ |
| regulates |
foreign fishing activities
ⓘ
marine environmental protection measures ⓘ offshore resource extraction ⓘ |
| sovereignState | Ireland ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
European Union Common Fisheries Policy
ⓘ
linked to:
European Union fisheries policy
|
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: Irish Exclusive Economic Zone Description of subject: The Irish Exclusive Economic Zone is a maritime area over which Ireland has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, extending beyond its territorial waters into the surrounding Atlantic Ocean.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Irish Exclusive Economic Zone
linked to: Irish Exclusive Economic Zone