Five-Power Treaty
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The Five-Power Treaty was a 1922 naval disarmament agreement among major world powers that limited battleship construction and aimed to prevent an arms race at sea.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Washington Naval Treaty | 14 |
| Five-Power Treaty canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T743501 — 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: Five-Power Treaty Context triple: [Washington Naval Conference period, hasOutcome, Five-Power Treaty]
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A.
Kellogg–Briand Pact
The Kellogg–Briand Pact was a 1928 international agreement in which numerous nations renounced war as an instrument of national policy, symbolizing idealistic efforts to secure peace in the interwar period.
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B.
Treaty of San Francisco
The Treaty of San Francisco was the 1951 peace treaty between Japan and most Allied nations that officially ended World War II hostilities with Japan and restored its sovereignty.
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C.
Treaty of Portsmouth
The Treaty of Portsmouth was the 1905 peace agreement, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in New Hampshire, that ended the Russo-Japanese War and marked Japan’s emergence as a major world power.
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D.
Tripartite Pact
The Tripartite Pact was a World War II alliance agreement that formally united Germany, Italy, and Japan into the Axis powers against the Allied nations.
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E.
A Revision of the Treaty
A Revision of the Treaty is John Maynard Keynes’s 1922 follow-up work to The Economic Consequences of the Peace, in which he further critiques and proposes modifications to the post–World War I peace settlement.
- 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: Five-Power Treaty Target entity description: The Five-Power Treaty was a 1922 naval disarmament agreement among major world powers that limited battleship construction and aimed to prevent an arms race at sea.
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A.
Kellogg–Briand Pact
The Kellogg–Briand Pact was a 1928 international agreement in which numerous nations renounced war as an instrument of national policy, symbolizing idealistic efforts to secure peace in the interwar period.
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B.
Treaty of San Francisco
The Treaty of San Francisco was the 1951 peace treaty between Japan and most Allied nations that officially ended World War II hostilities with Japan and restored its sovereignty.
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C.
Treaty of Portsmouth
The Treaty of Portsmouth was the 1905 peace agreement, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in New Hampshire, that ended the Russo-Japanese War and marked Japan’s emergence as a major world power.
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D.
Tripartite Pact
The Tripartite Pact was a World War II alliance agreement that formally united Germany, Italy, and Japan into the Axis powers against the Allied nations.
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E.
A Revision of the Treaty
A Revision of the Treaty is John Maynard Keynes’s 1922 follow-up work to The Economic Consequences of the Peace, in which he further critiques and proposes modifications to the post–World War I peace settlement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arms control treaty
ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ naval disarmament treaty ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
limit battleship construction
ⓘ
prevent naval arms race ⓘ reduce naval armaments ⓘ |
| allowed | replacement of obsolete capital ships after a specified age ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Five-Power Treaty
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington Naval Treaty
|
| appliedTo | Pacific and global naval deployments ⓘ |
| cameIntoForceIn | 1922 ⓘ |
| category |
1922 in international relations
ⓘ
Interwar naval treaties ⓘ |
| concludedAt | Washington Naval Conference ⓘ |
| duration | initially 10 years ⓘ |
| establishedNavalRatio |
1.67 ratio for France relative to US and UK
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1.67 ratio for Italy relative to US and UK ⓘ 5:5:3 ratio for capital ships between US, UK, and Japan ⓘ |
| geopoliticalContext | interwar period ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | interwar disarmament era ⓘ |
| influenced | London Naval Treaty ⓘ |
| influencedBy | post–World War I disarmament movement ⓘ |
| inForceUntil | 1930s ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | naval forces of signatory states ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| limitedConstructionOf |
battlecruisers
ⓘ
battleships ⓘ |
| limitedTypeOfVessel |
aircraft carriers
ⓘ
capital ships ⓘ |
| negotiatedBy |
Arthur Balfour
ⓘ
Charles Evans Hughes ⓘ Japanese delegation at Washington Naval Conference ⓘ |
| partOf |
Washington Naval Conference
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington Naval Conference agreements
|
| prohibited | new capital ship construction above agreed limits ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Four-Power Treaty
ⓘ
Nine-Power Treaty ⓘ |
| restricted |
individual ship displacement
ⓘ
maximum gun caliber on capital ships ⓘ total tonnage of capital ships ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
scrapping of existing capital ships
ⓘ
stabilization of naval power balance among signatories ⓘ |
| signatory |
France
ⓘ
Italy ⓘ Japan ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| signedAt | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| signedOn | 1922-02-06 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | naval tonnage limitations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Five-Power Treaty Description of subject: The Five-Power Treaty was a 1922 naval disarmament agreement among major world powers that limited battleship construction and aimed to prevent an arms race at sea.
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