Suez Canal should not be subject to the exercise of the right of war
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The Suez Canal should not be subject to the exercise of the right of war is a principle established by the 1888 Constantinople Convention that guarantees the canal’s neutrality and free passage for ships even during armed conflict.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Suez Canal should not be subject to acts of hostility | 1 |
| Suez Canal should not be subject to the exercise of the right of war canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10760951 — 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: Suez Canal should not be subject to the exercise of the right of war Context triple: [Constantinople Convention of 1888, stated, Suez Canal should not be subject to the exercise of the right of war]
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A.
Egyptian territorial waters
Egyptian territorial waters comprise the maritime zones under Egypt’s sovereignty in the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea, including key strategic areas such as the Gulf of Suez and approaches to the Suez Canal.
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B.
Suez Canal security forces
The Suez Canal security forces are a specialized Egyptian military formation responsible for protecting and securing the Suez Canal, its facilities, and surrounding strategic areas.
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C.
Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits
The Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits is a 1936 international agreement that grants Turkey control over the Bosporus and Dardanelles and regulates the passage of naval warships between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.
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D.
Suez Canal pilots
Suez Canal pilots are specialized maritime professionals who board and guide ships through the Suez Canal’s narrow and strategically vital waterway to ensure safe and efficient passage.
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E.
Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal
The Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal is an international agreement that guarantees the canal’s permanent neutrality and open access to ships of all nations even after Panama assumed full control of the waterway.
- 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: Suez Canal should not be subject to the exercise of the right of war Target entity description: The Suez Canal should not be subject to the exercise of the right of war is a principle established by the 1888 Constantinople Convention that guarantees the canal’s neutrality and free passage for ships even during armed conflict.
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A.
Egyptian territorial waters
Egyptian territorial waters comprise the maritime zones under Egypt’s sovereignty in the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea, including key strategic areas such as the Gulf of Suez and approaches to the Suez Canal.
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B.
Suez Canal security forces
The Suez Canal security forces are a specialized Egyptian military formation responsible for protecting and securing the Suez Canal, its facilities, and surrounding strategic areas.
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C.
Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits
The Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits is a 1936 international agreement that grants Turkey control over the Bosporus and Dardanelles and regulates the passage of naval warships between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.
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D.
Suez Canal pilots
Suez Canal pilots are specialized maritime professionals who board and guide ships through the Suez Canal’s narrow and strategically vital waterway to ensure safe and efficient passage.
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E.
Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal
The Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal is an international agreement that guarantees the canal’s permanent neutrality and open access to ships of all nations even after Panama assumed full control of the waterway.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legal principle
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treaty principle ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
ensure continuous international maritime traffic
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prevent closure of the Suez Canal due to hostilities ⓘ |
| appliesDuring |
armed conflict
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peace ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Suez Canal
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merchant vessels of all nations ⓘ warships of all nations ⓘ |
| basedOn | principle of neutrality of international waterways ⓘ |
| establishedBy |
Convention of Constantinople
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linked to:
Constantinople Convention of 1888
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| establishedOn | 1888 ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | Isthmus of Suez ⓘ |
| guarantees |
free passage for ships
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neutrality of the Suez Canal ⓘ |
| legalStatus | binding treaty obligation for its parties ⓘ |
| linkedTo | freedom of navigation ⓘ |
| partOf |
international law of the sea
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regime of international canals ⓘ |
| prohibits |
blockade of the Suez Canal based on belligerent status of ships
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use of the Suez Canal as an object of war ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Constantinople Convention of 1888
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neutralization of the Suez Canal ⓘ |
| requires | non-discriminatory treatment of ships ⓘ |
| territorialContext | Egypt ⓘ |
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: Suez Canal should not be subject to the exercise of the right of war Description of subject: The Suez Canal should not be subject to the exercise of the right of war is a principle established by the 1888 Constantinople Convention that guarantees the canal’s neutrality and free passage for ships even during armed conflict.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Constantinople Convention of 1888
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stated
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Suez Canal should not be subject to the exercise of the right of war
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Constantinople Convention of 1888
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stated
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Suez Canal should not be subject to acts of hostility
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linked to: Suez Canal should not be subject to the exercise of the right of war