Annex IV Prevention of Marine Pollution
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Annex IV Prevention of Marine Pollution is a component of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty that establishes rules to prevent and control marine pollution in Antarctic waters.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Annex IV Prevention of Marine Pollution canonical | 2 |
| Annex IV – Prevention of Marine Pollution | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1304123 — 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: Annex IV Prevention of Marine Pollution Context triple: [Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, hasAnnex, Annex IV Prevention of Marine Pollution]
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A.
Annex VI
Annex VI is the section of the MARPOL convention that sets international limits on air pollution from ships, including emissions of sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, and other harmful substances.
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B.
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) is the primary global treaty that sets standards to prevent and minimize pollution from ships, including oil, chemicals, sewage, garbage, and air emissions.
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C.
Annex VI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Annex VI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is the section of the treaty that establishes and governs the structure, jurisdiction, and procedures of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
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D.
Annex 5 Discharges from Vessels
Annex 5 Discharges from Vessels is a component of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement that sets out binational rules and standards to control and reduce pollution from ships in the Great Lakes.
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E.
International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention
The International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (ISM Code) is an international maritime safety and environmental protection standard that requires shipping companies to implement structured safety management systems for their vessels.
- 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: Annex IV Prevention of Marine Pollution Target entity description: Annex IV Prevention of Marine Pollution is a component of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty that establishes rules to prevent and control marine pollution in Antarctic waters.
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A.
Annex VI
Annex VI is the section of the MARPOL convention that sets international limits on air pollution from ships, including emissions of sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, and other harmful substances.
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B.
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) is the primary global treaty that sets standards to prevent and minimize pollution from ships, including oil, chemicals, sewage, garbage, and air emissions.
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C.
Annex VI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Annex VI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is the section of the treaty that establishes and governs the structure, jurisdiction, and procedures of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
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D.
Annex 5 Discharges from Vessels
Annex 5 Discharges from Vessels is a component of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement that sets out binational rules and standards to control and reduce pollution from ships in the Great Lakes.
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E.
International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention
The International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (ISM Code) is an international maritime safety and environmental protection standard that requires shipping companies to implement structured safety management systems for their vessels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annex to an international treaty
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international environmental agreement ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
protect the Antarctic marine environment from pollution from ships
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reduce environmental risks associated with shipping in Antarctic waters ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
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surface form:
Annex IV to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
Annex IV Prevention of Marine Pollution ⓘ
surface form:
Annex IV – Prevention of Marine Pollution
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| appliesTo |
Antarctic Treaty area
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Antarctic waters ⓘ |
| basedOn | precautionary approach to environmental protection ⓘ |
| concerns |
operational discharges from vessels
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ship‑source marine pollution ⓘ waste management on ships in Antarctic waters ⓘ |
| hasGeographicalScope | south of 60 degrees south latitude ⓘ |
| hasLegalNature | binding on Parties to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
control of marine pollution in Antarctic waters
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prevention of marine pollution in the Antarctic Treaty area ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties
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surface form:
Parties to the Antarctic Treaty System
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| partOf | Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty ⓘ |
| regulates |
discharge of garbage from ships in the Antarctic Treaty area
ⓘ
discharge of noxious liquid substances from ships in the Antarctic Treaty area ⓘ discharge of oil from ships in the Antarctic Treaty area ⓘ discharge of sewage from ships in the Antarctic Treaty area ⓘ disposal at sea of ship‑generated wastes in the Antarctic Treaty area ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Antarctic Treaty
ⓘ
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships ⓘ
surface form:
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL)
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty ⓘ |
| requires |
Parties to enforce discharge standards on vessels flying their flag
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Parties to enforce discharge standards on vessels operating in their maritime jurisdiction in the Antarctic Treaty area ⓘ Parties to prohibit certain discharges from ships in the Antarctic Treaty area ⓘ measures to minimize the risk of marine pollution from ships operating in Antarctic waters ⓘ |
| supportsObjectiveOf |
comprehensive protection of the Antarctic environment
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designation of Antarctica as a natural reserve devoted to peace and science ⓘ |
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: Annex IV Prevention of Marine Pollution Description of subject: Annex IV Prevention of Marine Pollution is a component of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty that establishes rules to prevent and control marine pollution in Antarctic waters.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
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hasAnnex
→
Annex IV Prevention of Marine Pollution
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this entity surface form:
Annex IV – Prevention of Marine Pollution
this entity surface form:
Annex IV – Prevention of Marine Pollution