Greater Lebanon
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Greater Lebanon was a political entity created in 1920 under French colonial rule that expanded the boundaries of Mount Lebanon to form the basis of the modern state of Lebanon.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Greater Lebanon canonical | 2 |
| State of Greater Lebanon | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2692098 — 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: Greater Lebanon Context triple: [French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon, appliesToTerritory, Greater Lebanon]
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A.
North Lebanon
North Lebanon is a region in northern Lebanon that was a significant theater of conflict and political tension during the Lebanese Civil War.
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B.
Nabatieh, Lebanon
Nabatieh is a predominantly Shia Muslim city in southern Lebanon known as a regional political and commercial center and for its major Ashura commemorations.
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C.
southern Lebanon
Southern Lebanon is the region of Lebanon bordering Israel and the Mediterranean Sea, historically marked by conflict and the presence of international peacekeeping forces.
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D.
Levant region
The Levant region is a historical and geographical area in the Eastern Mediterranean encompassing parts of modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, and surrounding territories, known as a crossroads of ancient civilizations and trade routes.
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E.
Hawraman region
The Hawraman region is a mountainous area in the Kurdistan borderlands of Iran and Iraq, known for its distinct Hawrami (Gorani) Kurdish culture, language, and terraced stone villages.
- 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: Greater Lebanon Target entity description: Greater Lebanon was a political entity created in 1920 under French colonial rule that expanded the boundaries of Mount Lebanon to form the basis of the modern state of Lebanon.
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A.
North Lebanon
North Lebanon is a region in northern Lebanon that was a significant theater of conflict and political tension during the Lebanese Civil War.
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B.
Nabatieh, Lebanon
Nabatieh is a predominantly Shia Muslim city in southern Lebanon known as a regional political and commercial center and for its major Ashura commemorations.
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C.
southern Lebanon
Southern Lebanon is the region of Lebanon bordering Israel and the Mediterranean Sea, historically marked by conflict and the presence of international peacekeeping forces.
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D.
Levant region
The Levant region is a historical and geographical area in the Eastern Mediterranean encompassing parts of modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, and surrounding territories, known as a crossroads of ancient civilizations and trade routes.
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E.
Hawraman region
The Hawraman region is a mountainous area in the Kurdistan borderlands of Iran and Iraq, known for its distinct Hawrami (Gorani) Kurdish culture, language, and terraced stone villages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former administrative territorial entity
ⓘ
political entity ⓘ |
| addedTerritory |
Akkar Governorate
ⓘ
surface form:
Akkar
Beirut ⓘ Bekaa Valley ⓘ southern Lebanon ⓘ
surface form:
South Lebanon
Tripoli ⓘ
surface form:
Tripoli region
|
| bordersDefinedBy | French authorities ⓘ |
| bordersDefinedIn | 1920 ⓘ |
| capital | Beirut ⓘ |
| colonialPower | France ⓘ |
| country | Lebanon ⓘ |
| createdBy |
France
ⓘ
French Third Republic ⓘ |
| dateEstablished | 1920-09-01 ⓘ |
| dissolutionProcess | evolved into independent Lebanon in 1943 ⓘ |
| establishedDuring |
French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
ⓘ
surface form:
French Mandate period
|
| expandedFrom | Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate ⓘ |
| flagUsed |
French tricolour
ⓘ
surface form:
French tricolour with cedar emblem
|
| formedBasisFor | modern state of Lebanon ⓘ |
| governedAs | French mandate territory ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post–World War I partition of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Syria ⓘ |
| includedCommunities |
Druze
ⓘ
Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ
surface form:
Greek Orthodox Christians
Maronite Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Maronite Christians
Shia Islam ⓘ
surface form:
Shia Muslims
Sunni Islam ⓘ
surface form:
Sunni Muslims
|
| legalBasis | League of Nations mandate system ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Levant region
ⓘ
surface form:
Levant
Middle East ⓘ |
| mandatePower | France ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
Arabic
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| partOf |
French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
ⓘ
surface form:
French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
French colonial empire ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | autonomous entity under French mandate ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate
ⓘ
surface form:
Mutasarrifate of Mount Lebanon
Ottoman Syria ⓘ |
| purposeOfCreation |
to create a larger entity than Mount Lebanon
ⓘ
to provide a state framework for Maronite Christians and other communities ⓘ |
| religiousComposition | multi-confessional ⓘ |
| sovereigntyStatus | not fully sovereign ⓘ |
| subsequentEntity | Lebanon ⓘ |
| successor | Lebanon ⓘ |
| successorForm |
Lebanon
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Lebanon
|
| symbol | Cedar tree ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Greater Lebanon Description of subject: Greater Lebanon was a political entity created in 1920 under French colonial rule that expanded the boundaries of Mount Lebanon to form the basis of the modern state of Lebanon.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
State of Greater Lebanon
this entity surface form:
State of Greater Lebanon