Idlib Governorate
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Idlib Governorate is a province in northwestern Syria that has been a major stronghold and battleground for opposition forces during the Syrian civil war.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Idlib Governorate canonical | 10 |
| Idlib | 2 |
| southern Idlib Governorate | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5090871 — 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: Idlib Governorate Context triple: [Free Syrian Army, notableAreaOfOperation, Idlib Governorate]
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A.
Aleppo Governorate
Aleppo Governorate is a major administrative region in northern Syria that includes the historic city of Aleppo and surrounding rural areas.
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B.
Latakia Governorate
Latakia Governorate is a coastal administrative region in northwestern Syria, known for encompassing the port city of Latakia and stretching along the Mediterranean Sea.
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C.
al-Hasakah Governorate
Al-Hasakah Governorate is a predominantly Kurdish-inhabited region in northeastern Syria known for its agricultural plains, oil resources, and ethnically diverse population.
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D.
Akkar Governorate
Akkar Governorate is an administrative region in northern Lebanon known for its rural landscape, agricultural economy, and diverse communities near the Syrian border.
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E.
Raqqa
Raqqa is a city in northern Syria that became widely known as the de facto capital of the Islamic State (ISIS) during its control from 2014 to 2017.
- 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: Idlib Governorate Target entity description: Idlib Governorate is a province in northwestern Syria that has been a major stronghold and battleground for opposition forces during the Syrian civil war.
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A.
Aleppo Governorate
Aleppo Governorate is a major administrative region in northern Syria that includes the historic city of Aleppo and surrounding rural areas.
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B.
Latakia Governorate
Latakia Governorate is a coastal administrative region in northwestern Syria, known for encompassing the port city of Latakia and stretching along the Mediterranean Sea.
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C.
al-Hasakah Governorate
Al-Hasakah Governorate is a predominantly Kurdish-inhabited region in northeastern Syria known for its agricultural plains, oil resources, and ethnically diverse population.
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D.
Akkar Governorate
Akkar Governorate is an administrative region in northern Lebanon known for its rural landscape, agricultural economy, and diverse communities near the Syrian border.
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E.
Raqqa
Raqqa is a city in northern Syria that became widely known as the de facto capital of the Islamic State (ISIS) during its control from 2014 to 2017.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative division
ⓘ
governorate ⓘ |
| borders |
Aleppo Governorate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hama Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Hatay Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Latakia Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Idlib NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Syrian civil war NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
various opposition groups ⓘ |
| country | Syria ⓘ |
| hasBorderCrossing |
Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bab al-Salam Border Crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCity |
Ariha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Idlib NERFINISHED ⓘ Jisr al-Shughur NERFINISHED ⓘ Maarrat al-Numan NERFINISHED ⓘ Saraqib NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHumanitarianIssue |
attacks on medical facilities
ⓘ
civilian casualties ⓘ large-scale displacement ⓘ |
| hasRefugeePopulation | internally displaced Syrians ⓘ |
| hasRegion |
Harem Plain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Idlib Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ Jabal al-Zawiya NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Ghab Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRiver | Orontes River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTown |
Atarib
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Atmeh NERFINISHED ⓘ Binnish NERFINISHED ⓘ Darkush NERFINISHED ⓘ Harem NERFINISHED ⓘ Kafr Latah NERFINISHED ⓘ Kafr Nabl NERFINISHED ⓘ Kafr Takharim NERFINISHED ⓘ Kafr Zita NERFINISHED ⓘ Khan Shaykhun NERFINISHED ⓘ Salqin NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarmada NERFINISHED ⓘ Taftanaz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| largestCity | Idlib NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northwestern Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Levant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syrian Arab Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInConflict |
major battleground
ⓘ
major opposition stronghold ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Idlib Governorate clashes
ⓘ
Idlib offensive (2015) NERFINISHED ⓘ Syrian government offensives in Idlib ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern European Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ |
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: Idlib Governorate Description of subject: Idlib Governorate is a province in northwestern Syria that has been a major stronghold and battleground for opposition forces during the Syrian civil war.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
southern Idlib Governorate
subject surface form:
Western Syria
subject surface form:
Western Syria
this entity surface form:
Idlib
subject surface form:
Northern Syria
subject surface form:
Northern Syria
this entity surface form:
Idlib
subject surface form:
Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi