Kataeb Party
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The Kataeb Party, also known as the Phalange, is a long-standing Lebanese Christian political party that has played a major role in the country’s modern political history and civil conflicts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kataeb Party canonical | 5 |
| Kataeb Regulatory Forces | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5523308 — 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: Kataeb Party Context triple: [Cedar Revolution, supportedBy, Kataeb Party]
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A.
Lebanese Front
The Lebanese Front was a coalition of mainly Christian right-wing political parties and militias that played a major role on one side of the Lebanese Civil War.
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B.
Lebanese National Movement
The Lebanese National Movement was a leftist, multi-confessional political and militia alliance in Lebanon that sought major political reforms and played a central role in the early years of the Lebanese Civil War.
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C.
Ba'ath Party
The Ba'ath Party is an Arab nationalist and socialist political movement that sought to unify the Arab world under a single, secular, authoritarian state, most prominently ruling Iraq under Saddam Hussein and Syria under the Assad family.
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D.
Al Bataeh Club
Al Bataeh Club is a professional football team from the United Arab Emirates that competes in the country’s top-tier league.
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E.
National Renaissance Front
The National Renaissance Front was a Romanian fascist-style single-party organization that served as the ruling political party under King Carol II’s authoritarian regime from 1938 to 1940.
- 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: Kataeb Party Target entity description: The Kataeb Party, also known as the Phalange, is a long-standing Lebanese Christian political party that has played a major role in the country’s modern political history and civil conflicts.
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A.
Lebanese Front
The Lebanese Front was a coalition of mainly Christian right-wing political parties and militias that played a major role on one side of the Lebanese Civil War.
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B.
Lebanese National Movement
The Lebanese National Movement was a leftist, multi-confessional political and militia alliance in Lebanon that sought major political reforms and played a central role in the early years of the Lebanese Civil War.
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C.
Ba'ath Party
The Ba'ath Party is an Arab nationalist and socialist political movement that sought to unify the Arab world under a single, secular, authoritarian state, most prominently ruling Iraq under Saddam Hussein and Syria under the Assad family.
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D.
Al Bataeh Club
Al Bataeh Club is a professional football team from the United Arab Emirates that competes in the country’s top-tier league.
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E.
National Renaissance Front
The National Renaissance Front was a Romanian fascist-style single-party organization that served as the ruling political party under King Carol II’s authoritarian regime from 1938 to 1940.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lebanese political party
ⓘ
political party ⓘ |
| activeInConflict | Lebanese Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Israeli Defense Forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lebanese Front NERFINISHED ⓘ March 14 Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Lebanese Phalanges Party
NERFINISHED
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Phalange NERFINISHED ⓘ Phalanges Libanaises NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| color |
green
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| country | Lebanon ⓘ |
| currentLeader | Sami Gemayel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyAssociatedWith | Gemayel family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foughtAgainst |
Lebanese National Movement
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Palestine Liberation Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ Syrian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | 1936 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Pierre Gemayel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingLocation | Beirut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquarters | Beirut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology |
Christian democracy
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Lebanese nationalism ⓘ Phoenicianism ⓘ conservatism ⓘ |
| nativeName | حزب الكتائب اللبنانية NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| notableEvent | involvement in Sabra and Shatila context via allied militias ⓘ |
| notableLeader |
Amine Gemayel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bachir Gemayel NERFINISHED ⓘ Pierre Gemayel NERFINISHED ⓘ Sami Gemayel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStance |
anti-communism
ⓘ
pro-sovereignty of the Lebanese state ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Hezbollah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syrian influence in Lebanon ⓘ |
| paramilitaryWing | Kataeb Regulatory Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parliamentaryRepresentation | Lebanese Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Lebanese independence movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
centre-right
ⓘ
right-wing ⓘ |
| positionOnSystem | supports confessional power-sharing in Lebanon with reforms ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Beirut
NERFINISHED
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Mount Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousOrientation | Maronite Christian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | Bachir Gemayel presidential election in 1982 ⓘ |
| symbol | cedar tree ⓘ |
| youthWing | Kataeb Students and Youth Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kataeb Party Description of subject: The Kataeb Party, also known as the Phalange, is a long-standing Lebanese Christian political party that has played a major role in the country’s modern political history and civil conflicts.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kataeb Regulatory Forces