1202 Syria earthquake
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The 1202 Syria earthquake was a massive medieval seismic event that devastated large parts of the Levant, causing widespread destruction and a very high death toll across Syria, Lebanon, and surrounding regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1202 Syria earthquake canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12439878 — 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: 1202 Syria earthquake Context triple: [Dead Sea Transform fault, notableEarthquake, 1202 Syria earthquake]
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A.
Emesa, Syria
Emesa, Syria was an important ancient city in Roman Syria, known today as Homs and historically significant as a political, religious, and military center.
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B.
Black Saturday (Lebanon)
Black Saturday (Lebanon) was a notorious day of sectarian massacres and retaliatory killings in Beirut during the early phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
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C.
Derna
Derna is a coastal city in eastern Libya known for its strategic location, turbulent political history, and role as a focal point in the country's conflicts.
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D.
Deir ez-Zor
Deir ez-Zor is a major city in eastern Syria on the Euphrates River, known as a strategic regional center and the site of significant conflict during the Syrian civil war.
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E.
southern Syria
Southern Syria is the region forming the southern part of the modern Syrian state, encompassing areas such as Daraa, As-Suwayda, and parts of the Golan Heights near the borders with Jordan and Israel.
- 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: 1202 Syria earthquake Target entity description: The 1202 Syria earthquake was a massive medieval seismic event that devastated large parts of the Levant, causing widespread destruction and a very high death toll across Syria, Lebanon, and surrounding regions.
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A.
Emesa, Syria
Emesa, Syria was an important ancient city in Roman Syria, known today as Homs and historically significant as a political, religious, and military center.
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B.
Black Saturday (Lebanon)
Black Saturday (Lebanon) was a notorious day of sectarian massacres and retaliatory killings in Beirut during the early phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
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C.
Derna
Derna is a coastal city in eastern Libya known for its strategic location, turbulent political history, and role as a focal point in the country's conflicts.
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D.
Deir ez-Zor
Deir ez-Zor is a major city in eastern Syria on the Euphrates River, known as a strategic regional center and the site of significant conflict during the Syrian civil war.
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E.
southern Syria
Southern Syria is the region forming the southern part of the modern Syrian state, encompassing areas such as Daraa, As-Suwayda, and parts of the Golan Heights near the borders with Jordan and Israel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.