Numa
E1036245
Numa is the autonym used by the Northern Paiute people to refer to themselves.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Numa canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13377023 — 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: Numa Context triple: [Northern Paiute, hasAutonym, Numa]
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A.
Urius
Urius was a Roman military commander who played a leading role in the Battle of Strasbourg in 357 CE during Emperor Julian’s campaign against the Alemanni.
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B.
Consus
Consus is an ancient Roman deity associated with the protection of stored grain and secret counsel, often linked to agricultural festivals and underground altars.
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C.
Dorus
Dorus is a figure in Greek mythology regarded as the eponymous ancestor of the Dorian people.
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D.
Mamercinus
Mamercinus is a cognomen used by members of the ancient Roman patrician gens Aemilia, distinguishing a particular branch of this prominent family.
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E.
Sicel
Sicel was an ancient Indo-European language once spoken by the Sicel people in eastern Sicily before the dominance of Latin and Greek in the region.
- 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: Numa Target entity description: Numa is the autonym used by the Northern Paiute people to refer to themselves.
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A.
Urius
Urius was a Roman military commander who played a leading role in the Battle of Strasbourg in 357 CE during Emperor Julian’s campaign against the Alemanni.
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B.
Consus
Consus is an ancient Roman deity associated with the protection of stored grain and secret counsel, often linked to agricultural festivals and underground altars.
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C.
Dorus
Dorus is a figure in Greek mythology regarded as the eponymous ancestor of the Dorian people.
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D.
Mamercinus
Mamercinus is a cognomen used by members of the ancient Roman patrician gens Aemilia, distinguishing a particular branch of this prominent family.
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E.
Sicel
Sicel was an ancient Indo-European language once spoken by the Sicel people in eastern Sicily before the dominance of Latin and Greek in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autonym
ⓘ
endonym ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Numic languages
ⓘ
Numic peoples ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Uto-Aztecan cultural-linguistic sphere ⓘ |
| category |
Indigenous self-designation
ⓘ
Native American autonym ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | exonyms for Northern Paiute people ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Northern Paiute culture
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Paiute
|
| ethnonymType | self-referential ethnonym ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Northern Paiute language ⓘ |
| meaning | the people ⓘ |
| refersTo |
Northern Paiute people
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Paiute
|
| region |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Idaho ⓘ Nevada ⓘ Oregon ⓘ Western United States ⓘ
linked to:
western United States
|
| relatedTerm | Numu ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Northern Paiute identity ⓘ |
| selfDesignationOf |
Northern Paiute people
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Paiute
|
| usedAs | name for Northern Paiute people ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Northern Paiute people
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Paiute
|
| usedIn |
Great Basin region
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Basin
Northern Paiute community life ⓘ Northern Paiute oral tradition ⓘ |
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: Numa Description of subject: Numa is the autonym used by the Northern Paiute people to refer to themselves.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.