Manobo
E104876
The Manobo are an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group in the southern Philippines known for their rich oral traditions, intricate weaving, and distinct animist beliefs.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Manobo canonical | 7 |
| Ata Manobo | 2 |
| Manobo peoples | 2 |
| Dibabawon Manobo | 1 |
| Manobo ethnic groups | 1 |
| Manobo people | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T841912 — 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: Manobo Context triple: [Mindanao, ethnicGroup, Manobo]
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A.
Bagobo
The Bagobo are an indigenous ethnic group in the southern Philippines known for their rich oral traditions, intricate weaving and beadwork, and distinct animist beliefs.
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B.
Maranao
The Maranao are a predominantly Muslim ethnolinguistic group in the southern Philippines known for their rich artistic traditions, including okir woodcarving and the epic Darangen.
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C.
Darug people
The Darug people are an Aboriginal Australian group whose ancestral lands encompass much of what is now the Sydney region, including the Blue Mountains area.
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D.
Bikolano people
The Bikolano people are a Filipino ethnolinguistic group native to the Bicol Region of southeastern Luzon, known for their distinct culture, cuisine, and use of the Bikol language.
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E.
Ibanag
Ibanag is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Cagayan Valley region of northern Luzon in the Philippines.
- 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: Manobo Target entity description: The Manobo are an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group in the southern Philippines known for their rich oral traditions, intricate weaving, and distinct animist beliefs.
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A.
Bagobo
The Bagobo are an indigenous ethnic group in the southern Philippines known for their rich oral traditions, intricate weaving and beadwork, and distinct animist beliefs.
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B.
Maranao
The Maranao are a predominantly Muslim ethnolinguistic group in the southern Philippines known for their rich artistic traditions, including okir woodcarving and the epic Darangen.
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C.
Darug people
The Darug people are an Aboriginal Australian group whose ancestral lands encompass much of what is now the Sydney region, including the Blue Mountains area.
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D.
Bikolano people
The Bikolano people are a Filipino ethnolinguistic group native to the Bicol Region of southeastern Luzon, known for their distinct culture, cuisine, and use of the Bikol language.
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E.
Ibanag
Ibanag is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Cagayan Valley region of northern Luzon in the Philippines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian people
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| hasArtForm |
basketry
ⓘ
beadwork ⓘ body ornamentation ⓘ weaving ⓘ |
| hasInstrument |
bamboo flute
ⓘ
two-stringed lute ⓘ |
| hasMusic |
agung ensemble
ⓘ
kulintang music ⓘ |
| hasOralLiterature |
epic narratives
ⓘ
folktales ⓘ ritual chants ⓘ |
| hasReligion |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
animism ⓘ folk Catholicism ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Agusan Manobo
ⓘ
Manobo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ata Manobo
Bagobo ⓘ
surface form:
Bagobo-Tagabawa
Cotabato Manobo ⓘ Manobo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dibabawon Manobo
Higaonon ⓘ Matigsalug Manobo ⓘ Ovu-Manuvu ⓘ Talaandig ⓘ Dulangan Manobo ⓘ
surface form:
Umayamnon Manobo
|
| knownFor |
distinct animist beliefs
ⓘ
epic chants ⓘ intricate weaving ⓘ rich oral traditions ⓘ traditional music ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mindanao
ⓘ
southern Philippines ⓘ |
| mainCrops |
corn
ⓘ
rice ⓘ root crops ⓘ |
| region |
Agusan River
ⓘ
surface form:
Agusan River basin
Bukidnon highlands ⓘ North Cotabato ⓘ
surface form:
Cotabato region
Davao Region ⓘ
surface form:
Davao region
|
| subgroupOf | Lumad ⓘ |
| traditionalBelief |
ancestor worship
ⓘ
ritual offerings ⓘ spirit veneration ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
fishing
ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ small-scale trade ⓘ swidden agriculture ⓘ |
| traditionalHouseType | stilt house ⓘ |
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: Manobo Description of subject: The Manobo are an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group in the southern Philippines known for their rich oral traditions, intricate weaving, and distinct animist beliefs.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Manobo people
this entity surface form:
Ata Manobo
this entity surface form:
Dibabawon Manobo
this entity surface form:
Manobo peoples
this entity surface form:
Manobo ethnic groups
this entity surface form:
Ata Manobo