Mopan people
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The Mopan people are an indigenous Maya group of Belize and Guatemala with their own distinct Mayan language and traditional agrarian, village-based culture.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mopan Maya people | 3 |
| Mopan people canonical | 2 |
| Mopan_Maya_community | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16025347 — 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: Mopan people Context triple: [Qʼeqchiʼ people, relatedEthnicGroup, Mopan people]
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A.
Mayaimi people
The Mayaimi people were a Native American tribe who historically lived around Lake Okeechobee in what is now southern Florida, known for their distinctive lake-centered culture and for giving their name to the city of Miami.
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B.
Piapoco people
The Piapoco people are an Indigenous group of the Amazon region of Colombia and Venezuela, traditionally living along rivers and sustaining a livelihood based on fishing, small-scale agriculture, and forest resources.
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C.
Yukpa people
The Yukpa people are an Indigenous group of the Sierra de Perijá region along the Colombia–Venezuela border, known for their distinct Cariban language and traditional subsistence farming and hunting practices.
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D.
Guarijío people
The Guarijío people are an Indigenous group of northwestern Mexico with their own Uto-Aztecan language, traditional agriculture, and distinct cultural practices rooted in the Sierra Madre Occidental region.
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E.
Kʼicheʼ people
The Kʼicheʼ people are a major indigenous Maya group of the Guatemalan highlands, known for their rich linguistic heritage, traditional weaving, and the sacred text Popol Vuh.
- 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: Mopan people Target entity description: The Mopan people are an indigenous Maya group of Belize and Guatemala with their own distinct Mayan language and traditional agrarian, village-based culture.
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A.
Mayaimi people
The Mayaimi people were a Native American tribe who historically lived around Lake Okeechobee in what is now southern Florida, known for their distinctive lake-centered culture and for giving their name to the city of Miami.
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B.
Piapoco people
The Piapoco people are an Indigenous group of the Amazon region of Colombia and Venezuela, traditionally living along rivers and sustaining a livelihood based on fishing, small-scale agriculture, and forest resources.
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C.
Yukpa people
The Yukpa people are an Indigenous group of the Sierra de Perijá region along the Colombia–Venezuela border, known for their distinct Cariban language and traditional subsistence farming and hunting practices.
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D.
Guarijío people
The Guarijío people are an Indigenous group of northwestern Mexico with their own Uto-Aztecan language, traditional agriculture, and distinct cultural practices rooted in the Sierra Madre Occidental region.
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E.
Kʼicheʼ people
The Kʼicheʼ people are a major indigenous Maya group of the Guatemalan highlands, known for their rich linguistic heritage, traditional weaving, and the sacred text Popol Vuh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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