Bima–Sumba group
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The Bima–Sumba group is a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on the islands of Sumbawa and Sumba in eastern Indonesia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bima–Sumba | 2 |
| Bima–Sumba group canonical | 1 |
| Bima–Sumba subgroup | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1416074 — 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: Bima–Sumba group Context triple: [Bima–Sumba languages, hasAlternativeName, Bima–Sumba group]
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A.
Lesser Sunda Islands
The Lesser Sunda Islands are a chain of islands in southeastern Indonesia, east of Java and Bali, known for their diverse cultures, active volcanoes, and rich marine biodiversity.
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B.
Sumbawa
Sumbawa is an island in central Indonesia, part of the Lesser Sunda Islands, known for its volcanic landscapes, surfing spots, and relatively low population density compared to neighboring Bali and Lombok.
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C.
Gili Islands
The Gili Islands are a popular group of small tropical islands off the northwest coast of Lombok in Indonesia, known for their white-sand beaches, clear waters, and vibrant marine life.
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D.
East Sumba Regency
East Sumba Regency is an administrative region on the eastern part of Sumba Island in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province, known for its traditional villages, megalithic tombs, and distinctive Marapu culture.
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E.
West Sumba Regency
West Sumba Regency is a regency-level administrative region located on the western part of Sumba Island in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
- 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: Bima–Sumba group Target entity description: The Bima–Sumba group is a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on the islands of Sumbawa and Sumba in eastern Indonesia.
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A.
Lesser Sunda Islands
The Lesser Sunda Islands are a chain of islands in southeastern Indonesia, east of Java and Bali, known for their diverse cultures, active volcanoes, and rich marine biodiversity.
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B.
Sumbawa
Sumbawa is an island in central Indonesia, part of the Lesser Sunda Islands, known for its volcanic landscapes, surfing spots, and relatively low population density compared to neighboring Bali and Lombok.
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C.
Gili Islands
The Gili Islands are a popular group of small tropical islands off the northwest coast of Lombok in Indonesia, known for their white-sand beaches, clear waters, and vibrant marine life.
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D.
East Sumba Regency
East Sumba Regency is an administrative region on the eastern part of Sumba Island in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province, known for its traditional villages, megalithic tombs, and distinctive Marapu culture.
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E.
West Sumba Regency
West Sumba Regency is a regency-level administrative region located on the western part of Sumba Island in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
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: Bima–Sumba group Description of subject: The Bima–Sumba group is a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on the islands of Sumbawa and Sumba in eastern Indonesia.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bima–Sumba subgroup
this entity surface form:
Bima–Sumba
this entity surface form:
Bima–Sumba