Manggarai people
E182166
The Manggarai people are an indigenous ethnic group of western Flores in Indonesia, known for their distinctive communal houses, ritual traditions, and the circular, spiderweb-like rice fields called lingko.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Manggarai people canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1479706 — 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: Manggarai people Context triple: [Nusa Tenggara, ethnicGroup, Manggarai people]
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A.
Ngaju people
The Ngaju people are an indigenous Dayak ethnic group of central Kalimantan, Borneo, known for their rich river-based culture, traditional longhouses, and elaborate secondary burial rituals.
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B.
Dimasa people
The Dimasa people are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman ethnic community of Northeast India, primarily associated with Assam and known for their distinct language, culture, and historical Dimasa kingdom.
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C.
Osing people
The Osing people are an indigenous ethnic group of eastern Java, Indonesia, known for their distinct language, culture, and traditions that blend Javanese and Balinese influences.
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D.
Rabha people
The Rabha people are an indigenous ethnic community of Northeast India, primarily inhabiting Assam and Meghalaya, known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman language, traditional agrarian lifestyle, and rich folk culture.
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E.
Kayan people
The Kayan people are an indigenous Dayak ethnic group of Borneo known for their riverine longhouse communities, elaborate body art, and rich oral traditions.
- 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: Manggarai people Target entity description: The Manggarai people are an indigenous ethnic group of western Flores in Indonesia, known for their distinctive communal houses, ritual traditions, and the circular, spiderweb-like rice fields called lingko.
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A.
Ngaju people
The Ngaju people are an indigenous Dayak ethnic group of central Kalimantan, Borneo, known for their rich river-based culture, traditional longhouses, and elaborate secondary burial rituals.
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B.
Dimasa people
The Dimasa people are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman ethnic community of Northeast India, primarily associated with Assam and known for their distinct language, culture, and historical Dimasa kingdom.
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C.
Osing people
The Osing people are an indigenous ethnic group of eastern Java, Indonesia, known for their distinct language, culture, and traditions that blend Javanese and Balinese influences.
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D.
Rabha people
The Rabha people are an indigenous ethnic community of Northeast India, primarily inhabiting Assam and Meghalaya, known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman language, traditional agrarian lifestyle, and rich folk culture.
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E.
Kayan people
The Kayan people are an indigenous Dayak ethnic group of Borneo known for their riverine longhouse communities, elaborate body art, and rich oral traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethnic group
ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ |
| agriculturalTool | traditional wooden plough ⓘ |
| architectureStyle | conical communal houses ⓘ |
| caci | ritual whip-fighting dance ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| culturalHeritageStatus | recognized in Indonesian national culture ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
East Manggarai Regency
ⓘ
Manggarai Regency ⓘ West Manggarai Regency ⓘ |
| danceTradition | caci dance ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Indonesia ⓘ |
| ethnologueCode | mqy (Manggarai language) ⓘ |
| farmingSystem | lingko ⓘ |
| householdOrganization | extended families in communal houses ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Nusantara ethnic mosaic ⓘ |
| kinshipSystem | patrilineal tendencies ⓘ |
| language | Manggarai language ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| livelihood | animal husbandry ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Nusa Tenggara
ⓘ
Flores ⓘ
surface form:
Flores Island
Lesser Sunda Islands ⓘ western Flores ⓘ |
| mainIsland | Flores ⓘ |
| mainSubsistence |
dry-field farming
ⓘ
wet-rice agriculture ⓘ |
| musicTradition | gong and drum ensembles ⓘ |
| neighboringEthnicGroups |
Bima people
ⓘ
Ngada people ⓘ |
| province |
East Nusa Tenggara
ⓘ
surface form:
East Nusa Tenggara Province
|
| religion |
Islam
ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| riceFieldPattern | circular spiderweb-like fields ⓘ |
| ritualFocus |
ancestors
ⓘ
land spirits ⓘ |
| ritualTradition | caci ⓘ |
| settlementPattern | communal villages ⓘ |
| socialOrganization | clan-based system ⓘ |
| textileTradition | ikat weaving ⓘ |
| traditionalHouse |
Mbaru Niang
ⓘ
surface form:
mbaru niang
|
| traditionalLeadership |
clan leaders
ⓘ
village elders ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion | Manggarai indigenous beliefs ⓘ |
| uses | ritual feasts in agricultural cycle ⓘ |
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: Manggarai people Description of subject: The Manggarai people are an indigenous ethnic group of western Flores in Indonesia, known for their distinctive communal houses, ritual traditions, and the circular, spiderweb-like rice fields called lingko.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.