Edo people
E274590
The Edo people are a major ethnic group of southern Nigeria, historically centered in the Benin Kingdom and known for their rich artistic, cultural, and political heritage.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edo people canonical | 23 |
| Edo peoples | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2534176 — 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.
Target entity: Edo people Context triple: [Urhobo people, neighboringEthnicGroup, Edo people]
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Yamato people
The Yamato people are the dominant ethnic group of Japan, historically centered on the main islands and forming the core of Japanese culture, language, and national identity.
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B.
Nara people
The Nara people are an indigenous ethnic group of western Eritrea, traditionally agro-pastoralists with their own Nara language and distinct cultural practices.
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C.
Kawaiisu people
The Kawaiisu people are an Indigenous Native American group traditionally inhabiting the southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains of California, known for their Uto-Aztecan language and rich basketry and rock art traditions.
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D.
Bugis
The Bugis are a seafaring Austronesian ethnic group from South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known historically as skilled sailors, traders, and navigators.
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E.
Yapese people
The Yapese people are an indigenous Micronesian ethnic group of the Yap Islands, known for their distinctive stone money, seafaring traditions, and rich ceremonial culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Edo people Target entity description: The Edo people are a major ethnic group of southern Nigeria, historically centered in the Benin Kingdom and known for their rich artistic, cultural, and political heritage.
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A.
Yamato people
The Yamato people are the dominant ethnic group of Japan, historically centered on the main islands and forming the core of Japanese culture, language, and national identity.
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B.
Nara people
The Nara people are an indigenous ethnic group of western Eritrea, traditionally agro-pastoralists with their own Nara language and distinct cultural practices.
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C.
Kawaiisu people
The Kawaiisu people are an Indigenous Native American group traditionally inhabiting the southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains of California, known for their Uto-Aztecan language and rich basketry and rock art traditions.
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D.
Bugis
The Bugis are a seafaring Austronesian ethnic group from South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known historically as skilled sailors, traders, and navigators.
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E.
Yapese people
The Yapese people are an indigenous Micronesian ethnic group of the Yap Islands, known for their distinctive stone money, seafaring traditions, and rich ceremonial culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nigerian people
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ |
| artCollectionDispersal |
Benin Bronzes
ⓘ
surface form:
Benin Bronzes in European museums
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| capitalCityOfHomeland | Benin City ⓘ |
| colonialHistoryEvent |
Benin Expedition of 1897
ⓘ
surface form:
British punitive expedition of 1897
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| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
ancestor veneration
ⓘ
elaborate court ceremonies ⓘ masquerade performances ⓘ royal festivals ⓘ |
| demographicStatus | major ethnic group of southern Nigeria ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupIn |
Delta State
ⓘ
Edo State ⓘ Lagos State ⓘ Ondo State ⓘ Rivers State ⓘ |
| historicalCenter |
Benin City
ⓘ
Kingdom of Benin ⓘ
surface form:
Benin Kingdom
|
| historicalState |
Kingdom of Benin
ⓘ
surface form:
Benin Empire
|
| knownFor |
Benin Bronzes
ⓘ
bronze casting ⓘ complex political institutions ⓘ court art ⓘ ivory carving ⓘ urban planning in Benin City ⓘ |
| language | Edo language ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Edoid languages
ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Southern Nigeria
ⓘ
surface form:
southern Nigeria
|
| primaryState | Edo State ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ traditional Edo religion ⓘ |
| subregion | West Africa ⓘ |
| traditionalArchitecture |
moats and earthworks
ⓘ
palace complexes ⓘ |
| traditionalCraft |
beadwork
ⓘ
bronze casting ⓘ ivory carving ⓘ weaving ⓘ wood carving ⓘ |
| traditionalInstitution |
age-grade associations
ⓘ
guild system ⓘ palace chiefs ⓘ |
| traditionalPoliticalSystem |
Benin monarchy
ⓘ
hereditary kingship ⓘ |
| traditionalReligionDeity |
Ogun
ⓘ
Olokun ⓘ Osanobua ⓘ |
| traditionalRulerTitle | Oba of Benin ⓘ |
| writingSystemUsedHistorically | Portuguese and later Latin script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Edo people Description of subject: The Edo people are a major ethnic group of southern Nigeria, historically centered in the Benin Kingdom and known for their rich artistic, cultural, and political heritage.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.