Kaili people
E384818
The Kaili people are an indigenous ethnic group of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their Austronesian language, agrarian traditions, and rich ritual and artistic culture.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kaili people canonical | 13 |
| Kaili ethnic communities | 2 |
| Kaili ethnic group | 2 |
| indigenous Kaili people | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3730389 — 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: Kaili people Context triple: [Central Sulawesi, containsEthnicGroup, Kaili people]
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A.
Miao people
The Miao people are an indigenous ethnic group of China and Southeast Asia, known for their distinct languages, vibrant traditional clothing, and rich folk music and festival customs.
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B.
Tujia people
The Tujia people are an ethnic minority group in China known for their distinct language, rich folk traditions, and historic presence in the mountainous regions of Hubei, Hunan, Chongqing, and Guizhou.
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C.
Kho people
The Kho people are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group native to the mountainous Chitral region of northern Pakistan, known for their distinct Khowar language and rich cultural traditions.
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D.
Shan people
The Shan people are a Tai ethnic group primarily inhabiting Myanmar’s Shan State, known for their distinct language, Theravada Buddhist traditions, and historical Shan principalities.
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E.
Luo people
The Luo people are a Nilotic ethnic group of East Africa, primarily found in western Kenya and northern Tanzania, known for their rich oral traditions, fishing culture, and significant influence in regional politics and society.
- 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: Kaili people Target entity description: The Kaili people are an indigenous ethnic group of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their Austronesian language, agrarian traditions, and rich ritual and artistic culture.
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A.
Miao people
The Miao people are an indigenous ethnic group of China and Southeast Asia, known for their distinct languages, vibrant traditional clothing, and rich folk music and festival customs.
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B.
Tujia people
The Tujia people are an ethnic minority group in China known for their distinct language, rich folk traditions, and historic presence in the mountainous regions of Hubei, Hunan, Chongqing, and Guizhou.
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C.
Kho people
The Kho people are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group native to the mountainous Chitral region of northern Pakistan, known for their distinct Khowar language and rich cultural traditions.
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D.
Shan people
The Shan people are a Tai ethnic group primarily inhabiting Myanmar’s Shan State, known for their distinct language, Theravada Buddhist traditions, and historical Shan principalities.
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E.
Luo people
The Luo people are a Nilotic ethnic group of East Africa, primarily found in western Kenya and northern Tanzania, known for their rich oral traditions, fishing culture, and significant influence in regional politics and society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethnic group
ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ |
| artForm |
carved house ornaments
ⓘ
drumming ⓘ gong music ⓘ ritual dance ⓘ textile patterns ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| culturalTrait |
oral tradition
ⓘ
rich ritual life ⓘ traditional dance ⓘ traditional music ⓘ traditional weaving ⓘ woodcarving ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Austronesian peoples ⓘ |
| hasSubgroups | various Kaili-speaking groups ⓘ |
| kinshipSystem | bilateral kinship ⓘ |
| language | Kaili language ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Sulawesi
ⓘ
Sulawesi ⓘ
linked to:
Celebes
|
| mainCrops |
cassava
ⓘ
coconut ⓘ maize ⓘ rice ⓘ |
| modernInfluence | integration into Indonesian national culture ⓘ |
| partOf | Indonesian people ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Government of Indonesia ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern Indonesia
ⓘ
linked to:
eastern Indonesia
|
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ traditional beliefs ⓘ |
| ritualPractice |
agricultural rituals
ⓘ
ancestor veneration ⓘ life-cycle ceremonies ⓘ |
| socialOrganization |
kinship groups
ⓘ
village-based communities ⓘ |
| traditionalBeliefSystem | indigenous animist beliefs ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy | agriculture ⓘ |
| traditionalHouseMaterial | wood ⓘ |
| traditionalHouseRoofMaterial | thatch ⓘ |
| traditionalHouseType | stilt house ⓘ |
| traditionalLeadership |
ritual specialist
ⓘ
village head ⓘ |
| traditionalLivelihood |
horticulture
ⓘ
swidden agriculture ⓘ wet-rice farming ⓘ |
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: Kaili people Description of subject: The Kaili people are an indigenous ethnic group of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their Austronesian language, agrarian traditions, and rich ritual and artistic culture.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kaili people
linked to: Kaili people
linked to: Kaili people
linked to: Kaili people
linked to: Kaili people