Yemeni American
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Yemeni American refers to Americans of Yemeni descent, a distinct Arab and Muslim immigrant community in the United States with notable concentrations in states like Michigan and New York.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yemeni Americans | 3 |
| Yemeni American canonical | 2 |
| Yemeni-American community | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T365831 — 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: Yemeni American Context triple: [Asian American, hasPart, Yemeni American]
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A.
Palestinian American
A Palestinian American is a person of Palestinian heritage who is a citizen or resident of the United States, often maintaining cultural, familial, and historical ties to Palestine while living in an American context.
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B.
Middle Eastern American
Middle Eastern Americans are U.S. residents and citizens with ancestral roots in the Middle East, encompassing diverse ethnic, cultural, and religious backgrounds.
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C.
Yemeni corner
The Yemeni corner is the southwestern corner of the Kaaba in Mecca, revered in Islamic tradition as a spot where many pilgrims touch or gesture toward it while performing the circumambulation (tawaf).
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D.
Lebanese American
A Lebanese American is a U.S. citizen or resident of Lebanese ancestry, reflecting a blend of Lebanese cultural heritage and American identity.
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E.
Yemeni Arabic
Yemeni Arabic is a group of Arabic dialects spoken primarily in Yemen, known for their distinctive phonology, vocabulary, and conservative linguistic features compared to many other Arabic varieties.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Yemeni American Target entity description: Yemeni American refers to Americans of Yemeni descent, a distinct Arab and Muslim immigrant community in the United States with notable concentrations in states like Michigan and New York.
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A.
Palestinian American
A Palestinian American is a person of Palestinian heritage who is a citizen or resident of the United States, often maintaining cultural, familial, and historical ties to Palestine while living in an American context.
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B.
Middle Eastern American
Middle Eastern Americans are U.S. residents and citizens with ancestral roots in the Middle East, encompassing diverse ethnic, cultural, and religious backgrounds.
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C.
Yemeni corner
The Yemeni corner is the southwestern corner of the Kaaba in Mecca, revered in Islamic tradition as a spot where many pilgrims touch or gesture toward it while performing the circumambulation (tawaf).
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D.
Lebanese American
A Lebanese American is a U.S. citizen or resident of Lebanese ancestry, reflecting a blend of Lebanese cultural heritage and American identity.
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E.
Yemenite Jews
Yemenite Jews are a historically distinct Jewish community from Yemen, known for their unique religious traditions, liturgical customs, and preservation of ancient Hebrew pronunciation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab American community
ⓘ
Muslim American community ⓘ diaspora community ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Arab American civil rights organizations
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Yemeni American Association ⓘ Yemeni American Merchants Association ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Yemen ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| facedIssue |
Islamophobia
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immigration restrictions ⓘ racial profiling ⓘ travel bans affecting Yemen ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPractice |
arranged and family-based marriages
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celebration of Islamic holidays ⓘ maintenance of Yemeni Arabic dialects ⓘ remittance sending to Yemen ⓘ |
| hasMajorPopulationIn |
Bay Ridge
ⓘ
surface form:
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Brooklyn ⓘ
surface form:
Brooklyn, New York
Buffalo ⓘ
surface form:
Buffalo, New York
California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
California
Dearborn, Michigan, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Dearborn, Michigan
Detroit ⓘ
surface form:
Detroit, Michigan
Fresno ⓘ
surface form:
Fresno, California
Hamtramck, Michigan ⓘ Illinois ⓘ Michigan ⓘ New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York (state)
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| languageUsed |
Arabic
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English ⓘ Yemeni Arabic ⓘ |
| migrationWave |
late 19th century seafaring migration
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post-1965 immigration to the United States ⓘ |
| notableBusinessType |
convenience store
ⓘ
corner store ⓘ |
| notableReligionInstitutionType | mosque ⓘ |
| relatedGroup |
Arabs
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surface form:
Arab American
Middle Eastern American ⓘ Muslim American ⓘ People's Democratic Republic of Yemen ⓘ
surface form:
South Yemeni diaspora
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| religion |
Islam
ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
American of Arab descent
ⓘ
American of Middle Eastern descent ⓘ |
| typicalOccupation |
auto industry worker
ⓘ
bodega owner ⓘ grocery store worker ⓘ restaurant worker ⓘ small business owner ⓘ |
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: Yemeni American Description of subject: Yemeni American refers to Americans of Yemeni descent, a distinct Arab and Muslim immigrant community in the United States with notable concentrations in states like Michigan and New York.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.