Subanon
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Subanon is an indigenous ethnic group in the Philippines, primarily inhabiting the Zamboanga Peninsula of Mindanao and known for their distinct language and upland farming traditions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Central Subanen | 3 |
| Subanon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5745299 — 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: Subanon Context triple: [Subanen, hasAlternativeName, Subanon]
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A.
Montoni
Montoni is the ruthless and manipulative Italian nobleman who serves as the primary antagonist in Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic novel "The Mysteries of Udolpho."
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B.
Taur Matan Ruak
Taur Matan Ruak is an East Timorese military leader and politician who served as commander of the national defence force and later as President of Timor-Leste.
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C.
Jbel Bani
Jbel Bani is a long, arid mountain range in southern Morocco known for its rugged desert landscapes and traditional Berber settlements.
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D.
Sangotedo
Sangotedo is a rapidly developing suburban area in the Lekki–Epe corridor of Lagos, Nigeria, known for its growing residential estates and shopping centers.
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E.
Upangas
Upangas are a group of secondary Jain scriptures that elaborate and supplement the teachings found in the primary Agamas.
- 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: Subanon Target entity description: Subanon is an indigenous ethnic group in the Philippines, primarily inhabiting the Zamboanga Peninsula of Mindanao and known for their distinct language and upland farming traditions.
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A.
Montoni
Montoni is the ruthless and manipulative Italian nobleman who serves as the primary antagonist in Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic novel "The Mysteries of Udolpho."
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B.
Taur Matan Ruak
Taur Matan Ruak is an East Timorese military leader and politician who served as commander of the national defence force and later as President of Timor-Leste.
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C.
Jbel Bani
Jbel Bani is a long, arid mountain range in southern Morocco known for its rugged desert landscapes and traditional Berber settlements.
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D.
Sangotedo
Sangotedo is a rapidly developing suburban area in the Lekki–Epe corridor of Lagos, Nigeria, known for its growing residential estates and shopping centers.
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E.
Upangas
Upangas are a group of secondary Jain scriptures that elaborate and supplement the teachings found in the primary Agamas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | indigenous ethnic group ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
rituals related to agriculture
ⓘ
rituals related to healing ⓘ rituals related to life-cycle events ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | upland areas of the Zamboanga Peninsula ⓘ |
| etymology | name is often interpreted as meaning people of the river or people of the upstream ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Misamis Occidental
ⓘ
Zamboanga Sibugay ⓘ Zamboanga del Norte ⓘ Zamboanga del Sur ⓘ parts of Bukidnon ⓘ parts of Lanao del Norte ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Central Subanon
ⓘ
Eastern Subanon ⓘ Northern Subanon ⓘ Southern Subanon ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Subanen
Western Subanon ⓘ |
| language | Subanon language ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| legalProtection |
Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 (Philippines)
ⓘ
linked to:
Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997
|
| primaryIsland | Mindanao ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Zamboanga Peninsula ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | indigenous cultural community in the Philippines ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | National Commission on Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines ⓘ |
| religion |
Islam
ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ indigenous animist beliefs ⓘ |
| selfDesignation | Subanen ⓘ |
| threat |
land dispossession
ⓘ
resource extraction in ancestral domains ⓘ |
| traditionalBelief | spirit world inhabited by various deities and spirits ⓘ |
| traditionalDressFeature |
beadwork
ⓘ
colorful handwoven textiles ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
hunting and gathering
ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| traditionalHouseType | stilt house ⓘ |
| traditionalInstrument |
agung
ⓘ
linked to:
agong
drums ⓘ kulintang ⓘ |
| traditionalLeadership | datu ⓘ |
| traditionalLivelihood |
swidden agriculture
ⓘ
upland farming ⓘ |
| traditionalMusic |
agung music
ⓘ
gong ensemble music ⓘ |
| traditionalRitualSpecialist | balian ⓘ |
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: Subanon Description of subject: Subanon is an indigenous ethnic group in the Philippines, primarily inhabiting the Zamboanga Peninsula of Mindanao and known for their distinct language and upland farming traditions.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Subanon
linked to: Subanon
linked to: Subanon