Segai language
E546320
The Segai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Segai people of Borneo, belonging to the Kayanic subgroup.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Segai language canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5615529 — 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: Segai language Context triple: [Kayanic languages, hasMember, Segai language]
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A.
Kapingamarangi language
The Kapingamarangi language is a Polynesian outlier language spoken primarily on Kapingamarangi Atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia.
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B.
Opata language
The Opata language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Opata people of northern Mexico, particularly in the present-day state of Sonora.
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C.
Semai language
The Semai language is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Semai people, an indigenous Orang Asli group in Peninsular Malaysia.
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D.
Banda-Linda language
The Banda-Linda language is a Banda language spoken by the Banda-Linda people of the Central African Republic.
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E.
Akawaio language
The Akawaio language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Akawaio people of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil.
- 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: Segai language Target entity description: The Segai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Segai people of Borneo, belonging to the Kayanic subgroup.
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A.
Kapingamarangi language
The Kapingamarangi language is a Polynesian outlier language spoken primarily on Kapingamarangi Atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia.
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B.
Opata language
The Opata language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Opata people of northern Mexico, particularly in the present-day state of Sonora.
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C.
Semai language
The Semai language is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Semai people, an indigenous Orang Asli group in Peninsular Malaysia.
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D.
Banda-Linda language
The Banda-Linda language is a Banda language spoken by the Banda-Linda people of the Central African Republic.
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E.
Akawaio language
The Akawaio language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Akawaio people of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Segai culture ⓘ |
| category |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Kayanic languages ⓘ Languages of Borneo ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Segai people ⓘ |
| geneticClassification |
Austronesian
ⓘ
Kayanic languages ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| hasTypology | SVO word order (likely) ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script (likely, if written) ⓘ |
| isEndangered | possibly ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn | Borneo ⓘ |
| isSpoken | Indonesia (likely) ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| region | Kalimantan ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Kayan language
ⓘ
Modang language ⓘ other Kayanic languages ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Segai people ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Borneo ⓘ |
| subfamily | Kayanic languages ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication within Segai communities ⓘ |
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: Segai language Description of subject: The Segai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Segai people of Borneo, belonging to the Kayanic subgroup.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.