Madurese people
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The Madurese people are an Austronesian ethnic group from the Indonesian island of Madura and surrounding regions, known for their distinct language, Islamic traditions, and maritime and cattle-breeding culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madurese people canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5893858 — 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: Madurese people Context triple: [indigenous peoples of the Dutch East Indies, hasEthnicGroup, Madurese people]
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A.
Sundanese people
The Sundanese people are an indigenous ethnic group primarily inhabiting the western part of Java in Indonesia, known for their distinct language, rich musical and dance traditions, and agrarian-based culture.
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B.
Buginese people
The Buginese people are an Austronesian ethnic group from South Sulawesi, Indonesia, historically renowned as skilled seafarers, traders, and navigators across the Indonesian archipelago.
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C.
Maluku peoples
The Maluku peoples are the diverse indigenous ethnic groups of Indonesia’s Maluku (Moluccan) Islands, known for their distinct Austronesian languages, seafaring traditions, and rich spice-trade heritage.
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D.
Bidayuh people
The Bidayuh people are an indigenous ethnic group of Borneo, primarily residing in Sarawak, Malaysia, known for their distinct languages, traditional longhouse communities, and rich agricultural and ritual practices.
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E.
Mongondow people
The Mongondow people are an indigenous ethnic group from northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their distinct Austronesian language and rich local traditions.
- 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: Madurese people Target entity description: The Madurese people are an Austronesian ethnic group from the Indonesian island of Madura and surrounding regions, known for their distinct language, Islamic traditions, and maritime and cattle-breeding culture.
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A.
Sundanese people
The Sundanese people are an indigenous ethnic group primarily inhabiting the western part of Java in Indonesia, known for their distinct language, rich musical and dance traditions, and agrarian-based culture.
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B.
Buginese people
The Buginese people are an Austronesian ethnic group from South Sulawesi, Indonesia, historically renowned as skilled seafarers, traders, and navigators across the Indonesian archipelago.
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C.
Maluku peoples
The Maluku peoples are the diverse indigenous ethnic groups of Indonesia’s Maluku (Moluccan) Islands, known for their distinct Austronesian languages, seafaring traditions, and rich spice-trade heritage.
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D.
Bidayuh people
The Bidayuh people are an indigenous ethnic group of Borneo, primarily residing in Sarawak, Malaysia, known for their distinct languages, traditional longhouse communities, and rich agricultural and ritual practices.
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E.
Mongondow people
The Mongondow people are an indigenous ethnic group from northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their distinct Austronesian language and rich local traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian people
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ |
| bullRacingName | Karapan sapi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| cuisine | Madurese cuisine ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
Islamic boarding school tradition
ⓘ
bull racing ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Madura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalValue |
Islamic piety
ⓘ
strong kinship ties ⓘ |
| educationInstitutionType | pesantren ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupIn | Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cattle-breeding culture
ⓘ
maritime culture ⓘ strong Islamic traditions ⓘ |
| language | Madurese language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| majorReligion | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorReligionInstitution | Islamic boarding schools ⓘ |
| migrationPattern | internal migration within Indonesia ⓘ |
| nationality | Indonesian ⓘ |
| notableDish |
sate Madura
ⓘ
soto Madura ⓘ |
| populationRankInIndonesia | one of the largest ethnic groups ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
East Java
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Java Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ Madura Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Java Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Balinese people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Javanese people NERFINISHED ⓘ Osing people NERFINISHED ⓘ Sundanese people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousMajority | Muslim ⓘ |
| scriptUsedCurrently | Latin script ⓘ |
| scriptUsedHistorically | Javanese script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantPopulationIn |
East Java mainland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kalimantan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sumatra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Austronesian peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | Madura traditional house ⓘ |
| traditionalLivelihood |
cattle breeding
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ salt production ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion |
Kangean Islands
NERFINISHED
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Madura Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Sapudi Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Madurese people Description of subject: The Madurese people are an Austronesian ethnic group from the Indonesian island of Madura and surrounding regions, known for their distinct language, Islamic traditions, and maritime and cattle-breeding culture.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.