Modang people
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The Modang people are an indigenous Dayak ethnic group of Borneo known for their distinct language, traditional longhouse communities, and rich ritual and artistic heritage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Modang people canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6095721 — 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: Modang people Context triple: [Kayan people, relatedEthnicGroup, Modang people]
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A.
Barunggam people
The Barunggam people are an Aboriginal Australian group whose ancestral lands lie in the Darling Downs region of southern Queensland.
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B.
Baegu people
The Baegu people are an indigenous ethnic group of Malaita in the Solomon Islands, known for their distinct Austronesian language and traditional subsistence farming and fishing practices.
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C.
Songhees people
The Songhees people are an Indigenous Coast Salish nation of the Northern Straits region whose traditional territories include what is now Victoria and the surrounding areas of southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
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D.
Chol people
The Chol people are a Mayan indigenous group of southern Mexico known for their distinct Mayan language, traditional agriculture, and rich cultural and religious practices.
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E.
Koya people
The Koya people are an indigenous Adivasi community of central and southern India, primarily inhabiting forested and hilly regions of states like Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha, with distinct cultural traditions and social practices.
- 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: Modang people Target entity description: The Modang people are an indigenous Dayak ethnic group of Borneo known for their distinct language, traditional longhouse communities, and rich ritual and artistic heritage.
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A.
Barunggam people
The Barunggam people are an Aboriginal Australian group whose ancestral lands lie in the Darling Downs region of southern Queensland.
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B.
Baegu people
The Baegu people are an indigenous ethnic group of Malaita in the Solomon Islands, known for their distinct Austronesian language and traditional subsistence farming and fishing practices.
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C.
Songhees people
The Songhees people are an Indigenous Coast Salish nation of the Northern Straits region whose traditional territories include what is now Victoria and the surrounding areas of southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
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D.
Chol people
The Chol people are a Mayan indigenous group of southern Mexico known for their distinct Mayan language, traditional agriculture, and rich cultural and religious practices.
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E.
Koya people
The Koya people are an indigenous Adivasi community of central and southern India, primarily inhabiting forested and hilly regions of states like Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha, with distinct cultural traditions and social practices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dayak people
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ethnic group ⓘ |
| artForm |
body ornamentation
ⓘ
decorative woodcarving ⓘ ritual dance ⓘ ritual music ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| culturalHeritage |
dance
ⓘ
music ⓘ oral traditions ⓘ ritual ceremonies ⓘ weaving ⓘ woodcarving ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
communal rituals in longhouses
ⓘ
rice cultivation rituals ⓘ |
| environment | tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroup |
Dayak
ⓘ
linked to:
Dayak peoples
|
| hasAutonym | Modang ⓘ |
| indigenousTo | interior of East Kalimantan ⓘ |
| language | Modang language ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| languageSubfamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Borneo ⓘ |
| partOf |
Dayak peoples of Borneo
ⓘ
linked to:
Dayak peoples
|
| region | East Kalimantan ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Bahau people
ⓘ
Kayan people ⓘ Kenyah people ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Kaharingan ⓘ |
| socialOrganization | longhouse community ⓘ |
| threat |
deforestation in Borneo
ⓘ
loss of traditional lands ⓘ |
| traditionalBelief |
ancestor worship
ⓘ
animism ⓘ |
| traditionalDwelling | longhouse ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
fishing
ⓘ
forest product collection ⓘ hunting and gathering ⓘ swidden agriculture ⓘ |
| traditionalLaw | customary law (adat) ⓘ |
| traditionalLeadership | village chief ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion | Dayak indigenous religion ⓘ |
| usesWritingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
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: Modang people Description of subject: The Modang people are an indigenous Dayak ethnic group of Borneo known for their distinct language, traditional longhouse communities, and rich ritual and artistic heritage.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.