Eastern Polynesian subgroup
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The Eastern Polynesian subgroup is a branch of the Polynesian languages that includes closely related tongues spoken across islands such as Tahiti, Hawaii, and New Zealand.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eastern Polynesian | 1 |
| Eastern Polynesian subgroup canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6423847 — 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: Eastern Polynesian subgroup Context triple: [Tahitian language, subclassOf, Eastern Polynesian subgroup]
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A.
Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification)
Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification) is a historical subgrouping of the Austronesian language family that encompasses many of the languages of western Island Southeast Asia and parts of mainland Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
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B.
Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
Western Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in western Island Southeast Asia and parts of mainland Asia, including languages such as Tagalog, Javanese, and Malay.
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C.
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
The Central Malayo-Polynesian languages are a proposed group of Austronesian languages spoken mainly in eastern Indonesia, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical innovations that distinguish them from neighboring Malayo-Polynesian branches.
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D.
Polynesian outliers
Polynesian outliers are small, culturally Polynesian communities located on islands outside the main Polynesian Triangle, primarily in Melanesia and Micronesia.
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E.
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in eastern Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
- 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: Eastern Polynesian subgroup Target entity description: The Eastern Polynesian subgroup is a branch of the Polynesian languages that includes closely related tongues spoken across islands such as Tahiti, Hawaii, and New Zealand.
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A.
Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification)
Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification) is a historical subgrouping of the Austronesian language family that encompasses many of the languages of western Island Southeast Asia and parts of mainland Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
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B.
Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
Western Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in western Island Southeast Asia and parts of mainland Asia, including languages such as Tagalog, Javanese, and Malay.
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C.
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
The Central Malayo-Polynesian languages are a proposed group of Austronesian languages spoken mainly in eastern Indonesia, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical innovations that distinguish them from neighboring Malayo-Polynesian branches.
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D.
Polynesian outliers
Polynesian outliers are small, culturally Polynesian communities located on islands outside the main Polynesian Triangle, primarily in Melanesia and Micronesia.
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E.
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in eastern Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of Polynesian languages
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Polynesian migration and settlement of the eastern Pacific ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
high lexical similarity among member languages
ⓘ
shared grammatical structures ⓘ shared phonological innovations ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Proto-Polynesian language ⓘ |
| hasSubdivision |
Central Eastern Polynesian languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marquesic branch NERFINISHED ⓘ Rapa Nui branch ⓘ South Eastern Polynesian languages ⓘ Tahitic branch ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystems | Latin script (for most member languages) ⓘ |
| includes |
Hawaiian language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mangarevan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquesan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquesic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Māori language NERFINISHED ⓘ Rapa Nui language NERFINISHED ⓘ Rapa language NERFINISHED ⓘ Rarotongan language ⓘ Rēkohu Moriori language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tahitian language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tahitic languages ⓘ Tuamotuan language ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Oceanic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
|
| languageSubbranch | Polynesian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Austronesian languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconstructedBy | comparative method in historical linguistics ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Western Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Austral Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chatham Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Cook Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Easter Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Gambier Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquesas Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ Society Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Tahiti NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuamotu Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Polynesian linguistics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeDepth | separation from other Polynesian branches estimated at around 2,000 years ago (approximate) ⓘ |
| usedFor | classification of Polynesian languages ⓘ |
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: Eastern Polynesian subgroup Description of subject: The Eastern Polynesian subgroup is a branch of the Polynesian languages that includes closely related tongues spoken across islands such as Tahiti, Hawaii, and New Zealand.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Eastern Polynesian