Sa'ban
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The Sa'ban are an indigenous ethnic group of the highlands of Borneo, culturally and linguistically related to other interior Dayak peoples.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6942916 — 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: Sa'ban Context triple: [Kelabit, relatedEthnicGroup, Sa'ban]
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Tully Marshall
Tully Marshall was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his prolific work in supporting roles across numerous Hollywood productions.
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B.
Cod Beck
Cod Beck is a small river in North Yorkshire, England, flowing through the North York Moors and the town of Thirsk before joining the River Swale.
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Dilfer
Dilfer is the surname of former NFL quarterback and Super Bowl champion Trent Dilfer.
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Vin Lananna
Vin Lananna is a highly respected American track and field coach and administrator known for leading powerhouse collegiate programs and helping elevate U.S. middle- and long-distance running on the national and international stage.
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E.
Charlie Sitton
Charlie Sitton is a former American college basketball standout best known for his All-American career at Oregon State University in the early 1980s.
- 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: Sa'ban Target entity description: The Sa'ban are an indigenous ethnic group of the highlands of Borneo, culturally and linguistically related to other interior Dayak peoples.
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A.
Tully Marshall
Tully Marshall was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his prolific work in supporting roles across numerous Hollywood productions.
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B.
Cod Beck
Cod Beck is a small river in North Yorkshire, England, flowing through the North York Moors and the town of Thirsk before joining the River Swale.
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C.
Dilfer
Dilfer is the surname of former NFL quarterback and Super Bowl champion Trent Dilfer.
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D.
Vin Lananna
Vin Lananna is a highly respected American track and field coach and administrator known for leading powerhouse collegiate programs and helping elevate U.S. middle- and long-distance running on the national and international stage.
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E.
Charlie Sitton
Charlie Sitton is a former American college basketball standout best known for his All-American career at Oregon State University in the early 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ethnic group ⓘ |
| associatedRiverRegion | interior river systems of Borneo ⓘ |
| classification | indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ |
| culturalArea | interior highlands of central Borneo ⓘ |
| culturallyRelatedTo |
interior Dayak peoples
ⓘ
linked to:
Dayak peoples
|
| culturalPractice |
communal labor exchange
ⓘ
ritual feasting ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Borneo ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroup | Sa'ban people ⓘ |
| language |
Sa'ban language
ⓘ
linked to:
Sa’ban language
|
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| languageSubgroup | Apo Duat languages ⓘ |
| linguisticallyRelatedTo | interior Dayak peoples ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kalimantan
ⓘ
Malaysian Borneo ⓘ
linked to:
northern Borneo
Sarawak ⓘ |
| minorityStatusIn |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ |
| oralTradition | myths and legends ⓘ |
| partOf | Dayak cultural sphere ⓘ |
| primarySubsistence |
shifting cultivation
ⓘ
swidden agriculture ⓘ |
| region |
highlands of Borneo
ⓘ
linked to:
Interior Highlands of Borneo
|
| relatedEthnicGroup | Dayak peoples ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ |
| socialOrganization |
kinship-based society
ⓘ
village-based community ⓘ |
| threat |
cultural assimilation
ⓘ
language shift ⓘ |
| traditionalBelief |
ancestor veneration
ⓘ
spirit worship ⓘ |
| traditionalCraft |
basketry
ⓘ
weaving ⓘ woodcarving ⓘ |
| traditionalCrop |
rice
ⓘ
tuber crops ⓘ |
| traditionalDwelling | longhouse ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
forest product gathering
ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| traditionalMusic |
gong ensemble
ⓘ
mouth harp ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion | animism ⓘ |
| usesScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: Sa'ban Description of subject: The Sa'ban are an indigenous ethnic group of the highlands of Borneo, culturally and linguistically related to other interior Dayak peoples.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sa'ban