Sumbanese people
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The Sumbanese people are an indigenous ethnic group from the island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia, known for their megalithic tombs, distinctive ikat textiles, and traditional Marapu belief system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sumbanese people canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7257287 — 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: Sumbanese people Context triple: [Waikabubak, hasEthnicGroup, Sumbanese 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.
Balinese people
The Balinese people are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the Indonesian island of Bali, renowned for their Hindu-influenced culture, elaborate rituals, and rich traditions in dance, music, and visual arts.
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D.
Javanese people
The Javanese people are the largest ethnic group in Indonesia, primarily inhabiting the island of Java and known for their rich cultural traditions, including classical dance, gamelan music, and a distinct language.
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E.
Madurese people
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.
- 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: Sumbanese people Target entity description: The Sumbanese people are an indigenous ethnic group from the island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia, known for their megalithic tombs, distinctive ikat textiles, and traditional Marapu belief system.
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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.
Balinese people
The Balinese people are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the Indonesian island of Bali, renowned for their Hindu-influenced culture, elaborate rituals, and rich traditions in dance, music, and visual arts.
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D.
Javanese people
The Javanese people are the largest ethnic group in Indonesia, primarily inhabiting the island of Java and known for their rich cultural traditions, including classical dance, gamelan music, and a distinct language.
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E.
Madurese people
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ethnic group ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Eastern Lesser Sunda Islands
ⓘ
linked to:
Lesser Sunda Islands
|
| economy |
animal husbandry
ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| funeraryCustoms |
megalithic burials
ⓘ
sacrificial rituals ⓘ |
| intangibleHeritage |
oral traditions
ⓘ
ritual poetry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Pasola festival
ⓘ
ikat textiles ⓘ megalithic tombs ⓘ ritual warfare traditions ⓘ stone tombs ⓘ traditional villages on hilltops ⓘ |
| language | Sumbanese language ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| livestock |
chickens
ⓘ
horses ⓘ pigs ⓘ water buffalo ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eastern Indonesia
ⓘ
linked to:
eastern Indonesia
Lesser Sunda Islands ⓘ |
| mainCrops |
beans
ⓘ
cassava ⓘ maize ⓘ rice ⓘ |
| marriageCustoms |
arranged marriages
ⓘ
bridewealth payments ⓘ |
| primaryLocation | Sumba ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Flores people
ⓘ
Savunese people ⓘ Timorese people ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Marapu ⓘ |
| ritualSpecialists | Marapu priests ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
clan-based organization
ⓘ
patrilineal descent ⓘ |
| textileTechnique | ikat ⓘ |
| traditionalArchitecture |
high thatched roofs
ⓘ
megalithic stone arrangements ⓘ raised wooden houses ⓘ |
| traditionalBeliefSystem | Marapu ⓘ |
| traditionalTextile |
hinggi (men’s cloth)
ⓘ
lau (women’s cloth) ⓘ |
| traditionalWeapon |
machete
ⓘ
spear ⓘ |
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: Sumbanese people Description of subject: The Sumbanese people are an indigenous ethnic group from the island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia, known for their megalithic tombs, distinctive ikat textiles, and traditional Marapu belief system.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.