Kedang people
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The Kedang people are an indigenous ethnic group from Lembata Island in eastern Indonesia, known for their distinct Austronesian culture and traditions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kedang people canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7713247 — 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: Kedang people Context triple: [Kedang language, spokenBy, Kedang people]
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A.
Kedayan people
The Kedayan people are an indigenous ethnic group of Borneo, primarily found in Brunei, Sabah, and Sarawak, known for their Malay-related culture, agriculture, and distinctive Kedayan language.
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B.
Lematang people
The Lematang people are an indigenous ethnic group of South Sumatra in Indonesia, known for their distinct language, customs, and river-based settlements along the Lematang River.
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C.
Ketagalan people
The Ketagalan people are an indigenous Taiwanese ethnic group historically inhabiting the Taipei Basin, known for their distinct culture and now largely assimilated into broader Taiwanese society.
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D.
Kutai people
The Kutai people are an indigenous ethnic group of East Kalimantan, Indonesia, traditionally centered along the Mahakam River and known for their historical sultanates and distinct Malay-influenced culture.
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E.
Pakpak people
The Pakpak people are an indigenous ethnic group from the highland regions of North Sumatra, Indonesia, with their own distinct culture, traditions, and social customs.
- 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: Kedang people Target entity description: The Kedang people are an indigenous ethnic group from Lembata Island in eastern Indonesia, known for their distinct Austronesian culture and traditions.
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A.
Kedayan people
The Kedayan people are an indigenous ethnic group of Borneo, primarily found in Brunei, Sabah, and Sarawak, known for their Malay-related culture, agriculture, and distinctive Kedayan language.
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B.
Lematang people
The Lematang people are an indigenous ethnic group of South Sumatra in Indonesia, known for their distinct language, customs, and river-based settlements along the Lematang River.
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C.
Ketagalan people
The Ketagalan people are an indigenous Taiwanese ethnic group historically inhabiting the Taipei Basin, known for their distinct culture and now largely assimilated into broader Taiwanese society.
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D.
Kutai people
The Kutai people are an indigenous ethnic group of East Kalimantan, Indonesia, traditionally centered along the Mahakam River and known for their historical sultanates and distinct Malay-influenced culture.
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E.
Pakpak people
The Pakpak people are an indigenous ethnic group from the highland regions of North Sumatra, Indonesia, with their own distinct culture, traditions, and social customs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ethnic group ⓘ |
| agriculturalCrops |
dry rice
ⓘ
maize ⓘ tubers ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision |
Province of East Nusa Tenggara
ⓘ
linked to:
East Nusa Tenggara
|
| culturalArea | eastern Flores–Lembata cultural zone ⓘ |
| culturalHeritage | Austronesian cultural traditions ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
communal feasting
ⓘ
ritual exchange ⓘ |
| demographicStatus | minority group in Indonesia ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticFamily | Austronesian peoples ⓘ |
| geographicSetting | volcanic island environment ⓘ |
| hasEndonym | Kedang ⓘ |
| hasExonym |
Kédang
ⓘ
linked to:
Kedang
|
| isPartOf |
Lembata Regency
ⓘ
linked to:
Lembata
|
| language | Kedang language ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| languageSubfamily | Central Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Nusa Tenggara
ⓘ
Lembata Island ⓘ
linked to:
Lembata
eastern Indonesia ⓘ |
| maritimeOrientation | coastal and island-based ⓘ |
| oralTradition | myths and origin stories ⓘ |
| primaryIsland | Lembata ⓘ |
| region | Lesser Sunda Islands ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Flores people
ⓘ
Lamaholot people ⓘ Lamaleran people ⓘ
linked to:
Anakalangu people
|
| religion |
Islam
ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
Roman Catholicism ⓘ indigenous beliefs ⓘ |
| seaResourcesUse | nearshore fishing ⓘ |
| socialOrganization | clan-based structure ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy | mixed farming–fishing economy ⓘ |
| traditionalHouseType | stilt house ⓘ |
| traditionalLivelihood |
fishing
ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ swidden cultivation ⓘ |
| traditionalMusic | vocal chant traditions ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion |
ancestor veneration
ⓘ
spirit worship ⓘ |
| traditionalRituals |
agricultural rituals
ⓘ
life-cycle ceremonies ⓘ |
| usesKinshipSystem | Austronesian kinship system ⓘ |
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: Kedang people Description of subject: The Kedang people are an indigenous ethnic group from Lembata Island in eastern Indonesia, known for their distinct Austronesian culture and traditions.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.