Bajawa people
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The Bajawa people are an indigenous ethnic group from the central highlands of Flores Island in Indonesia, known for their distinct culture, traditional villages, and megalithic ancestral rituals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bajawa people canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7735854 — 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: Bajawa people Context triple: [Bajawa language, isSpokenBy, Bajawa people]
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A.
Bima people
The Bima people are an indigenous ethnic group of eastern Sumbawa in Indonesia, known for their distinct Bima language, Islamic traditions, and rich maritime and horse-riding culture.
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B.
Talaud people
The Talaud people are an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group inhabiting the Talaud Islands in northern Indonesia, known for their seafaring traditions and distinct language and culture.
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C.
Kerinci people
The Kerinci people are an indigenous ethnic group from the highland Kerinci region of central Sumatra, Indonesia, known for their distinct Malayic language, terraced wet-rice agriculture, and rich oral and ritual traditions.
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D.
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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E.
Tanimbar people
The Tanimbar people are an indigenous ethnic group from the Tanimbar Islands in eastern Indonesia, known for their distinct Austronesian culture, traditional wooden architecture, and rich maritime and ritual 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: Bajawa people Target entity description: The Bajawa people are an indigenous ethnic group from the central highlands of Flores Island in Indonesia, known for their distinct culture, traditional villages, and megalithic ancestral rituals.
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A.
Bima people
The Bima people are an indigenous ethnic group of eastern Sumbawa in Indonesia, known for their distinct Bima language, Islamic traditions, and rich maritime and horse-riding culture.
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B.
Talaud people
The Talaud people are an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group inhabiting the Talaud Islands in northern Indonesia, known for their seafaring traditions and distinct language and culture.
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C.
Kerinci people
The Kerinci people are an indigenous ethnic group from the highland Kerinci region of central Sumatra, Indonesia, known for their distinct Malayic language, terraced wet-rice agriculture, and rich oral and ritual traditions.
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D.
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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E.
Tanimbar people
The Tanimbar people are an indigenous ethnic group from the Tanimbar Islands in eastern Indonesia, known for their distinct Austronesian culture, traditional wooden architecture, and rich maritime and ritual practices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ethnic group ⓘ |
| artForm | ikat weaving ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| culture |
communal feasting rituals
ⓘ
megalithic ancestral rituals ⓘ megalithic traditions ⓘ ritual ceremonies on stone altars ⓘ |
| economy |
dry-field farming
ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnographicRegion | central Flores highlands ⓘ |
| hasCustom |
bridewealth exchange
ⓘ
clan-based social organization ⓘ patrilineal kinship system ⓘ ritual animal sacrifice ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
clan ancestor commemoration
ⓘ
harvest ceremonies ⓘ life-cycle rituals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ancestral ritual houses
ⓘ
distinctive peaked-roof houses ⓘ stone megaliths in village plazas ⓘ traditional villages ⓘ |
| language | Bajawa language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| livestock |
chickens
ⓘ
pigs ⓘ water buffalo ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Flores Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central highlands of Flores ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
East Nusa Tenggara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ngada Regency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCrop |
cassava
ⓘ
coffee ⓘ maize ⓘ sweet potatoes ⓘ |
| partOf | Ngada people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Lesser Sunda Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Islam
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ traditional animist beliefs ⓘ |
| ritualObject |
ancestral altars
ⓘ
stone menhirs ⓘ |
| traditionalClothing | ikat textiles ⓘ |
| traditionalHouseType | ngadhu and bhaga houses ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion | ancestral spirit worship ⓘ |
| traditionalSettlementType | mountain village ⓘ |
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: Bajawa people Description of subject: The Bajawa people are an indigenous ethnic group from the central highlands of Flores Island in Indonesia, known for their distinct culture, traditional villages, and megalithic ancestral rituals.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.