Semaq Beri
E783465
Semaq Beri is an Aslian language spoken by an indigenous Orang Asli community in Peninsular Malaysia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Semaq Beri canonical | 6 |
| Semaq Berik | 1 |
| Semaq Beri’ | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9192235 — 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: Semaq Beri Context triple: [Aslian, hasLanguage, Semaq Beri]
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A.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
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B.
Shemariah
Shemariah is a biblical figure mentioned in genealogical records as a descendant within the line associated with Mahalath.
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C.
Sahnun
Sahnun was a prominent 9th-century Islamic jurist from North Africa whose compilation of legal opinions, the Mudawwana, became a foundational text of the Maliki school of Sunni jurisprudence.
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D.
Benzion
Benzion is a Hebrew masculine given name meaning "son of Zion," traditionally used in Jewish communities.
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E.
Shammua
Shammua is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament, known primarily as one of the sons of David.
- 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: Semaq Beri Target entity description: Semaq Beri is an Aslian language spoken by an indigenous Orang Asli community in Peninsular Malaysia.
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A.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
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B.
Shemariah
Shemariah is a biblical figure mentioned in genealogical records as a descendant within the line associated with Mahalath.
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C.
Sahnun
Sahnun was a prominent 9th-century Islamic jurist from North Africa whose compilation of legal opinions, the Mudawwana, became a foundational text of the Maliki school of Sunni jurisprudence.
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D.
Benzion
Benzion is a Hebrew masculine given name meaning "son of Zion," traditionally used in Jewish communities.
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E.
Shammua
Shammua is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament, known primarily as one of the sons of David.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aslian language
ⓘ
Austroasiatic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Semaq Berik
ⓘ
linked to:
Semaq Beri
Semoq Beri ⓘ |
| belongsToEthnicGroup | Semaq Beri people ⓘ |
| country | Malaysia ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| ethnologueStatus | threatened ⓘ |
| glottologCode | sema1267 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Semaq Beri ⓘ |
| hasClassificationSource | Austroasiatic classification by linguists ⓘ |
| hasCommunity | nomadic or semi-nomadic Orang Asli groups ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
northern Semaq Beri
ⓘ
linked to:
Semoq Beri
southern Semaq Beri ⓘ |
| hasLanguageStatus | non-official language in Malaysia ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticArea | Malay Peninsula ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticSituation | bilingualism with Malay ⓘ |
| isIndigenousLanguageOf |
Peninsular Malaysia
ⓘ
linked to:
West Malaysia
|
| isMinorityLanguageIn | Malaysia ⓘ |
| ISO6393Code | szc ⓘ |
| isOrangAsliLanguage | true ⓘ |
| isSpokenInEnvironment | forest areas of central Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | Aslian language documentation studies ⓘ |
| isUsedFor | oral communication in Semaq Beri communities ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Aslian ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austroasiatic ⓘ |
| partOfLanguageFamily |
Austroasiatic language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Austroasiatic
|
| region |
Pahang
ⓘ
Terengganu ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Orang Asli
ⓘ
Semaq Beri people ⓘ indigenous community in Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Malaysia
ⓘ
Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ
linked to:
West Malaysia
|
| subfamilyOf |
Aslian branch
ⓘ
Southern Aslian ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Aslian languages
|
| threatenedBy | language shift to Malay ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
word order SVO ⓘ |
| usedBy | small population ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
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: Semaq Beri Description of subject: Semaq Beri is an Aslian language spoken by an indigenous Orang Asli community in Peninsular Malaysia.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Semaq Beri
linked to: Semaq Beri