Manobo people
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The Manobo people are an indigenous ethnolinguistic group in the southern Philippines, known for their distinct Austronesian languages, rich oral traditions, and upland farming culture.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Manobo people canonical | 13 |
| Manobo | 4 |
| Manobo peoples | 4 |
| Ilianen Manobo people | 2 |
| Manobo people of Sarangani and nearby areas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9745250 — 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: Manobo people Context triple: [Binukid, spokenBy, Manobo people]
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A.
Balangao people
The Balangao people are an indigenous ethnic group of the northern Philippines, traditionally upland farmers with a distinct culture, social structure, and language.
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B.
Dumagat people
The Dumagat people are an indigenous group in the Philippines, traditionally living in the Sierra Madre mountain range and nearby coastal areas, known for their semi-nomadic lifestyle and deep connection to the forest environment.
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C.
Palaw’an people
The Palaw’an people are an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group of the Philippines traditionally inhabiting the interior and southern regions of Palawan Island, known for their swidden agriculture, animist beliefs, and rich oral traditions.
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D.
Butuanon people
The Butuanon people are an indigenous ethnolinguistic group from the city of Butuan and surrounding areas in northeastern Mindanao in the Philippines, known for their distinct Butuanon language and maritime heritage.
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E.
Bontoc people
The Bontoc people are an indigenous ethnic group of the northern Philippines known for their rich oral traditions, rice terrace agriculture, and distinctive rituals and material 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: Manobo people Target entity description: The Manobo people are an indigenous ethnolinguistic group in the southern Philippines, known for their distinct Austronesian languages, rich oral traditions, and upland farming culture.
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A.
Balangao people
The Balangao people are an indigenous ethnic group of the northern Philippines, traditionally upland farmers with a distinct culture, social structure, and language.
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B.
Dumagat people
The Dumagat people are an indigenous group in the Philippines, traditionally living in the Sierra Madre mountain range and nearby coastal areas, known for their semi-nomadic lifestyle and deep connection to the forest environment.
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C.
Palaw’an people
The Palaw’an people are an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group of the Philippines traditionally inhabiting the interior and southern regions of Palawan Island, known for their swidden agriculture, animist beliefs, and rich oral traditions.
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D.
Butuanon people
The Butuanon people are an indigenous ethnolinguistic group from the city of Butuan and surrounding areas in northeastern Mindanao in the Philippines, known for their distinct Butuanon language and maritime heritage.
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E.
Bontoc people
The Bontoc people are an indigenous ethnic group of the northern Philippines known for their rich oral traditions, rice terrace agriculture, and distinctive rituals and material culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian ethnic group
ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Agusan River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Agusan River
Bukidnon highlands ⓘ Caraga region ⓘ
linked to:
Caraga
Cotabato region ⓘ
linked to:
Cotabato Valley
Davao region ⓘ
linked to:
Davao Region
|
| ethnicGroupIn | Philippines ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPractice |
oral transmission of epics
ⓘ
ritual agriculture ceremonies ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Agusan Manobo
ⓘ
Ata Manobo ⓘ Bagobo-Tagabawa ⓘ
linked to:
Bagobo-Tagabawa people
Banwaon ⓘ Bukidnon ⓘ Cotabato Manobo ⓘ Dibabawon Manobo ⓘ Higaonon ⓘ Ilianen Manobo ⓘ Matigsalug ⓘ Ovu-Manuvu ⓘ Talaandig ⓘ Tigwahanon ⓘ Western Bukidnon Manobo ⓘ |
| knownFor |
beadwork
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body ornamentation ⓘ distinct weaving traditions ⓘ epic chants ⓘ rich oral traditions ⓘ ritual music ⓘ traditional dance ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mindanao
ⓘ
southern Philippines ⓘ |
| partOf | Austronesian peoples ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestantism
ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
Roman Catholicism ⓘ indigenous animist beliefs ⓘ |
| speaks | Manobo languages ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Lumad ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
fishing
ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ swidden agriculture ⓘ upland farming ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion |
ancestor veneration
ⓘ
spirit worship ⓘ |
| usesWritingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
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: Manobo people Description of subject: The Manobo people are an indigenous ethnolinguistic group in the southern Philippines, known for their distinct Austronesian languages, rich oral traditions, and upland farming culture.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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