Iliganon people
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The Iliganon people are a Visayan ethnolinguistic group native to the city of Iligan and surrounding areas in Mindanao, known for their distinct Iliganon Cebuano dialect and coastal trading heritage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iliganon people canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10327601 — 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: Iliganon people Context triple: [Lanao del Norte, hasEthnicGroup, Iliganon 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.
Ibaloy people
The Ibaloy people are an indigenous ethnic group of the northern Philippines, primarily inhabiting the Benguet region of the Cordillera mountains, known for their rich agricultural traditions and distinct cultural practices.
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C.
Itawit people
The Itawit people are an indigenous ethnic group of northern Luzon in the Philippines, traditionally settled along the Cagayan River and known for their distinct culture and Austronesian heritage.
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D.
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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E.
Ilonggo people
The Ilonggo people, also known as Hiligaynon, are a Visayan ethnolinguistic group in the Philippines primarily from Iloilo and Negros Occidental, recognized for their Hiligaynon language and rich maritime, agricultural, and Catholic cultural traditions.
- 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: Iliganon people Target entity description: The Iliganon people are a Visayan ethnolinguistic group native to the city of Iligan and surrounding areas in Mindanao, known for their distinct Iliganon Cebuano dialect and coastal trading heritage.
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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.
Ibaloy people
The Ibaloy people are an indigenous ethnic group of the northern Philippines, primarily inhabiting the Benguet region of the Cordillera mountains, known for their rich agricultural traditions and distinct cultural practices.
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C.
Itawit people
The Itawit people are an indigenous ethnic group of northern Luzon in the Philippines, traditionally settled along the Cagayan River and known for their distinct culture and Austronesian heritage.
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D.
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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E.
Ilonggo people
The Ilonggo people, also known as Hiligaynon, are a Visayan ethnolinguistic group in the Philippines primarily from Iloilo and Negros Occidental, recognized for their Hiligaynon language and rich maritime, agricultural, and Catholic cultural traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Visayan people
ⓘ
ethnolinguistic group ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| cultureArea | Visayas-Mindanao cultural zone ⓘ |
| dialectOf | Cebuano language ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
fishing
ⓘ
small-scale commerce ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Visayan ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coastal trading heritage
ⓘ
seafaring traditions ⓘ |
| language |
Iliganon Cebuano
ⓘ
linked to:
Cebuano language
|
| languageFamily |
Cebuano
ⓘ
linked to:
Cebuano language
Visayan languages ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Iligan
ⓘ
Mindanao ⓘ Philippines ⓘ |
| neighboringGroups |
Cebuano people
ⓘ
Higaonon people ⓘ Maranao people ⓘ
linked to:
Maranao
|
| partOf |
Visayan ethnolinguistic groups
ⓘ
linked to:
Visayan people
|
| primaryLocation |
Iligan City
ⓘ
linked to:
Iligan
northern Mindanao ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Mindanao
|
| region | coastal Mindanao ⓘ |
| religion |
Islam
ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| urbanCenter |
Iligan City
ⓘ
linked to:
Iligan
|
| usesScript | 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: Iliganon people Description of subject: The Iliganon people are a Visayan ethnolinguistic group native to the city of Iligan and surrounding areas in Mindanao, known for their distinct Iliganon Cebuano dialect and coastal trading heritage.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.