Mulao people
E930322
The Mulao people are an ethnic minority group in southern China, primarily residing in Guangxi, known for their distinct culture, traditional agriculture, and use of a Kam–Sui language.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mulao people canonical | 4 |
| Mulao | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11137284 — 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: Mulao people Context triple: [Kam–Sui languages, primaryEthnicGroups, Mulao people]
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A.
Maonan people
The Maonan people are an ethnic minority group in southern China, primarily in Guangxi, known for their distinct Kam–Sui language, rice-based agriculture, and rich folk traditions.
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B.
Luo people
The Luo people are a Nilotic ethnic group of East Africa, primarily found in western Kenya and northern Tanzania, known for their rich oral traditions, fishing culture, and significant influence in regional politics and society.
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C.
Kaili people
The Kaili people are an indigenous ethnic group of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their Austronesian language, agrarian traditions, and rich ritual and artistic culture.
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D.
Biao people
The Biao people are an ethnic group in southern China, primarily in Guangdong and Guangxi, known for their distinct Tai–Kadai language and cultural traditions.
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E.
Jingpo people
The Jingpo people are an ethnic group primarily inhabiting the mountainous border regions of Myanmar, China, and India, known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman culture, language, and 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: Mulao people Target entity description: The Mulao people are an ethnic minority group in southern China, primarily residing in Guangxi, known for their distinct culture, traditional agriculture, and use of a Kam–Sui language.
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A.
Maonan people
The Maonan people are an ethnic minority group in southern China, primarily in Guangxi, known for their distinct Kam–Sui language, rice-based agriculture, and rich folk traditions.
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B.
Luo people
The Luo people are a Nilotic ethnic group of East Africa, primarily found in western Kenya and northern Tanzania, known for their rich oral traditions, fishing culture, and significant influence in regional politics and society.
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C.
Kaili people
The Kaili people are an indigenous ethnic group of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their Austronesian language, agrarian traditions, and rich ritual and artistic culture.
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D.
Biao people
The Biao people are an ethnic group in southern China, primarily in Guangdong and Guangxi, known for their distinct Tai–Kadai language and cultural traditions.
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E.
Jingpo people
The Jingpo people are an ethnic group primarily inhabiting the mountainous border regions of Myanmar, China, and India, known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman culture, language, and traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethnic group
ⓘ
ethnic minority in China ⓘ |
| agriculturalPractice | terraced farming ⓘ |
| agriculturalProduct |
corn
ⓘ
rice ⓘ sweet potatoes ⓘ vegetables ⓘ |
| autonomousCountyIn |
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
ⓘ
linked to:
Guangxi Province
|
| autonymLanguageFamily | Kam–Sui ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| culturalHeritage | intangible cultural heritage of Guangxi ⓘ |
| culturalTrait |
distinct traditional festivals
ⓘ
silver ornaments ⓘ traditional dances ⓘ traditional embroidery ⓘ traditional folk songs ⓘ |
| demographicStatus | small-population ethnic group in China ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroup | Kam–Sui peoples ⓘ |
| governingProvinceLevelUnit |
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
ⓘ
linked to:
Guangxi Province
|
| languageFamily |
Kam–Sui languages
ⓘ
Kra–Dai language family ⓘ
linked to:
Tai–Kadai languages
|
| majorSettlementRegion | Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County ⓘ |
| minorityStatus | one of the 56 officially recognized ethnic groups of China ⓘ |
| officialRecognition | recognized ethnic minority of China ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
ⓘ
linked to:
Guangxi Province
southern China ⓘ |
| region |
South China
ⓘ
linked to:
southern China
|
| relatedEthnicGroups |
Kam people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maonan people ⓘ Sui people ⓘ |
| religion |
Chinese folk religion
ⓘ
ancestor worship ⓘ influences of Buddhism ⓘ influences of Taoism ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
clan-based organization
ⓘ
village-based communities ⓘ |
| traditionalClothing |
colorful embroidered garments
ⓘ
silver jewelry ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
agriculture
ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ maize cultivation ⓘ rice cultivation ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguage | Mulao language ⓘ |
| traditionalResidenceType |
mountainous areas
ⓘ
rural villages ⓘ |
| usesLanguage |
Chinese
ⓘ
Mulao ⓘ
linked to:
Mulao people
|
| usesWritingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
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: Mulao people Description of subject: The Mulao people are an ethnic minority group in southern China, primarily residing in Guangxi, known for their distinct culture, traditional agriculture, and use of a Kam–Sui language.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mulao people
linked to: Mulao people
linked to: Mulao people