Subanen people
E271094
The Subanen people are an indigenous ethnolinguistic group of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, known for their upland farming traditions, distinct Austronesian language, and rich animist-influenced cultural practices.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Subanen people canonical | 3 |
| Banwaon people | 1 |
| Higaonon people | 1 |
| Subanen ethnic group | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2237883 — 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: Subanen people Context triple: [Zamboanga Peninsula, ethnicGroup, Subanen people]
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A.
Sama people
The Sama people are a seafaring Austronesian ethnic group of maritime communities in the southern Philippines, Sabah, and surrounding regions, traditionally known for their boat-dwelling lifestyle and fishing-based economy.
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B.
Ngaju people
The Ngaju people are an indigenous Dayak ethnic group of central Kalimantan, Borneo, known for their rich river-based culture, traditional longhouses, and elaborate secondary burial rituals.
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C.
Bhaca people
The Bhaca people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of South Africa, culturally and linguistically related to the Zulu and Xhosa, known for their distinct traditions and historical chiefdoms in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal regions.
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D.
Bandari people
The Bandari people are an ethnic group native to Iran’s southern coastal regions along the Persian Gulf, known for their seafaring traditions, distinctive music and dance, and a culture shaped by centuries of maritime trade.
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E.
Kunama people
The Kunama people are an indigenous ethnic group of the Horn of Africa, known for their distinct Nilo-Saharan language and traditional agro-pastoral lifestyle.
- 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: Subanen people Target entity description: The Subanen people are an indigenous ethnolinguistic group of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, known for their upland farming traditions, distinct Austronesian language, and rich animist-influenced cultural practices.
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A.
Sama people
The Sama people are a seafaring Austronesian ethnic group of maritime communities in the southern Philippines, Sabah, and surrounding regions, traditionally known for their boat-dwelling lifestyle and fishing-based economy.
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B.
Ngaju people
The Ngaju people are an indigenous Dayak ethnic group of central Kalimantan, Borneo, known for their rich river-based culture, traditional longhouses, and elaborate secondary burial rituals.
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C.
Bhaca people
The Bhaca people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of South Africa, culturally and linguistically related to the Zulu and Xhosa, known for their distinct traditions and historical chiefdoms in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal regions.
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D.
Bandari people
The Bandari people are an ethnic group native to Iran’s southern coastal regions along the Persian Gulf, known for their seafaring traditions, distinctive music and dance, and a culture shaped by centuries of maritime trade.
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E.
Kunama people
The Kunama people are an indigenous ethnic group of the Horn of Africa, known for their distinct Nilo-Saharan language and traditional agro-pastoral lifestyle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian ethnolinguistic group
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ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroupOf | Mindanao ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Lapuyan Subanen
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surface form:
Central Subanen
Eastern Subanen ⓘ Kolibugan Subanen ⓘ Western Subanen ⓘ |
| language | Subanen languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| languageSubfamily | Greater Central Philippine languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bukidnon
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Mindanao ⓘ Misamis Occidental ⓘ Northern Mindanao ⓘ Zamboanga Peninsula ⓘ Zamboanga Sibugay ⓘ Zamboanga del Norte ⓘ Zamboanga del Sur ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | indigenous cultural community in the Philippines ⓘ |
| region | southern Philippines ⓘ |
| religion |
Islam
ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism ⓘ animism ⓘ |
| socialOrganization |
kinship groups
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village-based communities ⓘ |
| traditionalArt |
beadwork
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brass ornaments ⓘ woven textiles ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
fishing
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hunting and gathering ⓘ shifting cultivation ⓘ swidden farming ⓘ upland agriculture ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing |
bamboo houses
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stilt houses ⓘ thatched roofs ⓘ |
| traditionalLeadership |
Datu
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surface form:
datu
timuay ⓘ |
| traditionalMusic |
agung ensemble
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drums ⓘ flutes ⓘ gongs ⓘ kulintang ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion | indigenous Subanen beliefs ⓘ |
| uses |
corn as staple crop
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rice as staple crop ⓘ root crops as staple food ⓘ |
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: Subanen people Description of subject: The Subanen people are an indigenous ethnolinguistic group of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, known for their upland farming traditions, distinct Austronesian language, and rich animist-influenced cultural practices.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Subanen ethnic group