Koli people
E302084
The Koli people are an indigenous fishing and agrarian community of western India, particularly around Mumbai and coastal Maharashtra, known for their maritime traditions and distinct cultural identity.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Koli caste | 1 |
| Koli people canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2460041 — 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: Koli people Context triple: [Salsette Island, ethnicGroup, Koli people]
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A.
Potohari people
The Potohari people are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group native to Pakistan’s Potohar Plateau, known for their distinct Potohari language and shared cultural traditions within the broader Punjabi cultural sphere.
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B.
Dimasa people
The Dimasa people are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman ethnic community of Northeast India, primarily associated with Assam and known for their distinct language, culture, and historical Dimasa kingdom.
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C.
Shilha people
The Shilha people are an Amazigh (Berber) ethnic group indigenous to southwestern Morocco, particularly the Sous region and the High Atlas mountains.
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D.
Kho people
The Kho people are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group native to the mountainous Chitral region of northern Pakistan, known for their distinct Khowar language and rich cultural traditions.
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E.
Birpai people
The Birpai people are an Aboriginal Australian group traditionally associated with the mid-north coast of New South Wales, particularly around the Port Macquarie region.
- 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: Koli people Target entity description: The Koli people are an indigenous fishing and agrarian community of western India, particularly around Mumbai and coastal Maharashtra, known for their maritime traditions and distinct cultural identity.
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A.
Potohari people
The Potohari people are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group native to Pakistan’s Potohar Plateau, known for their distinct Potohari language and shared cultural traditions within the broader Punjabi cultural sphere.
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B.
Dimasa people
The Dimasa people are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman ethnic community of Northeast India, primarily associated with Assam and known for their distinct language, culture, and historical Dimasa kingdom.
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C.
Shilha people
The Shilha people are an Amazigh (Berber) ethnic group indigenous to southwestern Morocco, particularly the Sous region and the High Atlas mountains.
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D.
Kho people
The Kho people are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group native to the mountainous Chitral region of northern Pakistan, known for their distinct Khowar language and rich cultural traditions.
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E.
Birpai people
The Birpai people are an Aboriginal Australian group traditionally associated with the mid-north coast of New South Wales, particularly around the Port Macquarie region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethnic group
ⓘ
indigenous community ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Arabian Sea
ⓘ
Mumbai fishing industry ⓘ |
| casteCategory |
Koli people
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Koli caste
|
| clanSystem | organized into clans and subcastes ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalIdentity |
coastal fishing culture
ⓘ
distinct maritime traditions ⓘ |
| deity |
Goddess Ekvira
ⓘ
Goddess Mahalakshmi (Kollamma) ⓘ
surface form:
Goddess Mahalakshmi
local sea deities ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
fish trade
ⓘ
inshore fishing ⓘ small-scale agriculture ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Son Koli
ⓘ
surface form:
Koli
|
| festival |
Coconut Day boat worship
ⓘ
Narali Purnima ⓘ |
| governmentClassification | OBC in Indian reservation system ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
early inhabitants of the Mumbai islands
ⓘ
traditional fisherfolk of Mumbai ⓘ |
| language |
Gujarati
ⓘ
Marathi language ⓘ
surface form:
Koli dialects of Marathi
Marathi language ⓘ
surface form:
Marathi
|
| notableArea |
Konkan
ⓘ
surface form:
Konkan coast
Mumbai ⓘ Western Suburbs of Mumbai ⓘ
surface form:
Mumbai suburban coastline
Raigad district ⓘ Thane ⓘ
surface form:
Thane district
|
| region |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
ⓘ
surface form:
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ
surface form:
Daman and Diu
Goa ⓘ Gujarat ⓘ Maharashtra ⓘ Rajasthan ⓘ Western India ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ |
| settlementType | fishing village ⓘ |
| socialStatus |
Other Backward Classes
ⓘ
surface form:
Other Backward Class in Gujarat
Other Backward Classes ⓘ
surface form:
Other Backward Class in Maharashtra
|
| traditionalDance | Koli dance ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | Koliwada ⓘ |
| traditionalMusic | Koli folk songs ⓘ |
| traditionalOccupation |
agriculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ seafaring ⓘ |
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: Koli people Description of subject: The Koli people are an indigenous fishing and agrarian community of western India, particularly around Mumbai and coastal Maharashtra, known for their maritime traditions and distinct cultural identity.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Koli caste