Tolaki people
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The Tolaki people are an indigenous ethnic group of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their distinct Austronesian language, agrarian traditions, and rich customary laws and rituals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tolaki people canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3703665 — 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: Tolaki people Context triple: [Kendari, ethnicGroup, Tolaki people]
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A.
Tübatulabal people
The Tübatulabal people are a Native American group indigenous to the Kern River Valley region of California, known for their distinct Uto-Aztecan language and traditional riverine culture.
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B.
Gilak people
The Gilak people are an Iranian ethnic group indigenous to Iran’s northern Caspian Sea region, particularly Gilan Province, known for their distinct Gilaki language and rich local culture.
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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.
Halchidhoma people
The Halchidhoma people are a Native American group of the Yuman language family traditionally living along the lower Colorado River in what is now Arizona and California.
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E.
To'abaita people
The To'abaita people are an indigenous ethnic group of northern Malaita in the Solomon Islands, known for their distinct Austronesian language and rich customary 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: Tolaki people Target entity description: The Tolaki people are an indigenous ethnic group of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their distinct Austronesian language, agrarian traditions, and rich customary laws and rituals.
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A.
Tübatulabal people
The Tübatulabal people are a Native American group indigenous to the Kern River Valley region of California, known for their distinct Uto-Aztecan language and traditional riverine culture.
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B.
Gilak people
The Gilak people are an Iranian ethnic group indigenous to Iran’s northern Caspian Sea region, particularly Gilan Province, known for their distinct Gilaki language and rich local culture.
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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.
Halchidhoma people
The Halchidhoma people are a Native American group of the Yuman language family traditionally living along the lower Colorado River in what is now Arizona and California.
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E.
To'abaita people
The To'abaita people are an indigenous ethnic group of northern Malaita in the Solomon Islands, known for their distinct Austronesian language and rich customary traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethnic group
ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ |
| agriculturalProduct |
cacao
ⓘ
cassava ⓘ coconut ⓘ corn ⓘ rice ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Sulawesi Tenggara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Tolaki ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroup | Tolaki ⓘ |
| hasCustomaryLaw | adat Tolaki ⓘ |
| hasRituals |
agricultural rituals
ⓘ
healing rituals ⓘ life‑cycle rituals ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Lalolara
ⓘ
Mekongga ⓘ Moronene ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalHouse | stilt house ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalLeadership | adat leaders ⓘ |
| isIndigenousTo | Southeast Sulawesi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Austronesian peoples ⓘ |
| kinshipSystem | bilateral kinship ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| legalSystemType | customary law ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Sulawesi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marriagePractice | bridewealth ⓘ |
| neighboringEthnicGroup |
Bugis
ⓘ
surface form:
Bugis people
Butonese people ⓘ Mekongga people ⓘ Muna people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Tolaki language ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Sulawesi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ |
| socialOrganization | clan-based system ⓘ |
| traditionalArt |
folksongs
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional dance ⓘ |
| traditionalBeliefSystem | Tolaki indigenous religion ⓘ |
| traditionalClothing | woven cloth ⓘ |
| traditionalLivelihood |
agriculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ hunting and gathering ⓘ rice farming ⓘ shifting cultivation ⓘ |
| usesMusicalInstrument |
drum
ⓘ
gong ⓘ |
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: Tolaki people Description of subject: The Tolaki people are an indigenous ethnic group of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their distinct Austronesian language, agrarian traditions, and rich customary laws and rituals.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.