Sumbawa people
E489720
The Sumbawa people are an indigenous ethnic group of Indonesia native to Sumbawa Island, known for their distinct language, Islamic traditions, and maritime-agricultural culture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sumbawa people canonical | 4 |
| Sumbawa culture | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5059050 — 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: Sumbawa people Context triple: [Sumbawa, hasEthnicGroup, Sumbawa people]
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A.
Bima people
The Bima people are an indigenous ethnic group of eastern Sumbawa in Indonesia, known for their distinct Bima language, Islamic traditions, and rich maritime and horse-riding culture.
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B.
Sasak people
The Sasak people are an indigenous ethnic group of Indonesia known for their distinct language, Islamic-influenced traditions, and rich weaving and music culture centered on the island of Lombok.
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C.
Bawean people
The Bawean people are an Austronesian ethnic group native to Bawean Island in the Java Sea, known for their seafaring traditions and a culture shaped by Javanese, Madurese, Malay, and Islamic influences.
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D.
Sumba people
The Sumba people are an indigenous ethnic group of Indonesia’s Sumba Island, known for their megalithic burial traditions, distinctive ikat textiles, and syncretic Marapu ancestral religion.
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E.
Talaud people
The Talaud people are an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group inhabiting the Talaud Islands in northern Indonesia, known for their seafaring traditions and distinct language and culture.
- 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: Sumbawa people Target entity description: The Sumbawa people are an indigenous ethnic group of Indonesia native to Sumbawa Island, known for their distinct language, Islamic traditions, and maritime-agricultural culture.
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A.
Bima people
The Bima people are an indigenous ethnic group of eastern Sumbawa in Indonesia, known for their distinct Bima language, Islamic traditions, and rich maritime and horse-riding culture.
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B.
Sasak people
The Sasak people are an indigenous ethnic group of Indonesia known for their distinct language, Islamic-influenced traditions, and rich weaving and music culture centered on the island of Lombok.
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C.
Bawean people
The Bawean people are an Austronesian ethnic group native to Bawean Island in the Java Sea, known for their seafaring traditions and a culture shaped by Javanese, Madurese, Malay, and Islamic influences.
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D.
Sumba people
The Sumba people are an indigenous ethnic group of Indonesia’s Sumba Island, known for their megalithic burial traditions, distinctive ikat textiles, and syncretic Marapu ancestral religion.
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E.
Talaud people
The Talaud people are an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group inhabiting the Talaud Islands in northern Indonesia, known for their seafaring traditions and distinct language and culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethnic group
ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ |
| archipelago | Sunda Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colonialHistory | Dutch East Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
Islamic festivals
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional music ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | Malay world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnoregion | Lesser Sunda Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalInfluence |
Buginese traders
ⓘ
Islamic sultanates ⓘ Majapahit Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Sumbawa language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| livestockSpecialty | Sumbawa horses ⓘ |
| majorIsland | Sumbawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Sumbawa Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Nusa Tenggara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryReligionToday | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| province | West Nusa Tenggara Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | eastern Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Bima people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Buginese people ⓘ Sasak people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religionBranch | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousConversionPeriod | early modern period ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Islamic law
ⓘ
local customary law ⓘ |
| traditionalCraft |
boat construction
ⓘ
weaving ⓘ woodcarving ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
agriculture
ⓘ
maritime activities ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | stilt houses ⓘ |
| traditionalLivelihood |
boat building
ⓘ
cattle raising ⓘ corn cultivation ⓘ fishing ⓘ horse breeding ⓘ rice farming ⓘ |
| usesScript | Latin script ⓘ |
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: Sumbawa people Description of subject: The Sumbawa people are an indigenous ethnic group of Indonesia native to Sumbawa Island, known for their distinct language, Islamic traditions, and maritime-agricultural culture.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sumbawa culture