Kota people
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The Kota people are an indigenous community of the Nilgiri Hills in southern India, traditionally known for their distinct culture, music, and craft traditions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kota people canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8548914 — 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: Kota people Context triple: [Kota language, spokenBy, Kota people]
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A.
Kokota people
The Kokota people are an indigenous ethnic group from Santa Isabel Island in the Solomon Islands, known for their distinct Austronesian language and traditional subsistence lifestyle.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Kuki people
The Kuki people are an indigenous ethnic group of Northeast India and surrounding regions, known for their Tibeto-Burman language, distinct clan-based social structure, and rich traditions in music, dance, and oral history.
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E.
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.
- 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: Kota people Target entity description: The Kota people are an indigenous community of the Nilgiri Hills in southern India, traditionally known for their distinct culture, music, and craft traditions.
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A.
Kokota people
The Kokota people are an indigenous ethnic group from Santa Isabel Island in the Solomon Islands, known for their distinct Austronesian language and traditional subsistence lifestyle.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Kuki people
The Kuki people are an indigenous ethnic group of Northeast India and surrounding regions, known for their Tibeto-Burman language, distinct clan-based social structure, and rich traditions in music, dance, and oral history.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ethnic group ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| craftTradition |
metal ornaments
ⓘ
pottery vessels ⓘ woodwork ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
community festivals
ⓘ
craft-based ritual objects ⓘ ritual music performances ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Nilgiris district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demographicTrend | declining language use among youth ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
small-scale farming
ⓘ
wage labor ⓘ |
| governedUnder | Indian constitutional safeguards for Scheduled Tribes ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | distinct tribal culture of Nilgiris ⓘ |
| indigenousTo | Nilgiri Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
distinct craft traditions
ⓘ
distinct music traditions ⓘ village-based temple rituals ⓘ |
| language | Kota language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Dravidian languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nilgiri Hills
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ southern India ⓘ |
| musicInstrumentTradition |
percussion instruments
ⓘ
wind instruments ⓘ |
| partOf | Adivasi communities of India ⓘ |
| populationStatus | small population ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ |
| region | Western Ghats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Badaga people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irula people NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurumba people NERFINISHED ⓘ Toda people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Hinduism
ⓘ
indigenous beliefs ⓘ |
| socialStructure | endogamous community ⓘ |
| traditionalOccupation |
agriculture
ⓘ
crafts ⓘ metalwork ⓘ music ⓘ pottery ⓘ |
| traditionalReligionFeature |
ancestor worship
ⓘ
village deities ⓘ |
| traditionalSettlement | Kota village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Kota people Description of subject: The Kota people are an indigenous community of the Nilgiri Hills in southern India, traditionally known for their distinct culture, music, and craft traditions.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Kota language