Lakkia–Biao subgroup
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The Lakkia–Biao subgroup is a proposed branch of the Kam–Sui (Kra–Dai) language family that groups together the closely related Lakkia and Biao languages spoken in parts of southern China.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lakkia–Biao subgroup canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11229081 — 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: Lakkia–Biao subgroup Context triple: [Lakkia–Biao languages, hasAlternativeName, Lakkia–Biao subgroup]
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A.
Gondi–Kui subgroup
The Gondi–Kui subgroup is a branch of the Dravidian language family that includes closely related tribal languages such as Gondi and Kui spoken in central and eastern India.
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B.
Yuin-Kuric subgroup
The Yuin-Kuric subgroup is a branch of the Pama–Nyungan family comprising several closely related Australian Aboriginal languages traditionally spoken in southeastern Australia.
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C.
Kota–Toda subgroup
The Kota–Toda subgroup is a small branch of the Southern Dravidian language family comprising the closely related tribal languages Kota and Toda spoken in the Nilgiri Hills of South India.
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D.
Angas–Sura subgroup
The Angas–Sura subgroup is a branch of West Chadic languages spoken primarily in central Nigeria, encompassing several closely related Plateau-area languages.
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E.
Segai–Modang subgroup
The Segai–Modang subgroup is a branch of the Kayanic languages comprising closely related indigenous languages spoken by Segai and Modang communities in Borneo.
- 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: Lakkia–Biao subgroup Target entity description: The Lakkia–Biao subgroup is a proposed branch of the Kam–Sui (Kra–Dai) language family that groups together the closely related Lakkia and Biao languages spoken in parts of southern China.
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A.
Gondi–Kui subgroup
The Gondi–Kui subgroup is a branch of the Dravidian language family that includes closely related tribal languages such as Gondi and Kui spoken in central and eastern India.
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B.
Yuin-Kuric subgroup
The Yuin-Kuric subgroup is a branch of the Pama–Nyungan family comprising several closely related Australian Aboriginal languages traditionally spoken in southeastern Australia.
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C.
Kota–Toda subgroup
The Kota–Toda subgroup is a small branch of the Southern Dravidian language family comprising the closely related tribal languages Kota and Toda spoken in the Nilgiri Hills of South India.
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D.
Angas–Sura subgroup
The Angas–Sura subgroup is a branch of West Chadic languages spoken primarily in central Nigeria, encompassing several closely related Plateau-area languages.
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E.
Segai–Modang subgroup
The Segai–Modang subgroup is a branch of the Kayanic languages comprising closely related indigenous languages spoken by Segai and Modang communities in Borneo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
language subgroup
ⓘ
proposed language branch ⓘ |
| basedOn | comparative linguistic evidence ⓘ |
| characterizedBy | close linguistic relationship between Lakkia and Biao ⓘ |
| groupsTogether | Lakkia and Biao languages ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Lakkia–Biao branch ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Biao language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lakkia language ⓘ |
| hasProperty | genetic relationship within Kam–Sui ⓘ |
| hasType | low-level subgroup within Kam–Sui ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Kam–Sui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Kra–Dai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kam–Sui languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kra–Dai language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | South China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Guangdong
NERFINISHED
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Guangxi NERFINISHED ⓘ southern China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | proposed ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Kam–Sui branch of Kra–Dai 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: Lakkia–Biao subgroup Description of subject: The Lakkia–Biao subgroup is a proposed branch of the Kam–Sui (Kra–Dai) language family that groups together the closely related Lakkia and Biao languages spoken in parts of southern China.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.