Scheduled Tribe of India
E102818
The Onge are one of the indigenous Andamanese peoples of India, known for their small population, hunter-gatherer lifestyle, and distinct cultural and linguistic heritage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scheduled Tribe of India canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T879537 — 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: Scheduled Tribe of India Context triple: [Onge, recognizedAs, Scheduled Tribe of India]
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A.
Scheduled Castes
Scheduled Castes are historically disadvantaged communities in India that receive constitutional protections and affirmative action measures, including reserved seats in legislatures, to address past discrimination and promote social equality.
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B.
Council of India
The Council of India was an advisory body of British-appointed members that assisted the Secretary of State for India in governing British India from London after the Crown took control from the East India Company.
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C.
Amrit Sanchar
Amrit Sanchar is the Sikh initiation ceremony through which individuals formally join the Khalsa and commit to the faith’s spiritual and ethical discipline.
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D.
Kumbh Mela
Kumbh Mela is a massive Hindu pilgrimage and religious festival, held periodically at sacred rivers in India, where millions gather for ritual bathing, prayers, and spiritual observances.
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E.
Palashi
Palashi is a town in West Bengal, India, historically renowned as the site of the pivotal 1757 Battle of Plassey that marked the beginning of major British colonial dominance in India.
- 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: Scheduled Tribe of India Target entity description: The Onge are one of the indigenous Andamanese peoples of India, known for their small population, hunter-gatherer lifestyle, and distinct cultural and linguistic heritage.
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A.
Scheduled Castes
Scheduled Castes are historically disadvantaged communities in India that receive constitutional protections and affirmative action measures, including reserved seats in legislatures, to address past discrimination and promote social equality.
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B.
Council of India
The Council of India was an advisory body of British-appointed members that assisted the Secretary of State for India in governing British India from London after the Crown took control from the East India Company.
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C.
Amrit Sanchar
Amrit Sanchar is the Sikh initiation ceremony through which individuals formally join the Khalsa and commit to the faith’s spiritual and ethical discipline.
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D.
Kumbh Mela
Kumbh Mela is a massive Hindu pilgrimage and religious festival, held periodically at sacred rivers in India, where millions gather for ritual bathing, prayers, and spiritual observances.
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E.
Palashi
Palashi is a town in West Bengal, India, historically renowned as the site of the pivotal 1757 Battle of Plassey that marked the beginning of major British colonial dominance in India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scheduled Tribe of India
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ hunter-gatherer community ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ |
| administrativeClassification | tribal community ⓘ |
| autonym | Onge ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Indian
ⓘ
linked to:
Indians
|
| constitutionalCategory | Scheduled Tribe ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalHeritage | distinct cultural traditions ⓘ |
| demographicCategory | micro-minority ⓘ |
| diet |
forest produce
ⓘ
marine resources ⓘ |
| ethnoCategory |
Andamanese people
ⓘ
linked to:
Andamanese
|
| governedBy |
Union Territory administration of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
|
| healthConcerns | susceptibility to introduced diseases ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | indigenous cultural heritage group ⓘ |
| language | Onge language ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Ongan languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| legalStatus | Scheduled Tribe under Indian Constitution ⓘ |
| linguisticHeritage | distinct linguistic heritage ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
ⓘ
Little Andaman Island ⓘ |
| nationalMinorityStatus | scheduled tribe minority in India ⓘ |
| policyCategory | Scheduled Tribe of India ⓘ |
| populationStatus | very small population ⓘ |
| populationTrend | declining ⓘ |
| protectionStatus | protected tribe ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Government of India ⓘ |
| regionType | island region ⓘ |
| relatedGroup |
Great Andamanese
ⓘ
Jarawa ⓘ Sentinelese ⓘ |
| religionType | animism ⓘ |
| scheduledTribeRegion | Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ |
| settlementPattern | small, dispersed settlements ⓘ |
| subsistenceType | subsistence economy ⓘ |
| threats |
contact with outsiders
ⓘ
loss of traditional lands ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
fishing
ⓘ
foraging ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | temporary huts ⓘ |
| traditionalLifestyle | hunter-gatherer ⓘ |
| vulnerabilityStatus | highly vulnerable indigenous group ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Scheduled Tribe of India Description of subject: The Onge are one of the indigenous Andamanese peoples of India, known for their small population, hunter-gatherer lifestyle, and distinct cultural and linguistic heritage.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Scheduled Tribe of India