Yukaghir people
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The Yukaghir people are an indigenous ethnic group of northeastern Siberia, traditionally semi-nomadic hunters and fishers living along the Kolyma and Indigirka rivers in Russia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yukaghir people canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19061794 — 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: Yukaghir people Context triple: [Paleosiberian languages, spokenBy, Yukaghir people]
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A.
Nivkh
The Nivkh are an indigenous people of the Russian Far East, traditionally living by fishing, hunting, and reindeer herding along the lower Amur River and on Sakhalin Island, with their own distinct language and culture.
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B.
Sakha (Yakut) people
The Sakha (Yakut) people are a Turkic-speaking Indigenous group of northeastern Siberia, known for their horse and cattle pastoralism, rich epic oral traditions, and cultural adaptation to the extreme climate of the Russian Far East.
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C.
Nanai people
The Nanai people are an indigenous Tungusic ethnic group of the Russian Far East and northeastern China, traditionally living along the Amur River and known for their fishing, hunting, and rich shamanic and folklore traditions.
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D.
Khanty people
The Khanty people are an Indigenous Uralic ethnic group of northwestern Siberia, traditionally semi-nomadic reindeer herders, hunters, and fishers living mainly in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of Russia.
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E.
Selkup
The Selkup are an indigenous Uralic-speaking people of Siberia, traditionally semi-nomadic hunters, fishers, and reindeer herders living mainly along the middle reaches of the Ob River in Russia.
- 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: Yukaghir people Target entity description: The Yukaghir people are an indigenous ethnic group of northeastern Siberia, traditionally semi-nomadic hunters and fishers living along the Kolyma and Indigirka rivers in Russia.
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A.
Nivkh
The Nivkh are an indigenous people of the Russian Far East, traditionally living by fishing, hunting, and reindeer herding along the lower Amur River and on Sakhalin Island, with their own distinct language and culture.
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B.
Sakha (Yakut) people
The Sakha (Yakut) people are a Turkic-speaking Indigenous group of northeastern Siberia, known for their horse and cattle pastoralism, rich epic oral traditions, and cultural adaptation to the extreme climate of the Russian Far East.
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C.
Nanai people
The Nanai people are an indigenous Tungusic ethnic group of the Russian Far East and northeastern China, traditionally living along the Amur River and known for their fishing, hunting, and rich shamanic and folklore traditions.
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D.
Khanty people
The Khanty people are an Indigenous Uralic ethnic group of northwestern Siberia, traditionally semi-nomadic reindeer herders, hunters, and fishers living mainly in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of Russia.
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E.
Selkup
The Selkup are an indigenous Uralic-speaking people of Siberia, traditionally semi-nomadic hunters, fishers, and reindeer herders living mainly along the middle reaches of the Ob River in Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.