Apma
E153868
Apma is an Oceanic language spoken on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apma canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1351972 — 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: Apma Context triple: [Vanuatu languages, includesLanguage, Apma]
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A.
Gressier
Gressier is a coastal commune in western Haiti known for its proximity to Port-au-Prince and its vulnerability to earthquakes and hurricanes.
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B.
Rana
Rana was the hereditary royal title borne by the ruling dynasty of the former princely state of Porbandar in western India.
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C.
Chersina
Chersina is a genus of tortoises in the family Testudinidae, best known for the South African species Chersina angulata, commonly called the angulate tortoise.
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D.
Pescina
Pescina is a small town in the Abruzzo region of central Italy, known as the birthplace of Cardinal Mazarin and for its historic medieval architecture.
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E.
Nesiota
Nesiota is a small, likely extinct genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, historically known from the South Atlantic island of St. Helena.
- 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: Apma Target entity description: Apma is an Oceanic language spoken on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu.
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A.
Gressier
Gressier is a coastal commune in western Haiti known for its proximity to Port-au-Prince and its vulnerability to earthquakes and hurricanes.
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B.
Rana
Rana was the hereditary royal title borne by the ruling dynasty of the former princely state of Porbandar in western India.
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C.
Chersina
Chersina is a genus of tortoises in the family Testudinidae, best known for the South African species Chersina angulata, commonly called the angulate tortoise.
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D.
Pescina
Pescina is a small town in the Abruzzo region of central Italy, known as the birthplace of Cardinal Mazarin and for its historic medieval architecture.
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E.
Nesiota
Nesiota is a small, likely extinct genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, historically known from the South Atlantic island of St. Helena.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Vanuatu ⓘ |
| countryOfficialName |
Republic of Vanuatu
ⓘ
linked to:
Vanuatu
|
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable language ⓘ |
| glottologName | Apma ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Abma
ⓘ
Apma language ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Bwatvenua dialect
ⓘ
Fanbak dialect ⓘ Loltong dialect ⓘ Suru Kavian dialect ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
daily communication on Pentecost Island
ⓘ
traditional ceremonies on Pentecost Island ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | apma1240 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | app ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakers |
approximately 7000
ⓘ
several thousand speakers ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrast between long and short vowels
ⓘ
five-vowel system ⓘ prenasalized stops ⓘ |
| hasResearch |
descriptive grammar studies
ⓘ
lexicographic documentation ⓘ |
| isPartOf | linguistic diversity of Vanuatu ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Raga
ⓘ
Sa ⓘ Ske ⓘ Sowa ⓘ |
| region |
Penama Province
ⓘ
linked to:
Shefa Province
Pentecost Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenByEthnicGroup | Apma people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Pentecost Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vanuatu ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Central Vanuatu language ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SVO basic word order
ⓘ
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ use of prepositions rather than postpositions ⓘ verb–subject–object word order variation ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local church services on Pentecost Island
ⓘ
primary education in some communities on Pentecost Island ⓘ traditional oral literature of Pentecost Island ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
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: Apma Description of subject: Apma is an Oceanic language spoken on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.