Kelabit
E160720
The Kelabit are an indigenous Dayak ethnic group of the highlands of northern Borneo, known for their traditional longhouse communities, wet-rice cultivation, and rich oral culture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kelabit canonical | 4 |
| Kelabit Highlands | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1375696 — 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: Kelabit Context triple: [Sarawak, hasEthnicGroup, Kelabit]
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A.
Kunama
Kunama is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken primarily by the Kunama people in western Eritrea and adjacent parts of Ethiopia.
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B.
Kayan
The Kayan are an indigenous Dayak ethnic group of Borneo, known for their riverine longhouse communities, traditional craftsmanship, and distinctive cultural practices in regions such as Sarawak.
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C.
Kayan people
The Kayan people are an indigenous Dayak ethnic group of Borneo known for their riverine longhouse communities, elaborate body art, and rich oral traditions.
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D.
Lumad
The Lumad are a collective term for various indigenous, non-Muslim ethnic groups native to the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, known for their distinct cultures, languages, and ancestral land rights struggles.
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E.
Potohari
Potohari is an Indo-Aryan language variety spoken in the Potohar Plateau region of northern Pakistan, including areas around Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
- 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: Kelabit Target entity description: The Kelabit are an indigenous Dayak ethnic group of the highlands of northern Borneo, known for their traditional longhouse communities, wet-rice cultivation, and rich oral culture.
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A.
Kunama
Kunama is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken primarily by the Kunama people in western Eritrea and adjacent parts of Ethiopia.
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B.
Kayan
The Kayan are an indigenous Dayak ethnic group of Borneo, known for their riverine longhouse communities, traditional craftsmanship, and distinctive cultural practices in regions such as Sarawak.
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C.
Kayan people
The Kayan people are an indigenous Dayak ethnic group of Borneo known for their riverine longhouse communities, elaborate body art, and rich oral traditions.
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D.
Lumad
The Lumad are a collective term for various indigenous, non-Muslim ethnic groups native to the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, known for their distinct cultures, languages, and ancestral land rights struggles.
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E.
Potohari
Potohari is an Indo-Aryan language variety spoken in the Potohar Plateau region of northern Pakistan, including areas around Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dayak people
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ |
| agriculturalTechnique | terraced paddy fields ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Malaysia ⓘ |
| countryOfDiaspora |
Brunei
ⓘ
linked to:
Brunei Darussalam
Indonesia ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
communal labor
ⓘ
folklore ⓘ oral storytelling ⓘ ritual feasts ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Interior Highlands of Borneo ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
Borneo
ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ |
| formerReligion | animism ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Dayak peoples of Borneo
ⓘ
linked to:
Dayak peoples
|
| knownFor |
ancient burial sites
ⓘ
megalithic culture ⓘ rich oral culture ⓘ stone monuments ⓘ wet-rice cultivation in highlands ⓘ |
| language | Kelabit language ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| languageSubgroup |
North Bornean languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater North Borneo languages
|
| mainDistrict | Miri Division ⓘ |
| mainSettlementType | longhouse community ⓘ |
| migrationPattern | rural-urban migration to lowland towns ⓘ |
| populationRegion | sparsely populated highlands ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Kelabit Highlands
ⓘ
linked to:
Kelabit
northern Borneo ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Kenyah
ⓘ
Lun Bawang ⓘ Penan ⓘ Sa'ban ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
|
| state | Sarawak ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
bead trade
ⓘ
rice agriculture ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | longhouse ⓘ |
| traditionalLeadership | headman ⓘ |
| traditionalSocialUnit | longhouse community ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ swidden agriculture ⓘ wet-rice cultivation ⓘ |
| transportAccess | rural airstrips in highlands ⓘ |
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: Kelabit Description of subject: The Kelabit are an indigenous Dayak ethnic group of the highlands of northern Borneo, known for their traditional longhouse communities, wet-rice cultivation, and rich oral culture.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kelabit
linked to: Kelabit
linked to: Kelabit
linked to: Kelabit