Ngada people
E178078
The Ngada people are an indigenous ethnic group of central Flores in Indonesia, known for their megalithic villages, matrilineal traditions, and distinctive ritual practices.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ngada people canonical | 20 |
| Masela people | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1486469 — 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: Ngada people Context triple: [Flores, ethnicGroup, Ngada people]
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A.
Nggela people
The Nggela people are an indigenous ethnic group of the Solomon Islands, primarily inhabiting the Nggela (Florida) Islands and known for their distinct Austronesian culture and traditions.
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B.
Ndowe people
The Ndowe people are a coastal Bantu ethnic group of Equatorial Guinea known for their fishing traditions, maritime culture, and historical interactions with European colonizers.
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C.
Jukun people
The Jukun people are an ethnic group of central Nigeria, historically associated with the Kwararafa confederacy and known for their distinct language, culture, and traditional religious practices.
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D.
Kalanga people
The Kalanga people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group primarily found in southwestern Zimbabwe and northeastern Botswana, known for their rich oral traditions, agriculture, and distinctive cultural practices.
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E.
Nupe people
The Nupe people are a major ethnic group in central Nigeria known for their rich cultural heritage, traditional crafts, and historical kingdom along the Niger River.
- 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: Ngada people Target entity description: The Ngada people are an indigenous ethnic group of central Flores in Indonesia, known for their megalithic villages, matrilineal traditions, and distinctive ritual practices.
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A.
Nggela people
The Nggela people are an indigenous ethnic group of the Solomon Islands, primarily inhabiting the Nggela (Florida) Islands and known for their distinct Austronesian culture and traditions.
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B.
Ndowe people
The Ndowe people are a coastal Bantu ethnic group of Equatorial Guinea known for their fishing traditions, maritime culture, and historical interactions with European colonizers.
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C.
Jukun people
The Jukun people are an ethnic group of central Nigeria, historically associated with the Kwararafa confederacy and known for their distinct language, culture, and traditional religious practices.
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D.
Kalanga people
The Kalanga people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group primarily found in southwestern Zimbabwe and northeastern Botswana, known for their rich oral traditions, agriculture, and distinctive cultural practices.
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E.
Nupe people
The Nupe people are a major ethnic group in central Nigeria known for their rich cultural heritage, traditional crafts, and historical kingdom along the Niger River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethnic group
ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ |
| administrativeCenterNearby | Bajawa ⓘ |
| areKnownFor |
ancestral worship
ⓘ
distinctive traditional houses ⓘ elaborate ritual practices ⓘ megalithic stone monuments ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| culturalLandscapeType | volcanic highland settlements ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | central Flores highlands ⓘ |
| haveCulturalHeritageSite |
Bena village
ⓘ
Gurusina village ⓘ Tololela village ⓘ Wogo village ⓘ |
| haveCulturalPractice |
buffalo sacrifice rituals
ⓘ
feast of merit ceremonies ⓘ pig sacrifice rituals ⓘ |
| kinshipSystem | matrilineal descent ⓘ |
| language | Ngadha language ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| livestock |
chickens
ⓘ
pigs ⓘ water buffalo ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Nusa Tenggara
ⓘ
Flores ⓘ central Flores ⓘ |
| mainCrops |
cassava
ⓘ
cocoa ⓘ coffee ⓘ maize ⓘ rice ⓘ |
| mainLivelihood | subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| partOfProvince |
East Nusa Tenggara Province
ⓘ
linked to:
East Nusa Tenggara
|
| region | Lesser Sunda Islands ⓘ |
| religion |
Islam
ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| resideInRegency | Ngada Regency ⓘ |
| ritualFocus |
agricultural rituals
ⓘ
ancestor veneration ⓘ fertility rituals ⓘ |
| socialOrganization | clan-based society ⓘ |
| traditionalArchitectureFeature |
ancestral shrine structures
ⓘ
high-pitched thatched roofs ⓘ |
| traditionalHouseType | sao traditional house ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion | Ngada indigenous religion ⓘ |
| traditionalSettlementType | megalithic village ⓘ |
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: Ngada people Description of subject: The Ngada people are an indigenous ethnic group of central Flores in Indonesia, known for their megalithic villages, matrilineal traditions, and distinctive ritual practices.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ngada people