Nunivak Cup’ig
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Nunivak Cup’ig is a distinct dialect of the Central Alaskan Yup’ik language traditionally spoken by the indigenous Cup’ig people of Nunivak Island in Alaska.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nunivak Cup’ig canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T216893 — 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: Nunivak Cup’ig Context triple: [Central Alaskan Yup’ik, hasDialects, Nunivak Cup’ig]
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A.
Territorial Cup
The Territorial Cup is the trophy awarded in the historic college football rivalry game between the University of Arizona Wildcats and the Arizona State Sun Devils.
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B.
Cascadia Cup
The Cascadia Cup is a fan-created soccer trophy contested among the MLS clubs Seattle Sounders FC, Portland Timbers, and Vancouver Whitecaps FC, symbolizing one of North America's most intense regional rivalries.
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C.
Arrah
Arrah is a historic town in the Indian state of Bihar, known for its role as a key site of conflict during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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D.
Trophy Point
Trophy Point is a scenic overlook and historic parade ground at the United States Military Academy, renowned for its Hudson River views and display of captured artillery.
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E.
The Cup
The Cup is a common nickname for the Stanley Cup, the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoff winner and one of the most iconic prizes in professional sports.
- 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: Nunivak Cup’ig Target entity description: Nunivak Cup’ig is a distinct dialect of the Central Alaskan Yup’ik language traditionally spoken by the indigenous Cup’ig people of Nunivak Island in Alaska.
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A.
Territorial Cup
The Territorial Cup is the trophy awarded in the historic college football rivalry game between the University of Arizona Wildcats and the Arizona State Sun Devils.
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B.
Cascadia Cup
The Cascadia Cup is a fan-created soccer trophy contested among the MLS clubs Seattle Sounders FC, Portland Timbers, and Vancouver Whitecaps FC, symbolizing one of North America's most intense regional rivalries.
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C.
Arrah
Arrah is a historic town in the Indian state of Bihar, known for its role as a key site of conflict during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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D.
Trophy Point
Trophy Point is a scenic overlook and historic parade ground at the United States Military Academy, renowned for its Hudson River views and display of captured artillery.
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E.
The Cup
The Cup is a common nickname for the Stanley Cup, the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoff winner and one of the most iconic prizes in professional sports.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yupik language variety
ⓘ
dialect ⓘ |
| associatedSettlement | Mekoryuk ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
General Central Alaskan Yup’ik
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
Hooper Bay–Chevak Cup’ik ⓘ
linked to:
Hooper Bay–Chevak
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalDomain |
spiritual and ceremonial vocabulary
ⓘ
subsistence activities terminology ⓘ |
| culturalRole | key marker of Cup’ig identity ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Cup’ig ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Cup’ig dialect
ⓘ
Nunivak Cupik ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
consonant length contrast ⓘ distinct phonology from General Central Yup’ik ⓘ ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ lexical differences from General Central Yup’ik ⓘ polysynthesis ⓘ postbases ⓘ rich verbal inflection ⓘ vowel harmony ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | esu (macrolanguage Central Alaskan Yup’ik) ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Yupik ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Eskimo–Aleut
ⓘ
linked to:
Eskimo–Aleut languages
|
| linguisticDistance | not mutually intelligible with English ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | head-marking language ⓘ |
| morphologyType | suffixing ⓘ |
| partOf | Indigenous languages of Alaska ⓘ |
| phonologicalProcess |
assimilation
ⓘ
consonant cluster simplification ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SOV (tendency) ⓘ |
| region |
Bering Sea
ⓘ
Western Alaska ⓘ
linked to:
southwestern Alaska
|
| revitalizationEfforts |
community-based language programs
ⓘ
documentation and recording projects ⓘ |
| scriptType | alphabet ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
Nunivak Island ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf |
Central Alaskan Yup’ik language
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
|
| syntax | relatively free word order ⓘ |
| timeDepth | pre-contact period in Nunivak Island ⓘ |
| traditionalSpeakers | Cup’ig people ⓘ |
| transmissionTrend | declining intergenerational transmission ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial speech
ⓘ
oral history ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
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Subject: Nunivak Cup’ig Description of subject: Nunivak Cup’ig is a distinct dialect of the Central Alaskan Yup’ik language traditionally spoken by the indigenous Cup’ig people of Nunivak Island in Alaska.
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