Koli community
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The Koli community is a traditional fishing and agrarian caste group of western India, particularly prominent in coastal Gujarat and Maharashtra, with distinct cultural, linguistic, and social practices.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Koli community canonical | 9 |
| Kokni tribal community | 1 |
| Koli community of western India | 1 |
| Koli fishing community | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2621026 — 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: Koli community Context triple: [Gujarati people, subgroup, Koli community]
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A.
Rabari community
The Rabari community is a traditionally nomadic pastoralist group of herders and camel breeders from western India, especially Gujarat and Rajasthan, known for their distinctive dress, embroidery, and rich folk traditions.
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B.
Lohana community
The Lohana community is a prominent mercantile and traditionally warrior-merchant caste of Gujarati origin, known for its widespread diaspora and influence in trade and business.
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C.
Ahir community
The Ahir community is a traditionally pastoral and agricultural ethnic group of India, often associated with cattle herding and distinct regional cultural practices.
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D.
Varkari community
The Varkari community is a devotional Hindu movement from Maharashtra centered on the worship of Vithoba, known for its egalitarian values, bhakti poetry, and annual pilgrimage (wari) to Pandharpur.
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E.
Gujar communities
Gujar communities are an ethnic group traditionally engaged in pastoralism and agriculture, found across regions of South Asia including the Potohar Plateau.
- 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: Koli community Target entity description: The Koli community is a traditional fishing and agrarian caste group of western India, particularly prominent in coastal Gujarat and Maharashtra, with distinct cultural, linguistic, and social practices.
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A.
Rabari community
The Rabari community is a traditionally nomadic pastoralist group of herders and camel breeders from western India, especially Gujarat and Rajasthan, known for their distinctive dress, embroidery, and rich folk traditions.
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B.
Lohana community
The Lohana community is a prominent mercantile and traditionally warrior-merchant caste of Gujarati origin, known for its widespread diaspora and influence in trade and business.
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C.
Ahir community
The Ahir community is a traditionally pastoral and agricultural ethnic group of India, often associated with cattle herding and distinct regional cultural practices.
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D.
Varkari community
The Varkari community is a devotional Hindu movement from Maharashtra centered on the worship of Vithoba, known for its egalitarian values, bhakti poetry, and annual pilgrimage (wari) to Pandharpur.
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E.
Gujar communities
Gujar communities are an ethnic group traditionally engaged in pastoralism and agriculture, found across regions of South Asia including the Potohar Plateau.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
caste community
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ social group ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mumbai fishing industry
ⓘ
traditional wooden fishing boats ⓘ |
| casteStatus | Other Backward Class ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
Koli dance
ⓘ
folk songs about fishing ⓘ sea-related festivals ⓘ |
| diet | fish-based cuisine ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
fish trade
ⓘ
inland fishing ⓘ marine fishing ⓘ small-scale farming ⓘ |
| festival |
Ganesh Chaturthi
ⓘ
Holi ⓘ Narali Purnima ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Chambhar Koli
ⓘ
Dhor Koli ⓘ Koli Patel ⓘ Koli Rajput ⓘ Mahadev Koli ⓘ Mangela Koli ⓘ Son Koli ⓘ |
| language |
Gujarati
ⓘ
Marathi ⓘ
linked to:
Marathi language
|
| region |
Gujarat
ⓘ
Maharashtra ⓘ Western India ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ |
| selfIdentification |
Koli
ⓘ
linked to:
Son Koli
Koliwada residents in Mumbai ⓘ |
| settlementPattern |
coastal villages
ⓘ
fishing hamlets ⓘ island settlements near Mumbai ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
clan-based organization
ⓘ
village councils ⓘ |
| stateClassification |
OBC in Gujarat
ⓘ
OBC in Maharashtra ⓘ |
| traditionalOccupation |
agriculture
ⓘ
boat building ⓘ fishing ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Konkan coast
ⓘ
linked to:
Konkan
Kutch coast ⓘ Mumbai region ⓘ
linked to:
Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Palghar district ⓘ Saurashtra coast ⓘ Thane district ⓘ
linked to:
Thane
|
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: Koli community Description of subject: The Koli community is a traditional fishing and agrarian caste group of western India, particularly prominent in coastal Gujarat and Maharashtra, with distinct cultural, linguistic, and social practices.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Koli community
linked to: Koli community