Loko
E302234
Loko is a Mande language spoken primarily in parts of Sierra Leone by the Loko ethnic group.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Loko canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2811943 — 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: Loko Context triple: [Mande languages, hasMajorLanguage, Loko]
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A.
Loko
Loko is the popular nickname of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, a professional ice hockey team based in Yaroslavl, Russia.
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B.
Lokoja
Lokoja is a city in central Nigeria located at the strategic confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers and serves as the capital of Kogi State.
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C.
Lapa
Lapa is a historic and bohemian neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, famous for its vibrant nightlife, samba clubs, and iconic aqueduct arches.
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D.
Loiceño
Loiceño is the Spanish demonym for a person from the municipality of Loíza in Puerto Rico.
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E.
Vangunu
Vangunu is an Oceanic language of the Meso-Melanesian group spoken on Vangunu Island in the Solomon Islands.
- 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: Loko Target entity description: Loko is a Mande language spoken primarily in parts of Sierra Leone by the Loko ethnic group.
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A.
Loko
Loko is the popular nickname of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, a professional ice hockey team based in Yaroslavl, Russia.
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B.
Lokoja
Lokoja is a city in central Nigeria located at the strategic confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers and serves as the capital of Kogi State.
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C.
Lapa
Lapa is a historic and bohemian neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, famous for its vibrant nightlife, samba clubs, and iconic aqueduct arches.
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D.
Loiceño
Loiceño is the Spanish demonym for a person from the municipality of Loíza in Puerto Rico.
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E.
Vangunu
Vangunu is an Oceanic language of the Meso-Melanesian group spoken on Vangunu Island in the Solomon Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mande language
ⓘ
language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion | Islam (in many Loko communities) ⓘ |
| belongsToBranch | Southwestern Mande (classification used by some sources) ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Limba language
ⓘ
linked to:
Limba
Temne language ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| countryMinorityLanguageOf | Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| countryOfficialStatus | not an official national language of Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Loko people ⓘ |
| glottologCode | loko1255 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Loko ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Loko (Mande)
ⓘ
Loko language ⓘ |
| hasDomainOfUse |
home and community domains
ⓘ
local markets ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentStatus | vulnerable (varies by community) ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
SOV word order (subject–object–verb)
ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
noun class or gender-like distinctions (limited)
ⓘ
verbal inflection for aspect ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
nasal vowels
ⓘ
tone distinguishes lexical meaning ⓘ |
| hasResourceType |
limited written materials
ⓘ
linguistic descriptions and wordlists ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | lok ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mande ⓘ |
| macroArea | West Africa ⓘ |
| nativeSpeakersEthnicity | Loko people ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Northern Province of Sierra Leone
ⓘ
Northwest Province of Sierra Leone ⓘ
linked to:
Northwestern Sierra Leone
|
| regionallyImportantLanguageIn | north-central Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| spokenByPopulation | tens of thousands of speakers ⓘ |
| spokenInCountry | Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| subfamily | Western Mande ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
English (in Sierra Leone)
ⓘ
Krio language ⓘ Temne language ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication within Loko communities
ⓘ
local cultural practices ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| 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: Loko Description of subject: Loko is a Mande language spoken primarily in parts of Sierra Leone by the Loko ethnic group.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.