Yewa
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Yewa is a prominent Yoruba sub-group in southwestern Nigeria, primarily inhabiting the western part of Ogun State near the border with Benin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yewa canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2852572 — 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: Yewa Context triple: [Ogun State, majorEthnicSubgroup, Yewa]
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A.
Yenda
Yenda is a small rural town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural production, particularly viticulture and horticulture.
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B.
Wounaan
The Wounaan are an Indigenous people of Panama and Colombia known for their rich rainforest-based culture, intricate basketry, and traditional practices closely tied to riverine environments.
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C.
Yahi
The Yahi were a small Native American group from northern California, known for being among the last surviving independent Indigenous peoples in the region and for the story of Ishi, their last known member.
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D.
Kandia
Kandia is a remote valley and settlement area located within Pakistan’s Kohistan mountain ranges, known for its rugged terrain and isolated communities.
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E.
Etiwanda
Etiwanda is a historic former community in Southern California, now part of the city of Rancho Cucamonga, known for its early role in citrus agriculture and irrigation development.
- 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: Yewa Target entity description: Yewa is a prominent Yoruba sub-group in southwestern Nigeria, primarily inhabiting the western part of Ogun State near the border with Benin.
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A.
Yenda
Yenda is a small rural town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural production, particularly viticulture and horticulture.
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B.
Wounaan
The Wounaan are an Indigenous people of Panama and Colombia known for their rich rainforest-based culture, intricate basketry, and traditional practices closely tied to riverine environments.
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C.
Yahi
The Yahi were a small Native American group from northern California, known for being among the last surviving independent Indigenous peoples in the region and for the story of Ishi, their last known member.
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D.
Kandia
Kandia is a remote valley and settlement area located within Pakistan’s Kohistan mountain ranges, known for its rugged terrain and isolated communities.
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E.
Etiwanda
Etiwanda is a historic former community in Southern California, now part of the city of Rancho Cucamonga, known for its early role in citrus agriculture and irrigation development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yoruba sub-group
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ |
| associatedWithRiver | Yewa River ⓘ |
| borderFeature | Nigeria–Benin border ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| culturalAffiliation | Yoruba culture ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Yoruba people ⓘ |
| ethnonym | Yewa ⓘ |
| federalRegion |
South West Nigeria
ⓘ
linked to:
Western Nigeria
|
| formerName |
Egbado
ⓘ
linked to:
Owode
|
| hasCulturalPractice |
Yoruba festivals
ⓘ
age-grade associations ⓘ extended family compounds ⓘ |
| hasLocalGovernmentArea |
Yewa North
ⓘ
Yewa South ⓘ |
| hasSettlementPattern | towns and villages ⓘ |
| language | Yoruba ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ogun State
ⓘ
Southwestern Nigeria ⓘ
linked to:
Western Nigeria
|
| locatedNear | Benin ⓘ |
| partOf | Yorubaland ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
artisanal crafts
ⓘ
farming ⓘ trading ⓘ |
| region | western part of Ogun State ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ traditional Yoruba religion ⓘ |
| sharesBorderWith | Beninese communities ⓘ |
| state | Ogun State ⓘ |
| traditionalPoliticalStructure | Yewa traditional rulers ⓘ |
| usesLanguageVariety | Yewa dialect of Yoruba ⓘ |
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: Yewa Description of subject: Yewa is a prominent Yoruba sub-group in southwestern Nigeria, primarily inhabiting the western part of Ogun State near the border with Benin.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.