Baishou dance
E704476
Baishou dance is a centuries-old communal folk dance of China’s Tujia ethnic group, characterized by expressive hand gestures, circle formations, and the reenactment of daily life and ancestral legends.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Baishou dance canonical | 4 |
| Baishou dance rituals | 1 |
| Tujia Baishou dance | 1 |
| Tujia folk dance | 1 |
| Tujia hand-waving dance | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7945776 — 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: Baishou dance Context triple: [Tujia people, traditionalDance, Baishou dance]
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A.
Maengket dance
Maengket dance is a traditional communal dance of the Minahasa people of North Sulawesi, Indonesia, performed to celebrate harvests and important social events with rhythmic movements and choral singing.
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B.
Gandrung dance
Gandrung dance is a traditional social and performance dance from the Osing community of Banyuwangi, East Java, known for its graceful movements, vibrant costumes, and role in communal celebrations.
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C.
Kabasaran dance
Kabasaran dance is a traditional Minahasan war dance from North Sulawesi, Indonesia, characterized by martial movements, red costumes, and the use of weapons like spears and swords.
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D.
Paskola dance
Paskola dance is a traditional Mayo ritual dance from northern Mexico, often performed during religious and community ceremonies with distinctive masks, costumes, and rhythmic footwork.
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E.
Baris dance
Baris dance is a traditional Balinese war dance that dramatizes the valor, discipline, and spiritual readiness of warriors through powerful, precise movements and ceremonial music.
- 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: Baishou dance Target entity description: Baishou dance is a centuries-old communal folk dance of China’s Tujia ethnic group, characterized by expressive hand gestures, circle formations, and the reenactment of daily life and ancestral legends.
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A.
Maengket dance
Maengket dance is a traditional communal dance of the Minahasa people of North Sulawesi, Indonesia, performed to celebrate harvests and important social events with rhythmic movements and choral singing.
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B.
Gandrung dance
Gandrung dance is a traditional social and performance dance from the Osing community of Banyuwangi, East Java, known for its graceful movements, vibrant costumes, and role in communal celebrations.
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C.
Kabasaran dance
Kabasaran dance is a traditional Minahasan war dance from North Sulawesi, Indonesia, characterized by martial movements, red costumes, and the use of weapons like spears and swords.
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D.
Paskola dance
Paskola dance is a traditional Mayo ritual dance from northern Mexico, often performed during religious and community ceremonies with distinctive masks, costumes, and rhythmic footwork.
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E.
Baris dance
Baris dance is a traditional Balinese war dance that dramatizes the valor, discipline, and spiritual readiness of warriors through powerful, precise movements and ceremonial music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folk dance
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intangible cultural heritage ⓘ |
| accompaniedBy |
drums
ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ gongs ⓘ suona ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tujia festivals
ⓘ
ancestor worship rituals ⓘ community gatherings ⓘ harvest celebrations ⓘ wedding ceremonies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin |
Tujia ethnic group
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linked to:
Tujia people
|
| culturalSignificance |
repository of Tujia history and memory
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symbol of Tujia identity ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Tujia people ⓘ |
| function |
cultural transmission
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education of younger generations ⓘ entertainment ⓘ ritual worship ⓘ social cohesion ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
call-and-response singing
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circle formation ⓘ collective participation ⓘ communal performance ⓘ expressive hand gestures ⓘ group coordination ⓘ reenactment of ancestral legends ⓘ reenactment of daily life ⓘ ritual elements ⓘ slow and fast tempo sections ⓘ storytelling through movement ⓘ symbolic hand signs ⓘ |
| participants |
elders
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men ⓘ women ⓘ youth ⓘ |
| performanceContext |
outdoor squares
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temple fairs ⓘ village open spaces ⓘ |
| region |
Chongqing Municipality
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linked to:
Chongqing
Guizhou Province ⓘ Hubei Province ⓘ Hunan Province ⓘ |
| temporalOrigin | centuries-old tradition ⓘ |
| theme |
agricultural labor
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courtship and marriage ⓘ hunting scenes ⓘ myths and legends ⓘ warfare and defense ⓘ |
| typicalFormation |
large circle
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multiple concentric circles ⓘ |
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: Baishou dance Description of subject: Baishou dance is a centuries-old communal folk dance of China’s Tujia ethnic group, characterized by expressive hand gestures, circle formations, and the reenactment of daily life and ancestral legends.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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