Yana
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Yana is a small family of extinct Native American languages once spoken in northern California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yana canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15339445 — 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: Yana Context triple: [Northern Yana, languageFamily, Yana]
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A.
Yana
Yana is a professor character from the Doctor Who universe whose true identity is central to a major plot twist.
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B.
Yani
Yani is an Indonesian surname most notably associated with General Ahmad Yani, a national hero and high-ranking military officer killed during the 1965 coup attempt.
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C.
Yua
Yua is a small genus of flowering plants in the grape family Vitaceae, native to parts of East Asia.
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D.
Yanaoca
Yanaoca is a small Andean town in southern Peru that serves as the administrative and commercial center of Canas Province in the Cusco Region.
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E.
Yanayeva
Yanayeva is a Slavic feminine surname, typically the female form of the Russian surname Yanayev.
- 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: Yana Target entity description: Yana is a small family of extinct Native American languages once spoken in northern California.
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A.
Yana
Yana is a professor character from the Doctor Who universe whose true identity is central to a major plot twist.
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B.
Yani
Yani is an Indonesian surname most notably associated with General Ahmad Yani, a national hero and high-ranking military officer killed during the 1965 coup attempt.
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C.
Yua
Yua is a small genus of flowering plants in the grape family Vitaceae, native to parts of East Asia.
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D.
Yanaoca
Yanaoca is a small Andean town in southern Peru that serves as the administrative and commercial center of Canas Province in the Cusco Region.
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E.
Yanayeva
Yanayeva is a Slavic feminine surname, typically the female form of the Russian surname Yanayev.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.