Mātaatua waka
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Mātaatua waka is one of the ancestral Māori voyaging canoes that brought Polynesian settlers to Aotearoa New Zealand and is central to the origins and identity of several iwi (tribes), including Ngāti Ranginui.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mātaatua waka canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17097876 — 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: Mātaatua waka Context triple: [Ngāti Ranginui, hasWakaTradition, Mātaatua waka]
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A.
Te Arawa waka
Te Arawa waka is one of the great ancestral Māori voyaging canoes that carried the Te Arawa people from Polynesia to Aotearoa (New Zealand), forming the basis of their tribal identity and traditions.
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B.
Ka'a
Ka'a is an alternative rendering of Qa'a, an early dynastic Egyptian pharaoh traditionally regarded as the last ruler of the First Dynasty.
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C.
ʻUiha
ʻUiha is an inhabited island in the Haʻapai group of Tonga, known for its traditional villages and surrounding coral reefs.
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D.
Kalewa
Kalewa is a town in northwestern Myanmar that serves as a strategic river port and transport hub along the Chindwin River.
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E.
Paparoa
Paparoa is a small rural settlement in New Zealand known for its historic village character and location in the Northland Region.
- 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: Mātaatua waka Target entity description: Mātaatua waka is one of the ancestral Māori voyaging canoes that brought Polynesian settlers to Aotearoa New Zealand and is central to the origins and identity of several iwi (tribes), including Ngāti Ranginui.
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A.
Te Arawa waka
Te Arawa waka is one of the great ancestral Māori voyaging canoes that carried the Te Arawa people from Polynesia to Aotearoa (New Zealand), forming the basis of their tribal identity and traditions.
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B.
Ka'a
Ka'a is an alternative rendering of Qa'a, an early dynastic Egyptian pharaoh traditionally regarded as the last ruler of the First Dynasty.
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C.
ʻUiha
ʻUiha is an inhabited island in the Haʻapai group of Tonga, known for its traditional villages and surrounding coral reefs.
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D.
Kalewa
Kalewa is a town in northwestern Myanmar that serves as a strategic river port and transport hub along the Chindwin River.
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E.
Paparoa
Paparoa is a small rural settlement in New Zealand known for its historic village character and location in the Northland Region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.