Mātaatua
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Mātaatua is one of the ancestral Māori voyaging canoes (waka) that carried early Polynesian settlers to Aotearoa New Zealand and is central to the traditions of several iwi, including Ngāi Te Rangi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mātaatua canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17002616 — 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 Context triple: [Ngāi Te Rangi, hasWaka, Mātaatua]
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A.
Tūmatauenga
Tūmatauenga is the Māori god of war and human activities, embodying courage, conflict, and the warrior spirit in Māori mythology.
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B.
Te Pou Tupua
Te Pou Tupua is the legal guardian entity representing the Whanganui River in New Zealand, embodying its rights and interests as a living being.
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C.
Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa
Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa is a Tongan politician and accountant who served as the country’s Prime Minister from 2019 to 2021.
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D.
Tama-nui-te-rā
Tama-nui-te-rā is the personified sun in Māori mythology, often depicted as a powerful being whose swift journey across the sky was famously challenged and slowed by the hero Māui.
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E.
Māui-taha
Māui-taha is one of the lesser-known brothers of the Polynesian culture hero Māui, appearing in various Māori and Polynesian traditions.
- 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 Target entity description: Mātaatua is one of the ancestral Māori voyaging canoes (waka) that carried early Polynesian settlers to Aotearoa New Zealand and is central to the traditions of several iwi, including Ngāi Te Rangi.
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A.
Tūmatauenga
Tūmatauenga is the Māori god of war and human activities, embodying courage, conflict, and the warrior spirit in Māori mythology.
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B.
Te Pou Tupua
Te Pou Tupua is the legal guardian entity representing the Whanganui River in New Zealand, embodying its rights and interests as a living being.
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C.
Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa
Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa is a Tongan politician and accountant who served as the country’s Prime Minister from 2019 to 2021.
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D.
Tama-nui-te-rā
Tama-nui-te-rā is the personified sun in Māori mythology, often depicted as a powerful being whose swift journey across the sky was famously challenged and slowed by the hero Māui.
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E.
Māui-taha
Māui-taha is one of the lesser-known brothers of the Polynesian culture hero Māui, appearing in various Māori and Polynesian traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.