Yamasee people
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The Yamasee people were a Native American group of the Southeastern United States, known for their role in the early colonial era—especially the Yamasee War of 1715–1717 against British Carolina.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yamasee people canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17244373 — 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: Yamasee people Context triple: [Guale people, descendantsPartlyMergedInto, Yamasee people]
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A.
Tuscarora
The Tuscarora are a Native American people originally from the Carolinas who later became the sixth nation of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy.
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B.
Occaneechi people
The Occaneechi people are a Siouan-speaking Indigenous group historically based in the Piedmont region of what is now North Carolina and Virginia, known for their role as traders and cultural intermediaries in the 17th century.
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C.
Nottoway people
The Nottoway people are a Native American tribe historically located in what is now Virginia, known for their distinct Iroquoian heritage and cultural traditions.
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D.
Chowanoc people
The Chowanoc people are a Native American tribe historically inhabiting the coastal plain of what is now northeastern North Carolina, particularly along the Chowan River.
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E.
Cheroenhaka people
The Cheroenhaka people are a Native American tribe historically associated with the Nottoway (Cheroenhaka) language and the region of what is now southeastern Virginia.
- 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: Yamasee people Target entity description: The Yamasee people were a Native American group of the Southeastern United States, known for their role in the early colonial era—especially the Yamasee War of 1715–1717 against British Carolina.
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A.
Tuscarora
The Tuscarora are a Native American people originally from the Carolinas who later became the sixth nation of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy.
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B.
Occaneechi people
The Occaneechi people are a Siouan-speaking Indigenous group historically based in the Piedmont region of what is now North Carolina and Virginia, known for their role as traders and cultural intermediaries in the 17th century.
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C.
Nottoway people
The Nottoway people are a Native American tribe historically located in what is now Virginia, known for their distinct Iroquoian heritage and cultural traditions.
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D.
Chowanoc people
The Chowanoc people are a Native American tribe historically inhabiting the coastal plain of what is now northeastern North Carolina, particularly along the Chowan River.
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E.
Cheroenhaka people
The Cheroenhaka people are a Native American tribe historically associated with the Nottoway (Cheroenhaka) language and the region of what is now southeastern Virginia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.