pāteke
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Pāteke, also known as the brown teal, is a small, nocturnal dabbling duck native to New Zealand and considered one of the country’s rarest waterfowl species.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| pāteke canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17879009 — 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: pāteke Context triple: [Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, hasReintroducedSpecies, pāteke]
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A.
Pakele
Pakele is a dialectal variety of the Madi language spoken by a subgroup of the Madi people in Central Africa.
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B.
Puketitiri
Puketitiri is a rural locality in New Zealand’s Hawke’s Bay region, known for its elevated farmland, native bush, and access to nearby forested ranges and outdoor recreation areas.
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C.
Petauke
Petauke is a town in eastern Zambia that serves as an important commercial and transport hub for the surrounding rural region.
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D.
Te Pahu
Te Pahu is a small rural settlement in New Zealand’s Waikato region, known for its farming community and scenic countryside near Mount Pirongia.
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E.
Pounou
Pounou is an alternative name for the Punu, a Bantu ethnic group primarily inhabiting parts of Gabon and the Republic of the Congo, known for their rich cultural traditions and distinctive white-faced masks.
- 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: pāteke Target entity description: Pāteke, also known as the brown teal, is a small, nocturnal dabbling duck native to New Zealand and considered one of the country’s rarest waterfowl species.
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A.
Pakele
Pakele is a dialectal variety of the Madi language spoken by a subgroup of the Madi people in Central Africa.
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B.
Puketitiri
Puketitiri is a rural locality in New Zealand’s Hawke’s Bay region, known for its elevated farmland, native bush, and access to nearby forested ranges and outdoor recreation areas.
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C.
Petauke
Petauke is a town in eastern Zambia that serves as an important commercial and transport hub for the surrounding rural region.
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D.
Te Pahu
Te Pahu is a small rural settlement in New Zealand’s Waikato region, known for its farming community and scenic countryside near Mount Pirongia.
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E.
Pounou
Pounou is an alternative name for the Punu, a Bantu ethnic group primarily inhabiting parts of Gabon and the Republic of the Congo, known for their rich cultural traditions and distinctive white-faced masks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.