First Taranaki War
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The First Taranaki War was an 1860–1861 armed conflict in New Zealand between British colonial forces and Māori over land ownership and sovereignty, marking a key phase of the New Zealand Wars.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| First Taranaki War canonical | 3 |
| Taranaki land wars | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20008525 — 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: First Taranaki War Context triple: [Waitara, wasSiteOf, First Taranaki War]
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A.
New Zealand Wars
The New Zealand Wars were a series of 19th-century armed conflicts between various Māori iwi (tribes) and the British colonial government, largely over land ownership and sovereignty.
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B.
Invasion of Waikato
The Invasion of Waikato was a major 19th-century New Zealand Wars campaign in which British and colonial forces invaded the Waikato region, leading to large-scale land confiscations and long-lasting impacts on the Waikato-Tainui people.
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C.
Battle of the Stewart Islands
The Battle of the Stewart Islands, more widely known as the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, was a major World War II carrier battle between the United States and Japan in August 1942 during the Guadalcanal campaign in the Pacific Theater.
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D.
siege of Kaiapoi Pā
The siege of Kaiapoi Pā was a major early 19th-century conflict in New Zealand in which Ngāi Tahu’s fortified settlement at Kaiapoi was attacked and eventually destroyed by northern war parties led by the Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha.
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E.
Ragamuffin War
The Ragamuffin War was a 19th-century republican and separatist revolt in southern Brazil, centered in Rio Grande do Sul, against the imperial government of the Empire of Brazil.
- 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: First Taranaki War Target entity description: The First Taranaki War was an 1860–1861 armed conflict in New Zealand between British colonial forces and Māori over land ownership and sovereignty, marking a key phase of the New Zealand Wars.
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A.
New Zealand Wars
The New Zealand Wars were a series of 19th-century armed conflicts between various Māori iwi (tribes) and the British colonial government, largely over land ownership and sovereignty.
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B.
Invasion of Waikato
The Invasion of Waikato was a major 19th-century New Zealand Wars campaign in which British and colonial forces invaded the Waikato region, leading to large-scale land confiscations and long-lasting impacts on the Waikato-Tainui people.
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C.
Battle of the Stewart Islands
The Battle of the Stewart Islands, more widely known as the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, was a major World War II carrier battle between the United States and Japan in August 1942 during the Guadalcanal campaign in the Pacific Theater.
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D.
siege of Kaiapoi Pā
The siege of Kaiapoi Pā was a major early 19th-century conflict in New Zealand in which Ngāi Tahu’s fortified settlement at Kaiapoi was attacked and eventually destroyed by northern war parties led by the Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha.
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E.
Ragamuffin War
The Ragamuffin War was a 19th-century republican and separatist revolt in southern Brazil, centered in Rio Grande do Sul, against the imperial government of the Empire of Brazil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: First Taranaki War