Matau-au
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Matau-au is the Māori name for the Clutha River, one of New Zealand’s largest and most powerful rivers in the South Island.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Matau-au canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23016746 — 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: Matau-au Context triple: [Clutha River, alsoKnownAs, Matau-au]
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A.
Māhune
Māhune was a Native Hawaiian woman of chiefly lineage, known primarily as the daughter of high chiefess Laura Kōnia and thus a member of the Hawaiian aliʻi (nobility).
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B.
Mangatārere
Mangatārere is a small rural settlement located within the Carterton District of New Zealand’s Wairarapa region.
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C.
Marutūāhu
Marutūāhu is a major Māori tribal confederation of the Hauraki region, traditionally descended from the ancestor Marutūāhu and encompassing several related iwi.
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D.
Mata-Utu
Mata-Utu is the main town and administrative center of the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna in the South Pacific.
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E.
Matiu
Matiu is a given name notably borne by Matiu Rata, a prominent New Zealand Māori politician and advocate for indigenous rights.
- 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: Matau-au Target entity description: Matau-au is the Māori name for the Clutha River, one of New Zealand’s largest and most powerful rivers in the South Island.
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A.
Māhune
Māhune was a Native Hawaiian woman of chiefly lineage, known primarily as the daughter of high chiefess Laura Kōnia and thus a member of the Hawaiian aliʻi (nobility).
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B.
Mangatārere
Mangatārere is a small rural settlement located within the Carterton District of New Zealand’s Wairarapa region.
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C.
Marutūāhu
Marutūāhu is a major Māori tribal confederation of the Hauraki region, traditionally descended from the ancestor Marutūāhu and encompassing several related iwi.
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D.
Mata-Utu
Mata-Utu is the main town and administrative center of the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna in the South Pacific.
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E.
Matiu
Matiu is a given name notably borne by Matiu Rata, a prominent New Zealand Māori politician and advocate for indigenous rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.