Whina
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Whina is a New Zealand biographical drama film about the life and legacy of Māori leader Dame Whina Cooper.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Whina canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9739516 — 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: Whina Context triple: [Rachel House, notableWork, Whina]
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A.
Rangitata River
The Rangitata River is a major braided river in New Zealand’s South Island, known for its alpine-fed flows, salmon fishing, and dramatic gorge landscapes.
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B.
Llewellyn River
The Llewellyn River is a glacially fed river in northwestern North America that carries meltwater from the Juneau Icefield through remote, rugged terrain toward downstream lakes and waterways.
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C.
Mataura River
The Mataura River is a major river in New Zealand’s Southland region, known for its trout fishing and agricultural landscapes along its course.
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D.
Waitara River
The Waitara River is a significant river in New Zealand’s North Island that flows through the Taranaki Region to the Tasman Sea, historically important for Māori settlement and colonial-era conflicts.
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E.
De Grey River
The De Grey River is a major river system in Western Australia’s remote Pilbara region, known for its extensive catchment and role in supporting local ecosystems and pastoral activities.
- 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: Whina Target entity description: Whina is a New Zealand biographical drama film about the life and legacy of Māori leader Dame Whina Cooper.
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A.
Rangitata River
The Rangitata River is a major braided river in New Zealand’s South Island, known for its alpine-fed flows, salmon fishing, and dramatic gorge landscapes.
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B.
Llewellyn River
The Llewellyn River is a glacially fed river in northwestern North America that carries meltwater from the Juneau Icefield through remote, rugged terrain toward downstream lakes and waterways.
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C.
Mataura River
The Mataura River is a major river in New Zealand’s Southland region, known for its trout fishing and agricultural landscapes along its course.
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D.
Waitara River
The Waitara River is a significant river in New Zealand’s North Island that flows through the Taranaki Region to the Tasman Sea, historically important for Māori settlement and colonial-era conflicts.
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E.
De Grey River
The De Grey River is a major river system in Western Australia’s remote Pilbara region, known for its extensive catchment and role in supporting local ecosystems and pastoral activities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| about | Māori leader Dame Whina Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of Dame Whina Cooper ⓘ |
| composer | Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Aotearoa New Zealand
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | 1975 Māori land march ⓘ |
| director |
James Napier Robertson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paula Whetu Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Transmission Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresEthnicGroup | Māori people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Erroll Shand
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jayden Daniels NERFINISHED ⓘ Kirk Torrance NERFINISHED ⓘ Miriama McDowell NERFINISHED ⓘ Rawiri Paratene NERFINISHED ⓘ Rena Owen NERFINISHED ⓘ Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ Vinnie Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne Hapi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPortrayalOf | Dame Whina Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
community
ⓘ
family ⓘ indigenous rights ⓘ leadership ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Māori language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Whina Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | life and legacy of Dame Whina Cooper ⓘ |
| notableAward | Best Actress in a Leading Role (New Zealand film awards context) ⓘ |
| portrays |
Māori activism
ⓘ
Māori community life ⓘ land rights movement in New Zealand ⓘ |
| producer |
Matthew Metcalfe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tainui Stephens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | GFC Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
James Napier Robertson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paula Whetu Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Auckland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hokianga NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Whina Description of subject: Whina is a New Zealand biographical drama film about the life and legacy of Māori leader Dame Whina Cooper.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.