Māmari
E820123
Māmari is a traditional Māori voyaging canoe (waka) associated with the Ngāpuhi iwi, significant in their ancestral migration and tribal identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Māmari canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9775813 — 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: Māmari Context triple: [Ngāpuhi, hasWaka, Māmari]
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A.
Mamati
Mamati is a village in western Georgia notable as the birthplace of former Soviet and Georgian politician Eduard Shevardnadze.
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B.
Mawanella
Mawanella is a town in central Sri Lanka known as a key transit point on the Colombo–Kandy road and for its surrounding rubber and tea plantations.
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C.
Marau
Marau is an Oceanic language spoken by a small community in Papua New Guinea.
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D.
Moukari
Moukari is a Finnish amateur radio callsign holder, identified by the callsign K9FIN Moukari.
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E.
Mawé
Mawé is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Sateré-Mawé people of the Brazilian Amazon.
- 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: Māmari Target entity description: Māmari is a traditional Māori voyaging canoe (waka) associated with the Ngāpuhi iwi, significant in their ancestral migration and tribal identity.
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A.
Mamati
Mamati is a village in western Georgia notable as the birthplace of former Soviet and Georgian politician Eduard Shevardnadze.
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B.
Mawanella
Mawanella is a town in central Sri Lanka known as a key transit point on the Colombo–Kandy road and for its surrounding rubber and tea plantations.
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C.
Marau
Marau is an Oceanic language spoken by a small community in Papua New Guinea.
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D.
Moukari
Moukari is a Finnish amateur radio callsign holder, identified by the callsign K9FIN Moukari.
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E.
Mawé
Mawé is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Sateré-Mawé people of the Brazilian Amazon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
traditional Māori voyaging canoe
ⓘ
waka ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Ngāpuhi
ⓘ
Ngāti Kahu ⓘ Te Aupōuri ⓘ Te Rarawa ⓘ |
| associatedWithIwi |
Ngāpuhi
ⓘ
Ngāti Kahu ⓘ Te Aupōuri ⓘ Te Rarawa ⓘ |
| captain | Ruanui ⓘ |
| category | waka hourua ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| culture | Māori ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeForm | oral tradition ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important ancestral waka in Māori tradition ⓘ |
| landfallLocation |
Hokianga Harbour
ⓘ
Northland, New Zealand ⓘ
linked to:
Northland Region
|
| languageContext | te reo Māori ⓘ |
| mythology | Māori canoe traditions ⓘ |
| navigationTradition |
Polynesian wayfinding
ⓘ
linked to:
Polynesian navigation
|
| partOf | great migration canoes of Aotearoa ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
Māori oral histories of Hokianga
ⓘ
Ngāpuhi tribal histories ⓘ |
| region | Te Tai Tokerau ⓘ |
| role |
ancestral migration canoe
ⓘ
tribal identity symbol ⓘ |
| significance |
founding canoe for northern iwi
ⓘ
source of whakapapa (genealogical) connections ⓘ taonga (treasured) in Ngāpuhi tradition ⓘ |
| spiritualSignificance | connection to ancestral atua and tūpuna ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Ngāpuhi mana and identity
ⓘ
connection to Hokianga Harbour ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre-European era ⓘ |
| usedFor |
migration to Aotearoa
ⓘ
ocean voyaging ⓘ |
| voyageDestination |
Aotearoa
ⓘ
linked to:
New Zealand
Hokianga region ⓘ
linked to:
Hokianga district
|
| voyageType | Polynesian migration ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Māmari Description of subject: Māmari is a traditional Māori voyaging canoe (waka) associated with the Ngāpuhi iwi, significant in their ancestral migration and tribal identity.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.