Tainui waka (in some lines)
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Tainui waka is one of the great ancestral Polynesian voyaging canoes that carried Māori settlers to Aotearoa New Zealand and is central to the identity and traditions of several iwi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tainui waka (in some lines) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17165634 — 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: Tainui waka (in some lines) Context triple: [Ngāti Tūwharetoa, ancestralCanoe, Tainui waka (in some lines)]
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A.
Mātaatua waka
Mātaatua waka is one of the ancestral Māori voyaging canoes that brought Polynesian settlers to Aotearoa New Zealand and is central to the origins and identity of several iwi (tribes), including Ngāti Ranginui.
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B.
Ngātokimatawhaorua war canoe
The Ngātokimatawhaorua war canoe is a massive ceremonial Māori waka taua, renowned as one of the largest war canoes in the world and a central feature of national commemorations at Waitangi in New Zealand.
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C.
Te Arawa waka
Te Arawa waka is one of the great ancestral Māori voyaging canoes that carried the Te Arawa people from Polynesia to Aotearoa (New Zealand), forming the basis of their tribal identity and traditions.
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D.
Whakaari
Whakaari is an active volcanic island off the coast of New Zealand’s North Island, known for its frequent eruptions and dramatic geothermal landscape.
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E.
Waka
Waka is a small unincorporated rural community located in Ochiltree County in the Texas Panhandle.
- 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: Tainui waka (in some lines) Target entity description: Tainui waka is one of the great ancestral Polynesian voyaging canoes that carried Māori settlers to Aotearoa New Zealand and is central to the identity and traditions of several iwi.
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A.
Mātaatua waka
Mātaatua waka is one of the ancestral Māori voyaging canoes that brought Polynesian settlers to Aotearoa New Zealand and is central to the origins and identity of several iwi (tribes), including Ngāti Ranginui.
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B.
Ngātokimatawhaorua war canoe
The Ngātokimatawhaorua war canoe is a massive ceremonial Māori waka taua, renowned as one of the largest war canoes in the world and a central feature of national commemorations at Waitangi in New Zealand.
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C.
Te Arawa waka
Te Arawa waka is one of the great ancestral Māori voyaging canoes that carried the Te Arawa people from Polynesia to Aotearoa (New Zealand), forming the basis of their tribal identity and traditions.
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D.
Whakaari
Whakaari is an active volcanic island off the coast of New Zealand’s North Island, known for its frequent eruptions and dramatic geothermal landscape.
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E.
Waka
Waka is a small unincorporated rural community located in Ochiltree County in the Texas Panhandle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ngāti Tūwharetoa