Snipe clan
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The Snipe clan is one of the traditional matrilineal clans of the Cayuga people, associated with the snipe bird and integral to their social and kinship structure.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Snipe clan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3877210 — 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: Snipe clan Context triple: [Cayuga, hasClan, Snipe clan]
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A.
Javanshir clan
The Javanshir clan was a prominent Azerbaijani noble family that played a significant political and military role in the Karabakh region.
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B.
Naya clan
The Naya clan is an ancient Jain lineage traditionally associated with the family background of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism.
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C.
Bear clan
The Bear clan is one of the traditional Ho-Chunk social and kinship groups, historically associated with specific ceremonial roles, responsibilities, and lineage within the tribe.
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D.
Water Spirit clan
The Water Spirit clan is one of the traditional Ho-Chunk social divisions, associated with water-related spiritual roles, identity, and responsibilities within the tribe’s clan system.
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E.
Maeda clan
The Maeda clan was a powerful samurai family of the Sengoku and Edo periods, best known as one of the wealthiest and most influential daimyo houses under the Tokugawa shogunate.
- 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: Snipe clan Target entity description: The Snipe clan is one of the traditional matrilineal clans of the Cayuga people, associated with the snipe bird and integral to their social and kinship structure.
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A.
Javanshir clan
The Javanshir clan was a prominent Azerbaijani noble family that played a significant political and military role in the Karabakh region.
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B.
Naya clan
The Naya clan is an ancient Jain lineage traditionally associated with the family background of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism.
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C.
Bear clan
The Bear clan is one of the traditional Ho-Chunk social and kinship groups, historically associated with specific ceremonial roles, responsibilities, and lineage within the tribe.
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D.
Water Spirit clan
The Water Spirit clan is one of the traditional Ho-Chunk social divisions, associated with water-related spiritual roles, identity, and responsibilities within the tribe’s clan system.
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E.
Maeda clan
The Maeda clan was a powerful samurai family of the Sengoku and Edo periods, best known as one of the wealthiest and most influential daimyo houses under the Tokugawa shogunate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cayuga clan
ⓘ
kinship group ⓘ matrilineal clan ⓘ social organization unit ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
snipe
ⓘ
snipe bird ⓘ |
| culture |
Cayuga
ⓘ
Haudenosaunee ⓘ |
| descentSystem | matrilineal ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
Cayuga nation
ⓘ
surface form:
Cayuga people
|
| function |
organizing kinship relations
ⓘ
regulating marriage ⓘ structuring social identity ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn |
Cayuga clan system
ⓘ
Cayuga community life ⓘ |
| inheritanceThrough | mother’s line ⓘ |
| isTraditional | true ⓘ |
| kinshipRole | defining relatives and obligations ⓘ |
| languageCommunity | Cayuga language speakers ⓘ |
| marriageRuleContext | exogamous clan system ⓘ |
| membershipDeterminedBy | mother’s clan ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cayuga kinship system
ⓘ
Cayuga social structure ⓘ |
| region | traditional Cayuga territories ⓘ |
| religionContext | Haudenosaunee traditional beliefs ⓘ |
| socialStratificationRole | clan-based organization ⓘ |
| symbol | snipe ⓘ |
| symbolType | animal totem ⓘ |
| transmission | from mother to children ⓘ |
| typeOf |
Haudenosaunee
ⓘ
surface form:
Haudenosaunee clan
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Snipe clan Description of subject: The Snipe clan is one of the traditional matrilineal clans of the Cayuga people, associated with the snipe bird and integral to their social and kinship structure.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.