Te Arawa waka
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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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Te Arawa waka canonical | 6 |
| Arawa waka | 1 |
| Māori waka | 1 |
| Te Arawa canoe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17002647 — 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: Te Arawa waka Context triple: [Te Arawa, ancestralCanoe, Te Arawa waka]
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A.
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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B.
Paparoa
Paparoa is a small rural settlement in New Zealand known for its historic village character and location in the Northland Region.
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C.
ʻUiha
ʻUiha is an inhabited island in the Haʻapai group of Tonga, known for its traditional villages and surrounding coral reefs.
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D.
Te Vaka
Te Vaka is a contemporary Polynesian music group known for its pan-Pacific sound and for contributing songs to Disney’s film "Moana."
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E.
SS Waimarama
SS Waimarama was a British merchant cargo ship, notably part of the ill-fated World War II Pedestal convoy that attempted to relieve the besieged island of Malta.
- 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: Te Arawa waka Target entity description: 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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A.
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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B.
Paparoa
Paparoa is a small rural settlement in New Zealand known for its historic village character and location in the Northland Region.
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C.
ʻUiha
ʻUiha is an inhabited island in the Haʻapai group of Tonga, known for its traditional villages and surrounding coral reefs.
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D.
Te Vaka
Te Vaka is a contemporary Polynesian music group known for its pan-Pacific sound and for contributing songs to Disney’s film "Moana."
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E.
SS Waimarama
SS Waimarama was a British merchant cargo ship, notably part of the ill-fated World War II Pedestal convoy that attempted to relieve the besieged island of Malta.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.