Te Kā
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Te Kā is the fiery lava demon and corrupted form of the goddess Te Fiti who serves as the main antagonist in Disney's animated film "Moana."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Te Kā canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3276962 — 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 Kā Context triple: [Moana, characterIn, Te Kā]
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A.
Turangi
Turangi is a small town in New Zealand’s central North Island, known as a gateway to Tongariro National Park and popular for trout fishing and outdoor recreation.
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B.
Rangea
Rangea is an extinct frond-shaped organism from the Ediacaran Period, known as one of the earliest complex multicellular life forms preserved in Precambrian fossil beds.
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C.
Ke‘anae
Ke‘anae is a small, historic Hawaiian village on Maui’s rugged north shore, known for its taro fields, dramatic lava-rock coastline, and scenic ocean views.
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D.
Kāwana-Tianara o Aotearoa
Kāwana-Tianara o Aotearoa is the Māori-language title for the Governor-General of New Zealand, the King's representative and de facto head of state in the country.
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E.
Tamatea
Tamatea is the Māori name for Dusky Sound, a remote fiord in Fiordland, New Zealand, rich in cultural history and natural beauty.
- 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 Kā Target entity description: Te Kā is the fiery lava demon and corrupted form of the goddess Te Fiti who serves as the main antagonist in Disney's animated film "Moana."
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A.
Turangi
Turangi is a small town in New Zealand’s central North Island, known as a gateway to Tongariro National Park and popular for trout fishing and outdoor recreation.
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B.
Rangea
Rangea is an extinct frond-shaped organism from the Ediacaran Period, known as one of the earliest complex multicellular life forms preserved in Precambrian fossil beds.
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C.
Ke‘anae
Ke‘anae is a small, historic Hawaiian village on Maui’s rugged north shore, known for its taro fields, dramatic lava-rock coastline, and scenic ocean views.
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D.
Kāwana-Tianara o Aotearoa
Kāwana-Tianara o Aotearoa is the Māori-language title for the Governor-General of New Zealand, the King's representative and de facto head of state in the country.
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E.
Tamatea
Tamatea is the Māori name for Dusky Sound, a remote fiord in Fiordland, New Zealand, rich in cultural history and natural beauty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Disney character
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antagonist ⓘ fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ |
| alignment | villain ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
2016 film Moana
ⓘ
linked to:
Moana
Moana ⓘ |
| associatedLocation |
Te Fiti’s island
ⓘ
the barrier islands around Te Fiti ⓘ |
| basedOn | Polynesian mythology-inspired concepts ⓘ |
| characterType |
fire demon
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lava demon ⓘ |
| corruptedFormOf | Te Fiti ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Walt Disney Animation Studios ⓘ |
| elementalAssociation |
fire
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lava ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Moana universe ⓘ |
| franchise | Disney Princess-related media ⓘ |
| genre | animated fantasy film character ⓘ |
| hasMoralArc | yes ⓘ |
| medium | computer-animated film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | obstacle to restoring Te Fiti’s heart ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
corruption
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environmental devastation ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| notableAbility |
control of fire
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control of lava ⓘ creating fireballs ⓘ durability against physical attacks ⓘ generating smoke and ash clouds ⓘ immense physical strength ⓘ projecting molten rock ⓘ |
| opposes |
Maui
ⓘ
Moana Waialiki ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Walt Disney Pictures ⓘ |
| resolutionOfArc | redeemed when heart is restored ⓘ |
| roleInWork | main antagonist ⓘ |
| species | lava entity ⓘ |
| threatens | Polynesian islands in Moana ⓘ |
| transformedBackInto | Te Fiti ⓘ |
| visualCharacteristic |
flaming exterior
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glowing cracks of lava ⓘ molten rock body ⓘ |
| weakness |
heart of Te Fiti
ⓘ
water ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 2016 ⓘ |
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: Te Kā Description of subject: Te Kā is the fiery lava demon and corrupted form of the goddess Te Fiti who serves as the main antagonist in Disney's animated film "Moana."
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.