Māui-taha
E381335
Māui-taha is one of the lesser-known brothers of the Polynesian culture hero Māui, appearing in various Māori and Polynesian traditions.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3692405 — 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: Māui-taha Context triple: [Māui, sibling, Māui-taha]
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A.
Tamatea
Tamatea is the Māori name for Dusky Sound, a remote fiord in Fiordland, New Zealand, rich in cultural history and natural beauty.
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B.
Mata-Utu
Mata-Utu is the main town and administrative center of the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna in the South Pacific.
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C.
Māui (Polynesian demigod)
Māui is a celebrated Polynesian culture hero and trickster demigod known for feats such as fishing up islands, slowing the sun, and bringing fire to humanity.
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D.
Tui
Tui is a historic town in northwestern Spain’s Galicia region, known for its medieval architecture and strategic location on the border with Portugal.
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E.
Vili
Vili is a Norse god from Germanic mythology, known as one of Odin’s brothers who helped create the world and humanity.
- 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: Māui-taha Target entity description: Māui-taha is one of the lesser-known brothers of the Polynesian culture hero Māui, appearing in various Māori and Polynesian traditions.
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A.
Tamatea
Tamatea is the Māori name for Dusky Sound, a remote fiord in Fiordland, New Zealand, rich in cultural history and natural beauty.
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B.
Mata-Utu
Mata-Utu is the main town and administrative center of the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna in the South Pacific.
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C.
Māui (Polynesian demigod)
Māui is a celebrated Polynesian culture hero and trickster demigod known for feats such as fishing up islands, slowing the sun, and bringing fire to humanity.
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D.
Tui
Tui is a historic town in northwestern Spain’s Galicia region, known for its medieval architecture and strategic location on the border with Portugal.
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E.
Vili
Vili is a Norse god from Germanic mythology, known as one of Odin’s brothers who helped create the world and humanity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Māori mythological figure
ⓘ
Polynesian mythological figure ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsInTradition |
Māori mythology
ⓘ
Polynesian mythology ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Māui cycle of stories ⓘ |
| culture |
Māori
ⓘ
Polynesian ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalType | human-like figure ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeFunction | supporting character in Māui narratives ⓘ |
| hasRole | brother of the culture hero Māui ⓘ |
| hasSibling |
Māui
ⓘ
linked to:
Māui (Polynesian demigod)
Māui-mua ⓘ Māui-pae ⓘ Māui-waho ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | oral traditions of Aotearoa New Zealand ⓘ |
| mythologicalCategory | Māui’s brothers ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Māori language ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | lesser-known brother of Māui ⓘ |
| ontologicalStatus | legendary being ⓘ |
| region |
Aotearoa New Zealand
ⓘ
linked to:
New Zealand
Polynesia ⓘ |
| relativeOf |
Māui
ⓘ
linked to:
Māui (Polynesian demigod)
|
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: Māui-taha Description of subject: Māui-taha is one of the lesser-known brothers of the Polynesian culture hero Māui, appearing in various Māori and Polynesian traditions.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Māui (Polynesian demigod)