Tama-nui-te-rā
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Tama-nui-te-rā is the personified sun in Māori mythology, often depicted as a powerful being whose swift journey across the sky was famously challenged and slowed by the hero Māui.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tama-nui-te-rā canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3692422 — 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: Tama-nui-te-rā Context triple: [Māui, opponent, Tama-nui-te-rā]
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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.
Māui-taha
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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C.
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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D.
Te Kā
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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E.
Māui-roto
Māui-roto is a lesser-known figure in Polynesian mythology, identified as one of the siblings of the culture hero Māui.
- 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: Tama-nui-te-rā Target entity description: Tama-nui-te-rā is the personified sun in Māori mythology, often depicted as a powerful being whose swift journey across the sky was famously challenged and slowed by the hero Māui.
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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.
Māui-taha
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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C.
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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D.
Te Kā
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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E.
Māui-roto
Māui-roto is a lesser-known figure in Polynesian mythology, identified as one of the siblings of the culture hero Māui.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deity
ⓘ
figure in Māori mythology ⓘ personification ⓘ solar deity ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
blows from Māui
ⓘ
ropes of Māui ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
oral traditions
ⓘ
whakapapa (genealogical) narratives ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
daytime
ⓘ
heat ⓘ sunlight ⓘ |
| category |
Māori gods
ⓘ
sky and weather deities ⓘ solar gods ⓘ |
| challengedBy |
Māui
ⓘ
linked to:
Māui (Polynesian demigod)
|
| cosmicFunction |
marking days
ⓘ
regulating time ⓘ |
| culture | Māori ⓘ |
| describedAs |
powerful being
ⓘ
swift traveler across the sky ⓘ |
| domain | Polynesian mythology ⓘ |
| explains |
lengthening of the day
ⓘ
why days are longer in summer ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasMyth | story of being snared and beaten by Māui ⓘ |
| honoredIn |
karakia (prayers)
ⓘ
traditional narratives ⓘ waiata (songs) ⓘ |
| influences |
agricultural cycles
ⓘ
daily human activities ⓘ |
| involvedIn | Māui slowing the sun narrative ⓘ |
| languageOfName | te reo Māori ⓘ |
| movementSpeed | swift ⓘ |
| movesAcross | the sky ⓘ |
| mythology | Māori mythology ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | great son of the sun ⓘ |
| narrativeType | etiological myth ⓘ |
| opponentInMyth |
Māui
ⓘ
linked to:
Māui (Polynesian demigod)
|
| personifies | the sun ⓘ |
| regionOfVeneration |
Aotearoa (New Zealand)
ⓘ
linked to:
New Zealand
|
| resultOfConflictWithMāui | slowed daily journey ⓘ |
| role |
controller of the length of the day
ⓘ
source of light ⓘ source of warmth ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
growth of crops
ⓘ
life ⓘ vitality ⓘ |
| worshippedBy | Māori communities (traditional) ⓘ |
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: Tama-nui-te-rā Description of subject: Tama-nui-te-rā is the personified sun in Māori mythology, often depicted as a powerful being whose swift journey across the sky was famously challenged and slowed by the hero Māui.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Māui (Polynesian demigod)