Maine State Library
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The Maine State Library is the official state library of Maine, providing public access to collections, research resources, and library services for residents, government agencies, and libraries across the state.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maine State Library canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1030602 — 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: Maine State Library Context triple: [Maine State House, hasNearbyBuilding, Maine State Library]
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A.
Maine State Museum
The Maine State Museum is the official state museum of Maine, showcasing the state's natural history, cultural heritage, and industrial past through extensive exhibits and collections.
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B.
Maine Historical Society
The Maine Historical Society is a statewide organization dedicated to preserving and sharing Maine’s history through museums, archives, educational programs, and stewardship of historic sites.
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C.
Bangor Public Library
Bangor Public Library is a major public library and cultural institution in Bangor, Maine, known for its extensive collections and community programs.
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D.
Medford Public Library
Medford Public Library is the main public library serving the residents of Medford, Massachusetts with lending materials, community programs, and educational resources.
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E.
Mugar Memorial Library
Mugar Memorial Library is the main academic library of Boston University, serving as a central hub for research and study across its disciplines.
- 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: Maine State Library Target entity description: The Maine State Library is the official state library of Maine, providing public access to collections, research resources, and library services for residents, government agencies, and libraries across the state.
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A.
Maine State Museum
The Maine State Museum is the official state museum of Maine, showcasing the state's natural history, cultural heritage, and industrial past through extensive exhibits and collections.
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B.
Maine Historical Society
The Maine Historical Society is a statewide organization dedicated to preserving and sharing Maine’s history through museums, archives, educational programs, and stewardship of historic sites.
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C.
Bangor Public Library
Bangor Public Library is a major public library and cultural institution in Bangor, Maine, known for its extensive collections and community programs.
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D.
Medford Public Library
Medford Public Library is the main public library serving the residents of Medford, Massachusetts with lending materials, community programs, and educational resources.
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E.
Mugar Memorial Library
Mugar Memorial Library is the main academic library of Boston University, serving as a central hub for research and study across its disciplines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
ⓘ
state library ⓘ |
| accessibleTo |
general public
ⓘ
researchers ⓘ state employees ⓘ |
| coordinates |
statewide interlibrary loan programs
ⓘ
statewide library services ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fundedBy | State of Maine budget ⓘ |
| hasCollectionType |
books
ⓘ
genealogical resources ⓘ government documents ⓘ periodicals ⓘ research materials ⓘ |
| hasDepartment |
Library Development
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Public and Outreach Services ⓘ Special Collections and Digital Services ⓘ Technical Services ⓘ |
| hasMission | to provide access to information resources for Maine residents and government ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasReadingRoom | yes ⓘ |
| hasService |
consulting for public libraries
ⓘ
digital resources access ⓘ interlibrary loan ⓘ library development support ⓘ online catalog access ⓘ public access to collections ⓘ reference services ⓘ research assistance ⓘ statewide resource sharing coordination ⓘ talking books and accessible library services ⓘ training for library staff ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.maine.gov/msl/ ⓘ |
| isMemberOf | Maine library network ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Augusta, Maine
ⓘ
Cultural Building, Augusta, Maine ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Government of Maine
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surface form:
Maine state government
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| ownedBy |
Maine
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Maine
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| partOf |
Government of Maine
ⓘ
surface form:
Maine state government
|
| provides |
access to Maine state government publications
ⓘ
access to federal government documents as a depository library ⓘ support for public library development in Maine ⓘ |
| serves |
Maine libraries
ⓘ
Maine residents ⓘ Maine state government agencies ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Maine
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Maine
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| state | Maine ⓘ |
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: Maine State Library Description of subject: The Maine State Library is the official state library of Maine, providing public access to collections, research resources, and library services for residents, government agencies, and libraries across the state.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.