Maine State Building (Poland, Maine)
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The Maine State Building in Poland, Maine is a historic structure originally built for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and later relocated as a landmark at the Poland Spring resort.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maine State Building (Poland, Maine) canonical | 1 |
| Maine State Building (originally for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3087760 — 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 Building (Poland, Maine) Context triple: [Poland, Maine, hasHistoricSite, Maine State Building (Poland, Maine)]
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A.
Cultural Building, Augusta, Maine
Cultural Building, Augusta, Maine is a state government complex in Augusta that houses major cultural institutions, including the Maine State Museum.
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B.
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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C.
Skowhegan Historic District
Skowhegan Historic District is a preserved area in downtown Skowhegan, Maine, known for its concentration of 19th- and early 20th-century commercial and civic architecture that reflects the town’s historical development.
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D.
Westfield, Maine
Westfield, Maine is a small rural town located in northern Maine within Aroostook County.
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E.
Castle Hill, Maine
Castle Hill, Maine is a small rural town in northern Maine known for its agricultural landscape and location within Aroostook County.
- 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 Building (Poland, Maine) Target entity description: The Maine State Building in Poland, Maine is a historic structure originally built for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and later relocated as a landmark at the Poland Spring resort.
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A.
Cultural Building, Augusta, Maine
Cultural Building, Augusta, Maine is a state government complex in Augusta that houses major cultural institutions, including the Maine State Museum.
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B.
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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C.
Skowhegan Historic District
Skowhegan Historic District is a preserved area in downtown Skowhegan, Maine, known for its concentration of 19th- and early 20th-century commercial and civic architecture that reflects the town’s historical development.
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D.
Westfield, Maine
Westfield, Maine is a small rural town located in northern Maine within Aroostook County.
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E.
Castle Hill, Maine
Castle Hill, Maine is a small rural town in northern Maine known for its agricultural landscape and location within Aroostook County.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World's Fair building
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historic building ⓘ relocated building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Neo-Romanesque
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surface form:
Romanesque Revival
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| associatedEvent |
World’s Columbian Exposition
ⓘ
surface form:
1893 Chicago World's Fair
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| associatedWith |
Poland Spring House
ⓘ
Maine ⓘ
surface form:
State of Maine
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| builtFor |
World’s Columbian Exposition
ⓘ
surface form:
World's Columbian Exposition
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| category |
Buildings and structures in Androscoggin County, Maine
ⓘ
Museums in Androscoggin County, Maine ⓘ Relocated buildings in Maine ⓘ World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
surface form:
World's Columbian Exposition
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| constructionStartYear | 1892 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| event |
World’s Columbian Exposition
ⓘ
surface form:
World's Columbian Exposition
|
| feature |
three-story structure
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tower ⓘ wraparound porch ⓘ |
| hasFunction | interpretive center for local and state history ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Androscoggin County, Maine
ⓘ
Maine ⓘ Poland, Maine ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| material |
Maine granite
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Maine slate ⓘ Maine wood ⓘ |
| notableFor |
transport and reconstruction after the World's Columbian Exposition
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use of Maine materials in construction ⓘ |
| NRHPType | building ⓘ |
| numberOfStories | 3 ⓘ |
| originalLocation |
Chicago
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago, Illinois
|
| originalLocationEvent |
World’s Columbian Exposition
ⓘ
surface form:
World's Columbian Exposition
|
| originalPurpose | state exhibition building for Maine ⓘ |
| owner | Poland Spring resort ⓘ |
| relocatedTo | Poland Spring resort ⓘ |
| relocationYear | 1894 ⓘ |
| roofType | hipped roof with dormers ⓘ |
| significance |
one of the few surviving state buildings from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition
ⓘ
tourist attraction at Poland Spring resort ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | Poland Spring resort ⓘ |
| use |
exhibition space
ⓘ
museum ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1893 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Building (Poland, Maine) Description of subject: The Maine State Building in Poland, Maine is a historic structure originally built for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and later relocated as a landmark at the Poland Spring resort.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Maine State Building (originally for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition)