University of Maine
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flagship university
land-grant university
public research university
sea-grant university
space-grant university
The University of Maine is a public research university in Orono, Maine, known as the state's flagship institution and alma mater of author Stephen King.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T288608 — 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: University of Maine Context triple: [Stephen King, educatedAt, University of Maine]
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University of Maine at Augusta
The University of Maine at Augusta is a regional public university known for serving nontraditional and distance-learning students across Maine.
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University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a major public research university and the flagship campus of the UMass system, known for its strong academic programs and large, diverse student body.
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Bowdoin College
Bowdoin College is a private liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine, known for its rigorous academics, small class sizes, and strong emphasis on undergraduate education.
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University of Rochester
The University of Rochester is a private research university in Rochester, New York, known for its strong programs in fields such as optics, music, and engineering.
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E.
University of Southern Maine (Portland campus)
The University of Southern Maine’s Portland campus is an urban public university campus offering a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in Maine’s largest city.
- 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: University of Maine Target entity description: The University of Maine is a public research university in Orono, Maine, known as the state's flagship institution and alma mater of author Stephen King.
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A.
University of Maine at Augusta
The University of Maine at Augusta is a regional public university known for serving nontraditional and distance-learning students across Maine.
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B.
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a major public research university and the flagship campus of the UMass system, known for its strong academic programs and large, diverse student body.
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C.
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin College is a private liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine, known for its rigorous academics, small class sizes, and strong emphasis on undergraduate education.
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D.
University of Rochester
The University of Rochester is a private research university in Rochester, New York, known for its strong programs in fields such as optics, music, and engineering.
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University of Southern Maine (Portland campus)
The University of Southern Maine’s Portland campus is an urban public university campus offering a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in Maine’s largest city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
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: University of Maine Description of subject: The University of Maine is a public research university in Orono, Maine, known as the state's flagship institution and alma mater of author Stephen King.
Referenced by (65)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
University of Maine athletic facilities
subject surface form:
College of Engineering (University of Maine)
subject surface form:
College of Engineering (University of Maine)
this entity surface form:
University of Maine campus
this entity surface form:
University of Maine campus