University of Maine at Fort Kent
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The University of Maine at Fort Kent is a public university in northern Maine known for its small-campus environment and programs that often emphasize rural, environmental, and cross-border (U.S.–Canada) studies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| University of Maine at Fort Kent canonical | 8 |
| Fort Kent campus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T293035 — 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 at Fort Kent Context triple: [Fort Kent, Maine, hasEducationalInstitution, University of Maine at Fort Kent]
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A.
University of Maine
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
University of Alaska Southeast
The University of Alaska Southeast is a public regional university in Alaska known for its programs in marine biology, environmental science, education, and liberal arts, serving students across the state's Southeast region.
- 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 at Fort Kent Target entity description: The University of Maine at Fort Kent is a public university in northern Maine known for its small-campus environment and programs that often emphasize rural, environmental, and cross-border (U.S.–Canada) studies.
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A.
University of Maine
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
University of Alaska Southeast
The University of Alaska Southeast is a public regional university in Alaska known for its programs in marine biology, environmental science, education, and liberal arts, serving students across the state's Southeast region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
higher education institution
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public university ⓘ |
| abbreviation | UMFK ⓘ |
| campusSetting | rural ⓘ |
| city |
Fort Kent, Maine
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surface form:
Fort Kent
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| emphasizes |
cross-cultural connections with Canada
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regional issues of northern Maine ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
U.S.–Canada cross-border topics
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environmental issues ⓘ rural issues ⓘ |
| fundingType | publicly funded ⓘ |
| governedBy | Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
close-knit campus community
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small enrollment ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cross-border U.S.–Canada studies
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environmental studies ⓘ rural studies ⓘ small-campus environment ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedInCounty |
Aroostook County, Maine
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surface form:
Aroostook County
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| locatedNear | Canada–United States border ⓘ |
| offers |
associate degree programs
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bachelor’s degree programs ⓘ undergraduate programs ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Maine
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surface form:
State of Maine
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| partOf | University of Maine System ⓘ |
| region | northern Maine ⓘ |
| sector | public ⓘ |
| 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: University of Maine at Fort Kent Description of subject: The University of Maine at Fort Kent is a public university in northern Maine known for its small-campus environment and programs that often emphasize rural, environmental, and cross-border (U.S.–Canada) studies.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System
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hasJurisdictionOver
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University of Maine at Fort Kent
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