Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System
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The Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System is the governing body responsible for overseeing policy, finances, and strategic direction for the public universities within the University of Maine System.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System canonical | 11 |
| board of trustees of the University of Maine System | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T363600 — 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: Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System Context triple: [University of Southern Maine Portland campus, governingBody, Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System]
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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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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 Maine at Fort Kent
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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D.
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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E.
Government of Maine
The Government of Maine is the state’s central governing authority, encompassing the executive, legislative, and judicial branches that administer public policy and services across Maine.
- 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: Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System Target entity description: The Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System is the governing body responsible for overseeing policy, finances, and strategic direction for the public universities within the University of Maine System.
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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 Maine at Fort Kent
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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D.
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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E.
Government of Maine
The Government of Maine is the state’s central governing authority, encompassing the executive, legislative, and judicial branches that administer public policy and services across Maine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
board of trustees
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educational governing body ⓘ governing body ⓘ |
| appliesPolicyTo | University of Maine System institutions ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Government of Maine
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Maine government
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| approves |
major capital projects within the University of Maine System
ⓘ
system-wide strategic plans ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employerOf | chancellor of the University of Maine System ⓘ |
| ensures |
compliance with state higher education policy
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fiscal accountability of the University of Maine System ⓘ |
| field | higher education administration ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
access to public higher education in Maine
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long-term sustainability of the University of Maine System ⓘ quality of academic programs in the University of Maine System ⓘ |
| governs | University of Maine System ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
system-wide academic programs
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system-wide administrative policies ⓘ system-wide financial decisions ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver |
University of Maine
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University of Maine at Augusta ⓘ University of Maine at Farmington ⓘ University of Maine at Fort Kent ⓘ University of Maine at Machias ⓘ University of Maine at Presque Isle ⓘ University of Southern Maine (Portland campus) ⓘ
surface form:
University of Southern Maine
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| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | public body ⓘ |
| location | Maine ⓘ |
| oversees | public universities within the University of Maine System ⓘ |
| overseesBudgetOf | University of Maine System ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | University of Maine System ⓘ |
| partOf | public higher education system in Maine ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
financial oversight
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policy oversight ⓘ strategic direction ⓘ university system governance ⓘ |
| sector | public higher education ⓘ |
| sets |
system-wide academic policies
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tuition and fee policies for the University of Maine System ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| supervises | chancellor of the University of Maine System ⓘ |
| website | https://www.maine.edu/board-of-trustees/ ⓘ |
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: Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System Description of subject: The Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System is the governing body responsible for overseeing policy, finances, and strategic direction for the public universities within the University of Maine System.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
University of Southern Maine (Portland campus)
→
governingBody
→
Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System
ⓘ
subject surface form:
University of Southern Maine Portland campus
University of Maine at Fort Kent
→
governedBy
→
Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System
ⓘ
University of Maine at Farmington
→
governedBy
→
Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System
ⓘ
University of Maine at Presque Isle
→
governingBody
→
Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System
ⓘ
subject surface form:
University of Maine at Augusta
University of Maine School of Law
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governedBy
→
Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System
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this entity surface form:
board of trustees of the University of Maine System
subject surface form:
University of Maine at Presque Isle