University of Maine System
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The University of Maine System is a public university system that oversees multiple campuses and institutions of higher education across the state of Maine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| University of Maine System canonical | 27 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T363601 — 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 System Context triple: [University of Southern Maine Portland campus, academicAffiliation, 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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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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C.
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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D.
Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System
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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E.
Eastern Maine Community College
Eastern Maine Community College is a public two-year college in Bangor, Maine, offering career-focused and transfer-oriented associate degree and certificate programs.
- 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 System Target entity description: The University of Maine System is a public university system that oversees multiple campuses and institutions of higher education across the state of Maine.
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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 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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C.
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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Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System
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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E.
Eastern Maine Community College
Eastern Maine Community College is a public two-year college in Bangor, Maine, offering career-focused and transfer-oriented associate degree and certificate programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public university system
ⓘ
state university system ⓘ |
| abbreviation | UMS ⓘ |
| coordinates |
academic programs among member institutions
ⓘ
budgeting among member institutions ⓘ strategic planning among member institutions ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| employs |
faculty
ⓘ
staff ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
community service
ⓘ
research ⓘ teaching ⓘ |
| follows | public university governance model ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
Maine
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Maine
federal grants ⓘ private grants and donations ⓘ tuition and fees ⓘ |
| governingBody | Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System ⓘ |
| hasChancellor | Dannel P. Malloy ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersLocation | Bangor, Maine ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Maine’s Public Universities ⓘ |
| hasPart |
University of Maine
ⓘ
University of Maine School of Law ⓘ 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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| hasStudentBody |
graduate students
ⓘ
undergraduate students ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| mission | to provide affordable, accessible public higher education in Maine ⓘ |
| offers |
graduate education
ⓘ
professional education ⓘ undergraduate education ⓘ |
| operates | multiple campuses across Maine ⓘ |
| operatesIn | higher education ⓘ |
| regulates |
system-wide academic policies
ⓘ
system-wide administrative policies ⓘ |
| sector | public ⓘ |
| serves |
out-of-state students
ⓘ
residents of Maine ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| website | https://www.maine.edu/ ⓘ |
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 System Description of subject: The University of Maine System is a public university system that oversees multiple campuses and institutions of higher education across the state of Maine.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
University of Southern Maine Portland campus
Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System
→
parentOrganization
→
University of Maine System
ⓘ
Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System
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overseesBudgetOf
→
University of Maine System
ⓘ
subject surface form:
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (University of Maine)
College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture
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parentOrganization
→
University of Maine System
ⓘ
subject surface form:
College of Engineering (University of Maine)