present-day Maine
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Present-day Maine is a U.S. state in the far northeastern corner of the country, known for its rugged Atlantic coastline, dense forests, and historical colonial-era settlements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| present-day Maine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9300020 — 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: present-day Maine Context triple: [Salmon Falls raid, location, present-day Maine]
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A.
Downeast Maine
Downeast Maine is a coastal region in eastern Maine known for its rugged shoreline, fishing communities, and iconic lighthouses.
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B.
western Maine
Western Maine is a largely rural, mountainous region of Maine known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas, including parts of the Appalachian Mountains.
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C.
eastern Maine
Eastern Maine is a largely rural region of the state of Maine centered around the city of Bangor, which serves as its primary economic and cultural hub.
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D.
Northern Maine
Northern Maine is a sparsely populated, heavily forested region of the state known for its potato farming, outdoor recreation, and long, harsh winters.
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E.
Midcoast Maine
Midcoast Maine is a scenic coastal region of Maine known for its rocky shoreline, historic harbor towns, and maritime heritage.
- 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: present-day Maine Target entity description: Present-day Maine is a U.S. state in the far northeastern corner of the country, known for its rugged Atlantic coastline, dense forests, and historical colonial-era settlements.
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A.
Downeast Maine
Downeast Maine is a coastal region in eastern Maine known for its rugged shoreline, fishing communities, and iconic lighthouses.
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B.
western Maine
Western Maine is a largely rural, mountainous region of Maine known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas, including parts of the Appalachian Mountains.
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C.
eastern Maine
Eastern Maine is a largely rural region of the state of Maine centered around the city of Bangor, which serves as its primary economic and cultural hub.
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D.
Northern Maine
Northern Maine is a sparsely populated, heavily forested region of the state known for its potato farming, outdoor recreation, and long, harsh winters.
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E.
Midcoast Maine
Midcoast Maine is a scenic coastal region of Maine known for its rocky shoreline, historic harbor towns, and maritime heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. state
ⓘ
administrative territorial entity ⓘ |
| admittedAsStateNumber | 23 ⓘ |
| admittedToUnionOn | 1820-03-15 ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Gulf of Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ New Brunswick NERFINISHED ⓘ New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderType | international border with Canada ⓘ |
| capitalType | state capital ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| contains |
Acadia National Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Appalachian Trail northern terminus NERFINISHED ⓘ Bangor, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Bar Harbor, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Lewiston, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Moosehead Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Katahdin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| governedBy | Governor of Maine ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Augusta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineOn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Gulf of Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| highestCourt | Maine Supreme Judicial Court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | formerly part of Massachusetts ⓘ |
| ISO3166-2Code | US-ME NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
colonial-era settlements
ⓘ
dense forests ⓘ lobster fishing ⓘ maritime heritage ⓘ rugged Atlantic coastline ⓘ |
| largestCity | Portland, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| largestIndustry |
fishing
ⓘ
forestry ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Maine Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New England
ⓘ
Northeastern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lowerHouse | Maine House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorLanguage | English ⓘ |
| minorityLanguage | French NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motto | Dirigo ⓘ |
| nickname | The Pine Tree State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguageStatus | no official language at state level ⓘ |
| partOf |
New England region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| postalAbbreviation | ME NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| upperHouse | Maine Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: present-day Maine Description of subject: Present-day Maine is a U.S. state in the far northeastern corner of the country, known for its rugged Atlantic coastline, dense forests, and historical colonial-era settlements.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.