Bureau of Marine Patrol
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The Bureau of Marine Patrol is a law enforcement and resource protection agency responsible for safeguarding Maine’s coastal waters, marine resources, and related maritime activities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bureau of Marine Patrol canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10074614 — 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: Bureau of Marine Patrol Context triple: [Maine Department of Marine Resources, hasDivision, Bureau of Marine Patrol]
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A.
United States Revenue Cutter Service
The United States Revenue Cutter Service was a maritime law enforcement and rescue service of the U.S. Treasury Department that operated from 1790 until it became a founding component of the modern United States Coast Guard.
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B.
Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation
The Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for enforcing maritime safety laws, inspecting vessels, and licensing merchant marine personnel.
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C.
Marine Patrol
Marine Patrol is a specialized New York State Police division responsible for law enforcement and safety operations on the state's waterways.
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D.
Bureau of Navigation
The Bureau of Navigation was a former United States Navy administrative office responsible for personnel management and related naval affairs before being succeeded by the Bureau of Naval Personnel.
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E.
Coast Guard
The Coast Guard is a maritime security and safety service responsible for law enforcement, search and rescue, and protection of a nation’s coastal and offshore waters.
- 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: Bureau of Marine Patrol Target entity description: The Bureau of Marine Patrol is a law enforcement and resource protection agency responsible for safeguarding Maine’s coastal waters, marine resources, and related maritime activities.
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A.
United States Revenue Cutter Service
The United States Revenue Cutter Service was a maritime law enforcement and rescue service of the U.S. Treasury Department that operated from 1790 until it became a founding component of the modern United States Coast Guard.
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B.
Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation
The Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for enforcing maritime safety laws, inspecting vessels, and licensing merchant marine personnel.
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C.
Marine Patrol
Marine Patrol is a specialized New York State Police division responsible for law enforcement and safety operations on the state's waterways.
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D.
Bureau of Navigation
The Bureau of Navigation was a former United States Navy administrative office responsible for personnel management and related naval affairs before being succeeded by the Bureau of Naval Personnel.
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E.
Coast Guard
The Coast Guard is a maritime security and safety service responsible for law enforcement, search and rescue, and protection of a nation’s coastal and offshore waters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
law enforcement agency
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marine law enforcement agency ⓘ resource protection agency ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
Maine Marine Wardens and other state law enforcement agencies
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United States Coast Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ federal fisheries enforcement agencies ⓘ local harbor masters in Maine ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employs |
marine patrol officers
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sworn law enforcement officers ⓘ |
| enforces |
Maine fisheries regulations
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Maine marine resource laws ⓘ boating safety laws in Maine coastal waters ⓘ marine species size and catch limits ⓘ shellfish conservation laws ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
boating safety on Maine’s coastal waters
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protection of commercial fisheries ⓘ protection of recreational fisheries ⓘ protection of shellfish resources ⓘ sustainable use of marine resources ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
boarding and inspecting vessels
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checking fishing licenses and permits ⓘ educating the public on marine laws ⓘ investigating marine resource violations ⓘ supporting marine resource management programs ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Maine coastal waters
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Maine’s territorial sea ⓘ Maine’s tidal rivers and estuaries ⓘ |
| location | Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Maine Department of Marine Resources NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
boating safety enforcement
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enforcing commercial fishing regulations ⓘ enforcing recreational fishing regulations ⓘ marine incident response ⓘ monitoring commercial fishing activity ⓘ monitoring shellfish harvesting ⓘ patrolling Maine’s coastal and tidal waters ⓘ protecting Maine’s marine resources ⓘ protecting marine habitat ⓘ safeguarding Maine’s coastal waters ⓘ search and rescue support in coastal waters ⓘ |
| sector |
fisheries management
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natural resource management ⓘ public safety ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| uses |
patrol boats
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vehicles for coastal patrols ⓘ |
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: Bureau of Marine Patrol Description of subject: The Bureau of Marine Patrol is a law enforcement and resource protection agency responsible for safeguarding Maine’s coastal waters, marine resources, and related maritime activities.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.