Lincoln County, Maine
E108502
Lincoln County, Maine is a coastal county in the U.S. state of Maine known for its historic towns, maritime heritage, and scenic Midcoast landscapes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lincoln County, Maine canonical | 19 |
| Transportation in Lincoln County, Maine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T517302 — 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: Lincoln County, Maine Context triple: [Androscoggin County, Maine, formedFrom, Lincoln County, Maine]
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A.
Washington County, Maine
Washington County, Maine is a sparsely populated coastal county in eastern Maine known for its rugged shoreline, blueberry barrens, and location along the U.S.–Canada border.
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B.
Franklin County, Maine
Franklin County, Maine is a largely rural county in western Maine known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.
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C.
Hancock County, Maine
Hancock County, Maine is a coastal county in eastern Maine known for encompassing much of Acadia National Park and numerous islands and fishing communities along Frenchman Bay.
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D.
Waldo County, Maine
Waldo County, Maine is a coastal county in the state of Maine known for its mix of rural communities, small towns, and access to Penobscot Bay.
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E.
Oxford County, Maine
Oxford County, Maine is a largely rural county in western Maine known for its forests, lakes, and small towns near the New Hampshire border.
- 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: Lincoln County, Maine Target entity description: Lincoln County, Maine is a coastal county in the U.S. state of Maine known for its historic towns, maritime heritage, and scenic Midcoast landscapes.
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A.
Washington County, Maine
Washington County, Maine is a sparsely populated coastal county in eastern Maine known for its rugged shoreline, blueberry barrens, and location along the U.S.–Canada border.
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B.
Franklin County, Maine
Franklin County, Maine is a largely rural county in western Maine known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.
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C.
Hancock County, Maine
Hancock County, Maine is a coastal county in eastern Maine known for encompassing much of Acadia National Park and numerous islands and fishing communities along Frenchman Bay.
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D.
Waldo County, Maine
Waldo County, Maine is a coastal county in the state of Maine known for its mix of rural communities, small towns, and access to Penobscot Bay.
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E.
Oxford County, Maine
Oxford County, Maine is a largely rural county in western Maine known for its forests, lakes, and small towns near the New Hampshire border.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative division
ⓘ
county ⓘ |
| bordersBodyOfWater | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| formedFrom | York County, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ |
| formedIn | 1760 ⓘ |
| governedBy | Lincoln County Board of Commissioners ⓘ |
| hasClimate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| hasCountySeat | Wiscasset, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
lobster fishing
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
peninsulas and islands
ⓘ
rocky coastline ⓘ tidal rivers ⓘ |
| hasHistoricIndustry |
fishing
ⓘ
lumber ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ |
| hasHistoricReputation | “prettiest village in Maine” (Wiscasset nickname) ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Fort William Henry (Pemaquid)
ⓘ
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse ⓘ Wiscasset Historic District ⓘ |
| hasMaritimeHeritage | true ⓘ |
| hasRegionType | coastal county ⓘ |
| hasSettlement |
Alna, Maine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boothbay Harbor, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Boothbay, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Bristol, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Damariscotta, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Edgecomb, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Jefferson, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Newcastle, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Nobleboro, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Pemaquid Point, Maine ⓘ Somerville, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Southport, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Waldoboro, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Westport Island, Maine ⓘ Whitefield, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Wiscasset, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCoextensiveWith | Lincoln County government ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Maine
ⓘ
New England ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Abraham Lincoln (Massachusetts politician) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Midcoast Maine
ⓘ
Maine ⓘ
surface form:
State of Maine
|
| subdivisionType | county of Maine ⓘ |
| usesAreaCode | 207 ⓘ |
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: Lincoln County, Maine Description of subject: Lincoln County, Maine is a coastal county in the U.S. state of Maine known for its historic towns, maritime heritage, and scenic Midcoast landscapes.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Transportation in Lincoln County, Maine