Maine, Minnesota, United States

E176651

person unincorporated community

Maine is a small unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States, known primarily as the birthplace of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Maine, Minnesota, United States canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1539168 — 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: Maine, Minnesota, United States
Context triple: [William O. Douglas, birthPlace, Maine, Minnesota, United States]

A. Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state known for its numerous lakes, cold winters, and vibrant cultural and economic centers like Minneapolis–Saint Paul.
B. Maine
Maine is a northeastern U.S. state known for its rugged coastline, maritime history, and vast forested interior.
C. Maine
Maine is a historical region in northwestern France that played a significant role in the medieval power struggles between the English and French crowns.
D. Mexico, Maine
Mexico, Maine is a small town in Oxford County known historically as a mill and residential community closely linked with the neighboring industrial town of Rumford.
E. Strong, Maine
Strong, Maine is a small rural town in western Maine known historically for its lumber and toothpick manufacturing industries.
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: Maine, Minnesota, United States
Target entity description: Maine is a small unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States, known primarily as the birthplace of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas.

A. Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state known for its numerous lakes, cold winters, and vibrant cultural and economic centers like Minneapolis–Saint Paul.
B. Maine
Maine is a northeastern U.S. state known for its rugged coastline, maritime history, and vast forested interior.
C. Maine
Maine is a historical region in northwestern France that played a significant role in the medieval power struggles between the English and French crowns.
D. Mexico, Maine
Mexico, Maine is a small town in Oxford County known historically as a mill and residential community closely linked with the neighboring industrial town of Rumford.
E. Strong, Maine
Strong, Maine is a small rural town in western Maine known historically for its lumber and toothpick manufacturing industries.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (11)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	person ⓘ unincorporated community ⓘ
birthplace	Maine, Minnesota, United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasNotablePerson	William O. Douglas ⓘ
locatedIn	Minnesota ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Otter Tail County, Minnesota ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	North America ⓘ
namedAfter	Maine ⓘ
occupation	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
partOf	Midwestern United States ⓘ surface form: United States Midwest

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Justice William O. Douglas (in part and dissenting in part) → birthPlace → Maine, Minnesota, United States ⓘ

subject surface form: William O. Douglas

Maine, Minnesota, United States → birthplace → Maine, Minnesota, United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ