Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is a state agency responsible for managing Maine’s agricultural resources, public lands, and forested areas, including numerous state parks and conservation lands.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1850159 — 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 Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Context triple: [Rangeley Lake State Park (part), isManagedBy, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry]
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A.
Maine Bureau of General Services
The Maine Bureau of General Services is a state agency responsible for managing and maintaining government facilities and related support services in Maine.
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B.
Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game
The Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game is a state agency responsible for conserving and managing the Commonwealth’s fish, wildlife, and related natural resources and habitats.
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C.
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources is a state agency responsible for supporting and regulating agriculture, promoting local food systems, and protecting natural resources in Massachusetts.
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D.
Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation is a state agency responsible for managing and protecting Massachusetts’ public parks, forests, beaches, and other natural and recreational resources.
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E.
Maine State Police
The Maine State Police is the statewide law enforcement agency responsible for patrolling highways, investigating crimes, and providing public safety services throughout the state of Maine.
- 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 Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Target entity description: The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is a state agency responsible for managing Maine’s agricultural resources, public lands, and forested areas, including numerous state parks and conservation lands.
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A.
Maine Bureau of General Services
The Maine Bureau of General Services is a state agency responsible for managing and maintaining government facilities and related support services in Maine.
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B.
Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game
The Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game is a state agency responsible for conserving and managing the Commonwealth’s fish, wildlife, and related natural resources and habitats.
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C.
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources is a state agency responsible for supporting and regulating agriculture, promoting local food systems, and protecting natural resources in Massachusetts.
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D.
Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation is a state agency responsible for managing and protecting Massachusetts’ public parks, forests, beaches, and other natural and recreational resources.
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E.
Maine State Police
The Maine State Police is the statewide law enforcement agency responsible for patrolling highways, investigating crimes, and providing public safety services throughout the state of Maine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government department
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state government agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | DACF ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Maine
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surface form:
State of Maine
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| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| follows | laws and regulations of the State of Maine ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersLocation | Augusta, Maine ⓘ |
| hasMission |
to conserve, protect and enhance Maine’s natural resources
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to promote a strong agricultural and natural resource economy in Maine ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName | Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry self-link ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Animal and Plant Health programs
ⓘ
Bureau of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources ⓘ Bureau of Parks and Lands ⓘ Bureau of Resource Information and Land Use Planning ⓘ Division of Agricultural Resource Development ⓘ Division of Animal and Plant Health ⓘ Division of Forestry ⓘ Division of Parks and Public Lands ⓘ Division of Quality Assurance and Regulations ⓘ Land Use Planning Commission ⓘ Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Maine Forest Service
Division of Forestry ⓘ
surface form:
Maine Forest Service Forest Health and Monitoring Division
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Maine Forest Service Forest Policy and Management Division
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Maine Forest Service Forest Protection Division
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Maine Natural Areas Program
Quality Assurance and Regulations programs ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Maine ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| operatesInSector |
agriculture
ⓘ
conservation ⓘ forestry ⓘ public lands management ⓘ |
| oversees |
Maine State Park system
ⓘ
surface form:
Maine state parks system
Maine’s agricultural marketing programs ⓘ Maine’s animal health regulations ⓘ Maine’s conservation easements on certain lands ⓘ Maine’s forest fire control efforts ⓘ Maine’s forest health monitoring ⓘ Maine’s pesticide regulation programs ⓘ Maine’s plant health regulations ⓘ public reserved lands in Maine ⓘ |
| partOf | Government of Maine ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
Maine’s agricultural resources
ⓘ
Maine’s forested areas ⓘ Maine’s public lands ⓘ conservation lands in Maine ⓘ state parks in Maine ⓘ |
| website | https://www.maine.gov/dacf/ ⓘ |
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: Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Description of subject: The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is a state agency responsible for managing Maine’s agricultural resources, public lands, and forested areas, including numerous state parks and conservation lands.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Rangeley Lake State Park (part)
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isManagedBy
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Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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Rangeley Lake State Park (part)
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isManagedBy
→
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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this entity surface form:
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Allagash River
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hasManagementAuthority
→
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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Scarborough Beach State Park
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managedBy
→
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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Scarborough Beach State Park
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operatedBy
→
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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this entity surface form:
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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hasOfficialName
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Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
self-link
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Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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hasPart
→
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Maine Forest Service
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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hasPart
→
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Maine Natural Areas Program
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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hasPart
→
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Maine Forest Service Forest Protection Division
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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hasPart
→
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Maine Forest Service Forest Policy and Management Division
this entity surface form:
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
this entity surface form:
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
subject surface form:
Table Rock (Grafton Notch State Park)
this entity surface form:
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
this entity surface form:
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Mahoosuc Public Reserved Land
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managedBy
→
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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this entity surface form:
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Mahoosuc Public Reserved Land
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partOf
→
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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this entity surface form:
Maine Public Reserved Lands system
Bigelow Preserve Public Reserved Land
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managingAgency
→
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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this entity surface form:
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Bigelow Preserve Public Reserved Land
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partOf
→
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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this entity surface form:
Maine Public Reserved Lands system
Androscoggin Riverlands State Park
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managedBy
→
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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Androscoggin Riverlands State Park
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managedBy
→
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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this entity surface form:
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
this entity surface form:
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
this entity surface form:
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Roque Bluffs State Park
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managingOrganization
→
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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this entity surface form:
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Mount Blue State Park
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managingOrganization
→
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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this entity surface form:
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Aroostook State Park
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managingOrganization
→
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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this entity surface form:
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands