Ellsworth, Maine
E494861
Ellsworth, Maine is a small city in Hancock County that serves as a commercial hub and gateway to the Downeast region and nearby Acadia National Park.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ellsworth, Maine canonical | 5 |
| Ellsworth, Maine area | 2 |
| Ellsworth, Maine, United States | 1 |
| Surry, Maine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1812974 — 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: Ellsworth, Maine Context triple: [Maine State Route 3, passesThrough, Ellsworth, Maine]
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A.
Lovell, Maine
Lovell, Maine is a small rural town in Oxford County known for its scenic lakes and mountains in western Maine.
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B.
Veazie, Maine
Veazie, Maine is a small residential town in eastern Maine located along the Penobscot River near the city of Bangor.
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C.
Blaine, Maine
Blaine, Maine is a small rural town located in northeastern Maine near the Canadian border, within Aroostook County’s agricultural region.
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D.
Howland, Maine
Howland, Maine is a small rural town in Penobscot County known for its location along the Penobscot and Piscataquis Rivers and its outdoor recreation opportunities.
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E.
Holden, Maine
Holden, Maine is a small New England town located near Bangor in eastern Maine, known for its rural character and scenic, wooded landscape.
- 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: Ellsworth, Maine Target entity description: Ellsworth, Maine is a small city in Hancock County that serves as a commercial hub and gateway to the Downeast region and nearby Acadia National Park.
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A.
Lovell, Maine
Lovell, Maine is a small rural town in Oxford County known for its scenic lakes and mountains in western Maine.
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B.
Veazie, Maine
Veazie, Maine is a small residential town in eastern Maine located along the Penobscot River near the city of Bangor.
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C.
Blaine, Maine
Blaine, Maine is a small rural town located in northeastern Maine near the Canadian border, within Aroostook County’s agricultural region.
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D.
Howland, Maine
Howland, Maine is a small rural town in Penobscot County known for its location along the Penobscot and Piscataquis Rivers and its outdoor recreation opportunities.
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E.
Holden, Maine
Holden, Maine is a small New England town located near Bangor in eastern Maine, known for its rural character and scenic, wooded landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| areaCode | 207 ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Hancock County, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
hospitality industry
ⓘ
professional services ⓘ retail trade ⓘ tourism services ⓘ |
| governmentType | city council ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Hancock County–Bar Harbor Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution |
Ellsworth Elementary-Middle School
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ellsworth High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Downtown Ellsworth Historic District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ellsworth City Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Union River Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ Woodlawn Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransportation |
Maine State Route 172
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maine State Route 179 NERFINISHED ⓘ Maine State Route 180 NERFINISHED ⓘ Maine State Route 184 NERFINISHED ⓘ Maine State Route 230 NERFINISHED ⓘ Maine State Route 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 1A NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| incorporatedAsCity | 1869 ⓘ |
| incorporatedAsTown | 1800 ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf | Hancock County, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Downeast Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Acadia National Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frenchman Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Desert Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Union River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Oliver Ellsworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCommunity |
Bar Harbor, Maine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lamoine, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Surry, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Trenton, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfMetropolitanArea | Bangor metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 04605 ⓘ |
| role |
commercial hub for Downeast Maine
ⓘ
gateway to Acadia National Park ⓘ service center for Hancock County ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
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: Ellsworth, Maine Description of subject: Ellsworth, Maine is a small city in Hancock County that serves as a commercial hub and gateway to the Downeast region and nearby Acadia National Park.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Surry, Maine
this entity surface form:
Ellsworth, Maine area
this entity surface form:
Ellsworth, Maine area
this entity surface form:
Ellsworth, Maine, United States