Maine (river)
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The Maine is a short river in western France formed by the confluence of the Mayenne and Sarthe rivers, flowing through Angers before joining the Loire.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maine River | 13 |
| Maine (river) canonical | 5 |
| Maine river | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3309525 — 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 (river) Context triple: [Sarthe, tributaryOf, Maine (river)]
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A.
River Maine
The River Maine is a river in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, that flows through towns such as Ballymena before joining Lough Neagh.
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B.
Penobscot River
The Penobscot River is a major river in Maine that flows through central and eastern parts of the state to Penobscot Bay, historically important for transportation, logging, and fisheries.
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C.
Kennebec River
The Kennebec River is a major river in central Maine known for its historical role in logging and shipping and its popular whitewater rafting and recreational opportunities.
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D.
Penobscot
The Penobscot are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands, traditionally centered along Maine’s Penobscot River and culturally and linguistically related to other Algonquian-speaking Wabanaki groups.
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E.
Presumpscot River
The Presumpscot River is a major river in southern Maine that flows from Sebago Lake to Casco Bay, historically important for industry and now valued for recreation and hydropower.
- 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 (river) Target entity description: The Maine is a short river in western France formed by the confluence of the Mayenne and Sarthe rivers, flowing through Angers before joining the Loire.
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A.
River Maine
The River Maine is a river in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, that flows through towns such as Ballymena before joining Lough Neagh.
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B.
Penobscot River
The Penobscot River is a major river in Maine that flows through central and eastern parts of the state to Penobscot Bay, historically important for transportation, logging, and fisheries.
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C.
Kennebec River
The Kennebec River is a major river in central Maine known for its historical role in logging and shipping and its popular whitewater rafting and recreational opportunities.
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D.
Penobscot
The Penobscot are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands, traditionally centered along Maine’s Penobscot River and culturally and linguistically related to other Algonquian-speaking Wabanaki groups.
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E.
Presumpscot River
The Presumpscot River is a major river in southern Maine that flows from Sebago Lake to Casco Bay, historically important for industry and now valued for recreation and hydropower.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical feature
ⓘ
river ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| department | Maine-et-Loire ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Angers
ⓘ
Maine-et-Loire department ⓘ |
| formedByConfluenceOf |
Mayenne (river)
ⓘ
linked to:
Mayenne River
Sarthe (river) ⓘ
linked to:
Sarthe River
|
| hasConfluenceWith |
Mayenne (river)
ⓘ
linked to:
Mayenne River
Sarthe (river) ⓘ
linked to:
Sarthe River
|
| hasMajorCityOnBank | Angers ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named after the historical province of Maine ⓘ |
| joins |
Loire (river)
ⓘ
linked to:
Loire
|
| lengthApproxKm | 11 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
France
ⓘ
western France ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | confluence with the Loire near Bouchemaine ⓘ |
| mouthOfWaterBody |
Loire (river)
ⓘ
linked to:
Loire
|
| navigable | yes ⓘ |
| partOf | Loire river network ⓘ |
| region | Pays de la Loire ⓘ |
| riverSystem | Loire (river) basin ⓘ |
| sourceLocation | confluence of Mayenne and Sarthe at Angers ⓘ |
| tributaryOf |
Loire (river)
ⓘ
linked to:
Loire
|
| watercourseType | left-bank tributary of the Loire ⓘ |
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 (river) Description of subject: The Maine is a short river in western France formed by the confluence of the Mayenne and Sarthe rivers, flowing through Angers before joining the Loire.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Maine-et-Loire department
linked to: Maine (river)
linked to: Maine (river)
linked to: Maine (river)
linked to: Maine (river)
linked to: Maine (river)
linked to: Maine (river)
linked to: Maine (river)
linked to: Maine (river)
linked to: Maine (river)
linked to: Maine (river)
subject linked to:
historical province of Anjou
linked to: Maine (river)
linked to: Maine (river)
linked to: Maine (river)