Lincoln, Maine
E81808
Lincoln, Maine is a small town in northeastern Maine known for its numerous lakes, outdoor recreation opportunities, and rural New England character.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lincoln, Maine canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T434023 — 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, Maine Context triple: [Penobscot County, Maine, hasTown, Lincoln, 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.
Orono, Maine
Orono, Maine is a small town in Penobscot County best known as the home of the University of Maine’s flagship campus.
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C.
Harrison, Maine
Harrison, Maine is a small town in western Maine known for its lakeside setting and recreational opportunities in Oxford County.
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D.
Portland, Maine
Portland, Maine is a coastal New England city known for its historic Old Port district, vibrant arts and food scenes, and working waterfront on Casco Bay.
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E.
Hampden, Maine
Hampden, Maine is a small town in Penobscot County known as the birthplace of 19th-century social reformer Dorothea Dix.
- 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, Maine Target entity description: Lincoln, Maine is a small town in northeastern Maine known for its numerous lakes, outdoor recreation opportunities, and rural New England character.
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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.
Orono, Maine
Orono, Maine is a small town in Penobscot County best known as the home of the University of Maine’s flagship campus.
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C.
Harrison, Maine
Harrison, Maine is a small town in western Maine known for its lakeside setting and recreational opportunities in Oxford County.
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D.
Portland, Maine
Portland, Maine is a coastal New England city known for its historic Old Port district, vibrant arts and food scenes, and working waterfront on Casco Bay.
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E.
Hampden, Maine
Hampden, Maine is a small town in Penobscot County known as the birthplace of 19th-century social reformer Dorothea Dix.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | town in Maine ⓘ |
| areaCode | 207 ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county |
Penobscot County, Maine
ⓘ
surface form:
Penobscot County
|
| distanceTo | about 45 miles north of Bangor, Maine ⓘ |
| governmentType | New England town ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
rural character
ⓘ
small town ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution | public schools in Regional School Unit 67 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
forested areas
ⓘ
multiple freshwater lakes ⓘ rural residential areas ⓘ small commercial center ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
commercial
ⓘ
forestry ⓘ recreational ⓘ residential ⓘ |
| hasRecreationalActivity |
ATV riding
ⓘ
camping ⓘ canoeing ⓘ hiking ⓘ ice fishing ⓘ kayaking ⓘ |
| knownFor |
boating
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ hunting ⓘ numerous lakes ⓘ outdoor recreation ⓘ snowmobiling ⓘ |
| locatedIn | New England ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Penobscot River ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| partOf |
Penobscot County, Maine
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| postalCode | 04457 ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivities |
forestry
ⓘ
service industries ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| region |
Northern Maine
ⓘ
surface form:
northeastern Maine
|
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| timezone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| timezoneDST |
Eastern Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Daylight Time
|
| transportInfrastructure |
served by Maine State Route 155
ⓘ
served by Maine State Route 6 ⓘ served by U.S. Route 2 ⓘ |
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, Maine Description of subject: Lincoln, Maine is a small town in northeastern Maine known for its numerous lakes, outdoor recreation opportunities, and rural New England character.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.