Eastport, Maine
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Eastport, Maine is a small coastal city on Moose Island known as the easternmost city in the United States and for its historic fishing and maritime heritage.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eastport, Maine canonical | 3 |
| Eastport | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3509186 — 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: Eastport, Maine Context triple: [Washington County, Maine, contains, Eastport, Maine]
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A.
Rockport, Maine
Rockport, Maine is a coastal town in Knox County known for its picturesque harbor, maritime heritage, and vibrant arts community.
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B.
Yarmouth, Maine
Yarmouth, Maine is a coastal New England town north of Portland known for its historic village center, annual Clam Festival, and scenic location along the Royal River.
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C.
Waterville, Maine
Waterville, Maine is a small city in central Maine known for hosting Colby College and its historic mill and riverfront downtown along the Kennebec River.
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D.
Ogunquit, Maine
Ogunquit, Maine is a popular coastal resort town in southern Maine known for its sandy beaches, scenic Marginal Way cliff walk, and vibrant arts community.
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E.
Winter Harbor, Maine
Winter Harbor, Maine is a small coastal town on the Schoodic Peninsula known for its scenic harbor, proximity to the Schoodic District of Acadia National Park, and traditional fishing and tourism-based economy.
- 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: Eastport, Maine Target entity description: Eastport, Maine is a small coastal city on Moose Island known as the easternmost city in the United States and for its historic fishing and maritime heritage.
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A.
Rockport, Maine
Rockport, Maine is a coastal town in Knox County known for its picturesque harbor, maritime heritage, and vibrant arts community.
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B.
Yarmouth, Maine
Yarmouth, Maine is a coastal New England town north of Portland known for its historic village center, annual Clam Festival, and scenic location along the Royal River.
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C.
Waterville, Maine
Waterville, Maine is a small city in central Maine known for hosting Colby College and its historic mill and riverfront downtown along the Kennebec River.
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D.
Ogunquit, Maine
Ogunquit, Maine is a popular coastal resort town in southern Maine known for its sandy beaches, scenic Marginal Way cliff walk, and vibrant arts community.
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E.
Winter Harbor, Maine
Winter Harbor, Maine is a small coastal town on the Schoodic Peninsula known for its scenic harbor, proximity to the Schoodic District of Acadia National Park, and traditional fishing and tourism-based economy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| accessibleBy | causeway to mainland ⓘ |
| areaCode | 207 ⓘ |
| border | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| coordinateLatitude | 44.9064° N ⓘ |
| coordinateLongitude | 66.9856° W ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Washington County, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demographicCharacteristic | small population ⓘ |
| economy |
aquaculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ shipping ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| elevation | sea level ⓘ |
| faces | Campobello Island, New Brunswick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsTimeZoneInSummer | Eastern Daylight Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | city government ⓘ |
| hasCulturalInstitution | Tides Institute & Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
deep-water port
ⓘ
historic downtown waterfront ⓘ |
| hasIndustryHistory |
sardine canning
ⓘ
shipping and trade ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Eastport breakwater
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
historic cannery buildings ⓘ |
| hosts |
Eastport Pirate Festival
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fourth of July celebrations ⓘ |
| incorporatedAsCity | 1893 ⓘ |
| incorporatedAsTown | 1798 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the easternmost city in the United States
ⓘ
historic fishing industry ⓘ maritime heritage ⓘ working waterfront ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Downeast Maine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Passamaquoddy Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Moose Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maritimeActivity |
lobster fishing
ⓘ
whale watching tours ⓘ |
| nearestLargeCity | Bangor, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | New England ⓘ |
| population | about 1,300 (2020 census) ⓘ |
| postalCode | 04631 ⓘ |
| regionalRole | coastal fishing community ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| waterBody |
Bay of Fundy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Passamaquoddy Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Eastport, Maine Description of subject: Eastport, Maine is a small coastal city on Moose Island known as the easternmost city in the United States and for its historic fishing and maritime heritage.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Eastport