Attorney General of Maine

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public office state attorney general position

The Attorney General of Maine is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Maine in legal matters and providing legal advice to state government agencies.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Attorney General of Maine canonical	9
Maine Attorney General	3
Maine Office of the Attorney General	1
Office of the Attorney General of Maine	1
Office of the Maine Attorney General	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T904294 — 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: Attorney General of Maine
Context triple: [William P. Frye, positionHeld, Attorney General of Maine]

A. Attorney General of Minnesota
The Attorney General of Minnesota is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Minnesota in legal matters, enforcing state laws, and providing legal advice to state agencies and officials.
B. Attorney General of Maryland
The Attorney General of Maryland is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Maryland in legal matters, providing legal advice to state agencies, and enforcing state laws.
C. Massachusetts Attorney General
The Massachusetts Attorney General is the chief legal officer and top law enforcement official of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, responsible for representing the state in legal matters and enforcing its laws.
D. Attorney General of Florida
The Attorney General of Florida is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Florida in legal matters, enforcing state laws, and overseeing key consumer protection and criminal justice initiatives.
E. Attorney General of California
The Attorney General of California is the state's chief law officer, responsible for overseeing the Department of Justice, enforcing state laws, and representing California in legal matters.
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: Attorney General of Maine
Target entity description: The Attorney General of Maine is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Maine in legal matters and providing legal advice to state government agencies.

A. Attorney General of Minnesota
The Attorney General of Minnesota is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Minnesota in legal matters, enforcing state laws, and providing legal advice to state agencies and officials.
B. Attorney General of Maryland
The Attorney General of Maryland is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Maryland in legal matters, providing legal advice to state agencies, and enforcing state laws.
C. Massachusetts Attorney General
The Massachusetts Attorney General is the chief legal officer and top law enforcement official of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, responsible for representing the state in legal matters and enforcing its laws.
D. Attorney General of Florida
The Attorney General of Florida is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Florida in legal matters, enforcing state laws, and overseeing key consumer protection and criminal justice initiatives.
E. Attorney General of California
The Attorney General of California is the state's chief law officer, responsible for overseeing the Department of Justice, enforcing state laws, and representing California in legal matters.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public office ⓘ state attorney general position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Maine state agencies ⓘ Maine state officers ⓘ State of Maine ⓘ linked to: Maine
appointedBy	Maine Legislature ⓘ
constitutingInstrument	Constitution of the State of Maine ⓘ linked to: Maine Constitution Maine Revised Statutes ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	state civil enforcement actions ⓘ state criminal appeals ⓘ state legal representation in court ⓘ
hasDuty	enforces state consumer protection laws ⓘ enforces state environmental protection laws ⓘ issues formal legal opinions to state officers ⓘ oversees the Office of the Attorney General staff ⓘ provides legal advice to state government agencies ⓘ represents state agencies in court ⓘ represents the State of Maine in civil actions ⓘ represents the State of Maine in criminal appeals ⓘ supervises criminal prosecutions when required ⓘ
hasPart	Maine Office of the Attorney General ⓘ linked to: Attorney General of Maine
hasWebsite	https://www.maine.gov/ag/ ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Attorney General of Maine ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Augusta, Maine ⓘ
inception	1820 ⓘ
isInOfficeDuring	2020s ⓘ
jurisdiction	executive branch legal matters in Maine ⓘ
legalForm	constitutional office ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Maine ⓘ
methodOfSelection	elected by joint ballot of both houses of the Maine Legislature ⓘ
officeHolder	Aaron M. Frey ⓘ
officeType	chief legal officer of Maine ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Government of Maine ⓘ
positionHeld	Attorney General of Maine ⓘ
precededBy	Attorney General of Massachusetts (as separate state office after Maine statehood) ⓘ
residence	Augusta, Maine ⓘ
subordinateTo	Constitution of the State of Maine ⓘ linked to: Maine Constitution Maine Legislature ⓘ
termLength	2 years ⓘ

How these facts were elicited