Maine College of Art & Design
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Maine College of Art & Design is a specialized art and design college known for its studio-based programs and creative community in downtown Portland, Maine.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maine College of Art & Design canonical | 13 |
| Maine College of Art | 2 |
| Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T92563 — 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)
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Target entity: Maine College of Art & Design Context triple: [Portland, Maine, hasInstitution, Maine College of Art & Design]
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A.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a public, independent art school in Boston known for its comprehensive programs in visual arts, design, and related creative disciplines.
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B.
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design is a prestigious art and design college in Providence, Rhode Island, renowned for its rigorous studio-based programs and influential creative alumni.
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C.
University of Southern Maine (Portland campus)
The University of Southern Maine’s Portland campus is an urban public university campus offering a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in Maine’s largest city.
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D.
Middlesex Community College
Middlesex Community College is a public two-year college in Massachusetts offering associate degrees, certificates, and transfer programs across multiple campuses.
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E.
Tufts College
Tufts College is a private research university in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, known for its strong programs in the liberal arts, sciences, and international relations.
- 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 College of Art & Design Target entity description: Maine College of Art & Design is a specialized art and design college known for its studio-based programs and creative community in downtown Portland, Maine.
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A.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a public, independent art school in Boston known for its comprehensive programs in visual arts, design, and related creative disciplines.
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B.
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design is a prestigious art and design college in Providence, Rhode Island, renowned for its rigorous studio-based programs and influential creative alumni.
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C.
University of Southern Maine (Portland campus)
The University of Southern Maine’s Portland campus is an urban public university campus offering a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in Maine’s largest city.
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D.
Middlesex Community College
Middlesex Community College is a public two-year college in Massachusetts offering associate degrees, certificates, and transfer programs across multiple campuses.
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E.
Tufts College
Tufts College is a private research university in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, known for its strong programs in the liberal arts, sciences, and international relations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art and design college
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nonprofit institution ⓘ private college ⓘ |
| accreditation | National Association of Schools of Art and Design ⓘ |
| campusType | urban campus ⓘ |
| city | Portland ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| emphasis |
experiential learning
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studio practice ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
art
ⓘ
crafts ⓘ design ⓘ visual arts ⓘ |
| formerName |
Maine College of Art
ⓘ
linked to:
Maine College of Art & Design
|
| hasBuilding | Porteous Building ⓘ |
| hasCommunity |
artists
ⓘ
creative professionals ⓘ designers ⓘ |
| hasDiscipline |
ceramics
ⓘ
graphic design ⓘ illustration ⓘ painting ⓘ photography ⓘ printmaking ⓘ sculpture ⓘ textile and fashion design ⓘ |
| knownFor |
creative community
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design education ⓘ fine arts education ⓘ studio-based programs ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cumberland County, Maine
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Maine ⓘ Portland, Maine ⓘ |
| neighborhood |
downtown Portland
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linked to:
City Center / Downtown Portland
|
| offersDegreeLevel |
graduate
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undergraduate ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
Bachelor of Fine Arts
ⓘ
Master of Fine Arts ⓘ continuing studies ⓘ |
| Porteous BuildingLocation | Congress Street, Portland, Maine ⓘ |
| regionServed | New England ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 522 Congress Street ⓘ |
| typeOfInstitution | specialized college ⓘ |
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 College of Art & Design Description of subject: Maine College of Art & Design is a specialized art and design college known for its studio-based programs and creative community in downtown Portland, Maine.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Portland, Maine, United States
linked to: Maine College of Art & Design
linked to: Maine College of Art & Design
linked to: Maine College of Art & Design
subject linked to:
Arts District