Province of Maine
E124379
The Province of Maine was an early English colonial territory in northeastern North America that later became part of the U.S. state of Maine.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Province of Maine canonical | 13 |
| District of Maine | 1 |
| Maine province of France | 1 |
| Province of Maine (Massachusetts District of Maine) | 1 |
| Province of Maine (colonial) | 1 |
| Province of Maine project | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T884978 — 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: Province of Maine Context triple: [New Hampshire Colony, borderedBy, Province of Maine]
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A.
Province of New Hampshire
The Province of New Hampshire was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of New Hampshire and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
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B.
Maine
Maine is a historical region in northwestern France that played a significant role in the medieval power struggles between the English and French crowns.
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C.
Maine
Maine is a northeastern U.S. state known for its rugged coastline, maritime history, and vast forested interior.
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D.
Province of Massachusetts Bay
The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a British colonial territory in New England that combined several earlier colonies and served as a major political, economic, and cultural center leading up to the American Revolution.
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E.
Maine District of Massachusetts
The Maine District of Massachusetts was a federal judicial district that served the territory of Maine while it was still part of Massachusetts prior to becoming a separate state.
- 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: Province of Maine Target entity description: The Province of Maine was an early English colonial territory in northeastern North America that later became part of the U.S. state of Maine.
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A.
Province of New Hampshire
The Province of New Hampshire was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of New Hampshire and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
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B.
Maine
Maine is a northeastern U.S. state known for its rugged coastline, maritime history, and vast forested interior.
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C.
Maine
Maine is a historical region in northwestern France that played a significant role in the medieval power struggles between the English and French crowns.
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D.
Province of Massachusetts Bay
The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a British colonial territory in New England that combined several earlier colonies and served as a major political, economic, and cultural center leading up to the American Revolution.
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E.
Maine District of Massachusetts
The Maine District of Massachusetts was a federal judicial district that served the territory of Maine while it was still part of Massachusetts prior to becoming a separate state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British colony
ⓘ
former colony ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Gulf of Maine ⓘ New Hampshire ⓘ Nova Scotia (historical region) ⓘ
linked to:
Colony of Nova Scotia
|
| capital | York ⓘ |
| colonialPower |
England
ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ |
| colonialStatus | proprietary colony ⓘ |
| conflict |
King Philip's War
ⓘ
King William's War ⓘ Queen Anne's War ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| currency | Pound sterling ⓘ |
| establishedBy |
English crown
ⓘ
linked to:
Crown of England
Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
English colonists
ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to:
Woodland Indians
|
| followedBy |
District of Maine
ⓘ
linked to:
Maine District of Massachusetts
U.S. state of Maine ⓘ |
| governmentType | English colonial government ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor |
State of Maine
ⓘ
linked to:
Maine
|
| historyPeriod | Colonial America ⓘ |
| languageUsed | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British America
ⓘ
New England ⓘ northeastern North America ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Atlantic coast of North America ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Maine (French province)
ⓘ
linked to:
Count of Maine
|
| partOf |
British Empire
ⓘ
English colonial America ⓘ
linked to:
Colonial America
Northern frontier of New England ⓘ Province of Massachusetts Bay (after annexation) ⓘ
linked to:
Province of Massachusetts Bay
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestantism
ⓘ
Puritanism ⓘ |
| sharesBorderWith |
Acadia
ⓘ
New France ⓘ Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
eventual admission of Maine as a U.S. state in 1820
ⓘ
incorporation into Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ transition to District of Maine under Massachusetts ⓘ |
| todayPartOf |
U.S. state of Maine
ⓘ
linked to:
Maine
United States of America ⓘ |
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: Province of Maine Description of subject: The Province of Maine was an early English colonial territory in northeastern North America that later became part of the U.S. state of Maine.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
French and Indian raids on New England during King George's War
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opponent
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Province of Maine (Massachusetts District of Maine)
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linked to: Province of Maine
linked to: Province of Maine
subject linked to:
Gorges
linked to: Province of Maine
subject linked to:
Father of Maine
linked to: Province of Maine
subject linked to:
Father of Maine
linked to: Province of Maine