Maine Department of Education
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The Maine Department of Education is the state agency responsible for overseeing public education, setting academic standards, and administering education policies and funding across Maine.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maine Department of Education canonical | 12 |
| Maine public school system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1732232 — 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: Maine Department of Education Context triple: [Fort Kent Community High School, governingBody, Maine Department of Education]
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A.
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is the state agency responsible for overseeing public K–12 education, setting academic standards, and administering education policy and funding in Massachusetts.
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B.
Maine Bureau of General Services
The Maine Bureau of General Services is a state agency responsible for managing and maintaining government facilities and related support services in Maine.
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C.
Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is the state’s governing body responsible for setting policy, standards, and regulations for public K–12 education in Massachusetts.
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D.
Government of Maine
The Government of Maine is the state’s central governing authority, encompassing the executive, legislative, and judicial branches that administer public policy and services across Maine.
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E.
East Maine School District 63
East Maine School District 63 is a public school district serving elementary and middle school students in the Niles, Illinois area and surrounding communities.
- 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 Department of Education Target entity description: The Maine Department of Education is the state agency responsible for overseeing public education, setting academic standards, and administering education policies and funding across Maine.
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A.
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is the state agency responsible for overseeing public K–12 education, setting academic standards, and administering education policy and funding in Massachusetts.
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B.
Maine Bureau of General Services
The Maine Bureau of General Services is a state agency responsible for managing and maintaining government facilities and related support services in Maine.
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C.
Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is the state’s governing body responsible for setting policy, standards, and regulations for public K–12 education in Massachusetts.
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D.
Government of Maine
The Government of Maine is the state’s central governing authority, encompassing the executive, legislative, and judicial branches that administer public policy and services across Maine.
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E.
East Maine School District 63
East Maine School District 63 is a public school district serving elementary and middle school students in the Niles, Illinois area and surrounding communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
ⓘ
state education agency ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Maine ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
U.S. Department of Education
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Department of Education
local school boards in Maine ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fundedBy |
State of Maine budget
ⓘ
federal education funds ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.maine.gov/doe ⓘ |
| headedBy | Commissioner of Education of Maine ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Augusta, Maine ⓘ |
| implementsPolicy | state education statutes of Maine ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Maine
ⓘ
linked to:
Maine
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Maine ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| mandate |
to administer state and federal education funding
ⓘ
to ensure equitable access to quality public education in Maine ⓘ to establish and maintain statewide academic standards ⓘ |
| operatesIn | public education ⓘ |
| oversees |
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act implementation in Maine
ⓘ
Maine Learning Results academic standards ⓘ
linked to:
Maine state education standards
federal Title I programs in Maine ⓘ public school districts in Maine ⓘ statewide student assessment in Maine ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
State of Maine
ⓘ
linked to:
Maine
|
| partOf | Government of Maine ⓘ |
| regulates |
compulsory school attendance policies in Maine
ⓘ
school approval standards in Maine ⓘ teacher certification requirements in Maine ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
K–12 public education in Maine
ⓘ
adult education policy in Maine ⓘ career and technical education programs in Maine ⓘ data collection on Maine schools and students ⓘ distribution of state education funding ⓘ educator certification in Maine ⓘ implementation of federal education programs in Maine ⓘ oversight of local school administrative units in Maine ⓘ school nutrition programs administration in Maine ⓘ setting academic standards for Maine schools ⓘ special education oversight in Maine ⓘ statewide education policy in Maine ⓘ student assessment systems in Maine ⓘ |
| sector | education ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Governor of Maine ⓘ |
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 Department of Education Description of subject: The Maine Department of Education is the state agency responsible for overseeing public education, setting academic standards, and administering education policies and funding across Maine.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maine Department of Education