Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services
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The Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services is a state agency responsible for managing Maine’s financial operations, budgeting, and key administrative services that support other government departments.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services canonical | 4 |
| Maine Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1850211 — 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 Administrative and Financial Services Context triple: [Government of Maine, hasAgency, Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services]
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A.
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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B.
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services is the state agency responsible for overseeing public health, social services, and welfare programs for residents of Maine.
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C.
Maine Department of Public Safety
The Maine Department of Public Safety is the state-level agency responsible for coordinating law enforcement, emergency response, and public safety services across Maine.
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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.
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is a state agency responsible for managing Maine’s agricultural resources, public lands, and forested areas, including numerous state parks and conservation lands.
- 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 Administrative and Financial Services Target entity description: The Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services is a state agency responsible for managing Maine’s financial operations, budgeting, and key administrative services that support other government departments.
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A.
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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B.
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services is the state agency responsible for overseeing public health, social services, and welfare programs for residents of Maine.
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C.
Maine Department of Public Safety
The Maine Department of Public Safety is the state-level agency responsible for coordinating law enforcement, emergency response, and public safety services across Maine.
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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.
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is a state agency responsible for managing Maine’s agricultural resources, public lands, and forested areas, including numerous state parks and conservation lands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public finance agency
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state government agency ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
ensure efficient use of Maine state funds
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support effective operation of Maine state government agencies ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| employerType | public employer ⓘ |
| fundedBy | State of Maine budget ⓘ |
| governmentLevel | state ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
administrative support services
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budget administration ⓘ financial oversight ⓘ policy implementation for state finance ⓘ |
| hasRole |
coordinating administrative policies for Maine state agencies
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ensuring fiscal control for Maine state government ⓘ supporting operations of other Maine state departments ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Augusta, Maine ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Maine
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linked to:
Maine
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | government department ⓘ |
| location | Augusta, Maine ⓘ |
| operatesIn | Maine ⓘ |
| partOf | Government of Maine ⓘ |
| publicService |
management of state financial resources
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provision of centralized administrative services ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
administrative services for Maine state agencies
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budget preparation for Maine state government ⓘ central administrative functions for Maine state government ⓘ financial management of Maine state government ⓘ financial policy guidance for Maine state agencies ⓘ implementation of Maine’s enacted state budget ⓘ oversight of state financial operations in Maine ⓘ state budgeting in Maine ⓘ support services for other Maine government departments ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
State of Maine
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linked to:
Maine
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| state | Maine ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Executive branch of the Government of Maine
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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 Administrative and Financial Services Description of subject: The Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services is a state agency responsible for managing Maine’s financial operations, budgeting, and key administrative services that support other government departments.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Maine Bureau of General Services
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partOf
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Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services
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Maine Bureau of General Services
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governingBody
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Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services
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Maine Bureau of General Services
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oversight
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Maine Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services
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linked to: Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services
Executive branch of Maine
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includesAgency
→
Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services
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