Stonington, Maine
E370815
Stonington, Maine is a coastal town on Deer Isle known for its historic fishing and lobstering industry and scenic harbor views.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stonington, Maine canonical | 7 |
| Stonington | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3483410 — 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: Stonington, Maine Context triple: [Hancock County, Maine, contains, Stonington, Maine]
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A.
Falmouth, Maine
Falmouth, Maine is a coastal suburban town near Portland known for its affluent residential communities, scenic shoreline, and recreational boating on Casco Bay.
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B.
Newport, Maine
Newport, Maine is a small town in Penobscot County known as a regional service and transportation hub in central Maine.
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C.
Kittery, Maine
Kittery, Maine is a historic coastal town at the southern tip of the state, known for its naval shipyard and outlet shopping district.
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D.
Old Town, Maine
Old Town, Maine is a small city in Penobscot County known for its historic paper and wood-products industries and its location along the Penobscot River.
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E.
Yarmouth, Maine
Yarmouth, Maine is a coastal New England town north of Portland known for its historic village center, annual Clam Festival, and scenic location along the Royal River.
- 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: Stonington, Maine Target entity description: Stonington, Maine is a coastal town on Deer Isle known for its historic fishing and lobstering industry and scenic harbor views.
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A.
Falmouth, Maine
Falmouth, Maine is a coastal suburban town near Portland known for its affluent residential communities, scenic shoreline, and recreational boating on Casco Bay.
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B.
Newport, Maine
Newport, Maine is a small town in Penobscot County known as a regional service and transportation hub in central Maine.
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C.
Kittery, Maine
Kittery, Maine is a historic coastal town at the southern tip of the state, known for its naval shipyard and outlet shopping district.
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D.
Old Town, Maine
Old Town, Maine is a small city in Penobscot County known for its historic paper and wood-products industries and its location along the Penobscot River.
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E.
Yarmouth, Maine
Yarmouth, Maine is a coastal New England town north of Portland known for its historic village center, annual Clam Festival, and scenic location along the Royal River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipality
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Isle au Haut (by ferry connection)
ⓘ
linked to:
Isle au Haut
|
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| governmentType | New England town government ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode | 207 ⓘ |
| hasAttraction |
art galleries
ⓘ
coastal hiking trails ⓘ harbor views ⓘ historic downtown ⓘ working waterfront ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
historic maritime architecture
ⓘ
island community access by bridge to mainland via Deer Isle ⓘ working fishing village character ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
charter boat operations
ⓘ
lobster landings ⓘ seasonal tourism ⓘ |
| hasGeographicFeature |
Penobscot Bay
ⓘ
scenic harbor ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
commercial fishing
ⓘ
lobster fishing ⓘ recreational boating services ⓘ seafood processing ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 04681 ⓘ |
| hasRecreation |
boating
ⓘ
saltwater fishing ⓘ scenic photography ⓘ sea kayaking ⓘ |
| hasRegion | Downeast Maine ⓘ |
| hasTransportation |
fishing harbor
ⓘ
small-boat facilities ⓘ |
| knownFor |
fishing industry
ⓘ
granite quarrying history ⓘ lobstering industry ⓘ maritime heritage ⓘ scenic harbor views ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hancock County, Maine
ⓘ
Maine ⓘ coastal Maine region ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Deer Isle
ⓘ
linked to:
Deer Isle, Maine
coast of Maine ⓘ |
| partOf | New England ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
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: Stonington, Maine Description of subject: Stonington, Maine is a coastal town on Deer Isle known for its historic fishing and lobstering industry and scenic harbor views.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.