DES
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DES is the Washington State Department of Enterprise Services, a government agency that provides centralized business and operational support services to other state agencies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| DES canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22825356 — 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: DES Context triple: [Washington State Department of Enterprise Services, shortName, DES]
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A.
DES
DES is a large astronomical survey project that maps hundreds of millions of galaxies to study dark energy and the expansion history of the universe.
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B.
DES
DES (Data Encryption Standard) is a now-obsolete symmetric-key block cipher that was once a widely used U.S. government encryption standard but fell out of favor due to its relatively short key length and vulnerability to brute-force attacks.
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C.
DESE
DESE is the state agency responsible for overseeing public elementary and secondary education in Massachusetts, including standards, accountability, and school support.
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D.
DESE
DESE is the state agency responsible for overseeing public elementary and secondary education in Missouri, including setting academic standards, administering assessments, and supporting local school districts.
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E.
SDES
SDES (Session Description Protocol Security Descriptions) is a key management mechanism used to negotiate and convey cryptographic parameters for securing media streams in real-time communication protocols.
- 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: DES Target entity description: DES is the Washington State Department of Enterprise Services, a government agency that provides centralized business and operational support services to other state agencies.
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A.
DES
DES (Data Encryption Standard) is a now-obsolete symmetric-key block cipher that was once a widely used U.S. government encryption standard but fell out of favor due to its relatively short key length and vulnerability to brute-force attacks.
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B.
DES
DES is a large astronomical survey project that maps hundreds of millions of galaxies to study dark energy and the expansion history of the universe.
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C.
DESE
DESE is the state agency responsible for overseeing public elementary and secondary education in Massachusetts, including standards, accountability, and school support.
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D.
DESE
DESE is the state agency responsible for overseeing public elementary and secondary education in Missouri, including setting academic standards, administering assessments, and supporting local school districts.
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E.
SDES
SDES (Session Description Protocol Security Descriptions) is a key management mechanism used to negotiate and convey cryptographic parameters for securing media streams in real-time communication protocols.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.