United States Secretary of Energy
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The United States Secretary of Energy is the head of the U.S. Department of Energy, responsible for national energy policy, nuclear security, and overseeing the country’s energy research and development efforts.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United States Secretary of Energy canonical | 26 |
| Secretary of Energy | 11 |
| Secretary of Energy of the United States | 2 |
| Sec. of Energy | 1 |
| Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs | 1 |
| U.S. Secretary of Energy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21262 — 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: United States Secretary of Energy Context triple: [Presidential Succession Act, definesSuccessionPosition, United States Secretary of Energy]
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Secretary of Commerce of the United States
The Secretary of Commerce of the United States is the Cabinet-level official who leads the Department of Commerce and oversees federal policies related to economic growth, trade, and business development.
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United States Secretary of State
The United States Secretary of State is the federal government’s chief foreign affairs official, responsible for directing U.S. diplomacy, negotiating with other nations, and advising the President on international relations.
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United States Secretary of Defense
The United States Secretary of Defense is the head of the Department of Defense and the principal defense policy advisor to the President, overseeing the nation’s armed forces and military strategy.
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D.
Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of the Treasury is the U.S. government’s chief financial officer and principal economic advisor, overseeing federal finances, tax policy, and the management of public debt.
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E.
United States National Security Advisor
The United States National Security Advisor is a senior official in the Executive Office of the President who coordinates national security and foreign policy strategy and advises the president on related matters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Secretary of Energy Target entity description: The United States Secretary of Energy is the head of the U.S. Department of Energy, responsible for national energy policy, nuclear security, and overseeing the country’s energy research and development efforts.
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A.
Secretary of Commerce of the United States
The Secretary of Commerce of the United States is the Cabinet-level official who leads the Department of Commerce and oversees federal policies related to economic growth, trade, and business development.
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B.
United States Secretary of State
The United States Secretary of State is the federal government’s chief foreign affairs official, responsible for directing U.S. diplomacy, negotiating with other nations, and advising the President on international relations.
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C.
United States Secretary of Defense
The United States Secretary of Defense is the head of the Department of Defense and the principal defense policy advisor to the President, overseeing the nation’s armed forces and military strategy.
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D.
Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of the Treasury is the U.S. government’s chief financial officer and principal economic advisor, overseeing federal finances, tax policy, and the management of public debt.
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E.
United States National Security Advisor
The United States National Security Advisor is a senior official in the Executive Office of the President who coordinates national security and foreign policy strategy and advises the president on related matters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal executive position
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cabinet-level position ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SecEnergy ⓘ |
| appointedBy | President of the United States ⓘ |
| appointmentRequires | advice and consent of the United States Senate ⓘ |
| canBeRemovedBy | President of the United States ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| firstHolder | James R. Schlesinger ⓘ |
| firstHolderStartDate | 1977-10-01 ⓘ |
| formationDate | 1977-10-01 ⓘ |
| formedBy | Department of Energy Organization Act ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver |
National Nuclear Security Administration
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U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
surface form:
Office of Nuclear Energy
Office of Science ⓘ
surface form:
Office of Science (U.S. Department of Energy)
U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
surface form:
United States Department of Energy
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| heads |
U.S. Department of Energy
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Department of Energy
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| includedIn | line of succession to the presidency of the United States ⓘ |
| isResponsibleTo | President of the United States ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Title 42 of the United States Code
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surface form:
United States Code, Title 42
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| lineOfSuccessionPosition | 14th in the United States presidential line of succession (as of 2024) ⓘ |
| locatedIn | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Cabinet of the United States
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surface form:
United States Cabinet
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| nativeName |
United States Secretary of Energy
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Secretary of Energy of the United States
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| nominatedBy | President of the United States ⓘ |
| oversees |
United States energy technology development programs
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United States nuclear weapons complex ⓘ
surface form:
United States nuclear weapons program
national laboratories of the United States Department of Energy ⓘ |
| participatesIn |
National Security Council of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
National Security Council (when relevant)
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| partOf | Cabinet of the United States ⓘ |
| precededByOffice |
Director of the Energy Research and Development Administration
ⓘ
Federal Energy Administration ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Energy Administrator
United States Secretary of the Interior ⓘ
surface form:
United States Secretary of the Interior (energy-related functions)
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| reportsTo | President of the United States ⓘ |
| residesIn | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
coordination of federal energy research funding
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energy conservation policy in the United States ⓘ energy efficiency programs in the United States ⓘ energy emergency response coordination at the federal level ⓘ energy research and development in the United States ⓘ management of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve ⓘ national energy policy of the United States ⓘ nuclear security of the United States ⓘ policy on civilian nuclear power in the United States ⓘ promotion of renewable energy technologies in the United States ⓘ radioactive waste management policy in the United States ⓘ |
| seat | James V. Forrestal Building ⓘ |
| style | The Honorable ⓘ |
| termLength | no fixed term ⓘ |
| website | https://www.energy.gov/office-secretary-energy ⓘ |
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: United States Secretary of Energy Description of subject: The United States Secretary of Energy is the head of the U.S. Department of Energy, responsible for national energy policy, nuclear security, and overseeing the country’s energy research and development efforts.
Referenced by (42)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
National Security Council of the United States
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statutoryMember
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United States Secretary of Energy
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this entity surface form:
Secretary of Energy of the United States
U.S. Department of Energy
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officeHeldByHeadOfGovernmentOrganization
→
United States Secretary of Energy
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United States Secretary of Energy
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nativeName
→
United States Secretary of Energy
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Secretary of Energy of the United States
this entity surface form:
Secretary of Energy
Department of Energy Organization Act
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createdCabinetPosition
→
United States Secretary of Energy
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Secretary of Energy
this entity surface form:
Sec. of Energy
Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (U.S. Department of Energy)
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reportsTo
→
United States Secretary of Energy
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this entity surface form:
Secretary of Energy
subject surface form:
Assistant Secretary of Energy
this entity surface form:
Secretary of Energy
subject surface form:
James R. Schlesinger
subject surface form:
James R. Schlesinger
subject surface form:
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
this entity surface form:
Secretary of Energy
this entity surface form:
Secretary of Energy
this entity surface form:
Secretary of Energy
this entity surface form:
Secretary of Energy
this entity surface form:
Secretary of Energy
this entity surface form:
Secretary of Energy
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management
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reportsTo
→
United States Secretary of Energy
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Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy and International Affairs
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reportsTo
→
United States Secretary of Energy
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Secretary of Energy
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management
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reportsTo
→
United States Secretary of Energy
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Assistant Secretary of Energy for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
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reportsTo
→
United States Secretary of Energy
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Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
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reportsTo
→
United States Secretary of Energy
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subject surface form:
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
this entity surface form:
U.S. Secretary of Energy
this entity surface form:
Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs