Iowa Secretary of State
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The Iowa Secretary of State is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining business and public records, and performing various administrative and regulatory duties in the state of Iowa.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iowa Secretary of State canonical | 1 |
| Office of the Iowa Secretary of State | 1 |
| Secretary of State of Iowa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2777876 — 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: Iowa Secretary of State Context triple: [Government of Iowa, hasSecretaryOfState, Iowa Secretary of State]
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A.
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa
The Lieutenant Governor of Iowa is the second-highest executive officer in the state, assisting the governor and often succeeding them in case of vacancy.
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B.
Attorney General of Iowa
The Attorney General of Iowa is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Iowa in legal matters, enforcing state law, and providing legal advice to state agencies and officials.
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C.
Illinois Secretary of State
The Illinois Secretary of State is a statewide elected official who oversees driver services, vehicle registration, state record-keeping, and various administrative functions in Illinois government.
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D.
Treasurer of State of Iowa
The Treasurer of State of Iowa is the elected statewide official responsible for managing Iowa’s public funds, investments, and related financial operations.
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E.
Governor of Iowa
The Governor of Iowa is the state's chief executive, responsible for overseeing the executive branch, implementing state laws, and guiding public policy and the budget.
- 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: Iowa Secretary of State Target entity description: The Iowa Secretary of State is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining business and public records, and performing various administrative and regulatory duties in the state of Iowa.
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A.
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa
The Lieutenant Governor of Iowa is the second-highest executive officer in the state, assisting the governor and often succeeding them in case of vacancy.
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B.
Attorney General of Iowa
The Attorney General of Iowa is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Iowa in legal matters, enforcing state law, and providing legal advice to state agencies and officials.
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C.
Illinois Secretary of State
The Illinois Secretary of State is a statewide elected official who oversees driver services, vehicle registration, state record-keeping, and various administrative functions in Illinois government.
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D.
Treasurer of State of Iowa
The Treasurer of State of Iowa is the elected statewide official responsible for managing Iowa’s public funds, investments, and related financial operations.
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E.
Governor of Iowa
The Governor of Iowa is the state's chief executive, responsible for overseeing the executive branch, implementing state laws, and guiding public policy and the budget.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public office
ⓘ
state constitutional office ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Iowa
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Iowa
|
| category |
Elections in Iowa
ⓘ
Government of Iowa ⓘ State constitutional officers of Iowa ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Governor of Iowa
ⓘ
surface form:
Iowa Governor
Iowa General Assembly ⓘ
surface form:
Iowa Legislature
Iowa county auditors on election administration ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis |
Constitution of the State of Iowa
ⓘ
surface form:
Iowa Constitution
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| electedIn | statewide general elections in Iowa ⓘ |
| hasAuthority |
to adopt administrative rules related to business filings
ⓘ
to adopt administrative rules related to elections ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
to preserve official state records under its custody
ⓘ
to provide public access to certain records ⓘ |
| hasOfficeLocation | Des Moines, Iowa ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentBody |
Iowa Secretary of State
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Office of the Iowa Secretary of State
|
| issues | apostilles for documents in Iowa ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Iowa ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Polk County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Government of Iowa
ⓘ
surface form:
Iowa Executive Branch
|
| officeContestedBy | candidates from multiple political parties ⓘ |
| officeType | statewide elected office ⓘ |
| oversees |
authentication of certain official documents
ⓘ
filing of ballot access documents in Iowa ⓘ state election calendar for Iowa ⓘ state initiative and referendum paperwork where applicable ⓘ statewide voter registration database of Iowa ⓘ |
| partOf | Government of Iowa ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
administration of absentee voting procedures in Iowa
ⓘ
administration of elections in Iowa ⓘ business entity registration in Iowa ⓘ campaign finance filings in Iowa ⓘ certification of election results in Iowa ⓘ enforcement of certain election laws in Iowa ⓘ lobbyist registration in Iowa ⓘ maintaining Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) filings in Iowa ⓘ maintaining business filings in Iowa ⓘ maintaining certain public records in Iowa ⓘ maintaining corporate records in Iowa ⓘ maintaining notary public records in Iowa ⓘ overseeing voter registration in Iowa ⓘ publishing official state election information ⓘ trade name registration in Iowa ⓘ voter outreach and education in Iowa ⓘ |
| seat | Iowa State Capitol ⓘ |
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: Iowa Secretary of State Description of subject: The Iowa Secretary of State is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining business and public records, and performing various administrative and regulatory duties in the state of Iowa.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Office of the Iowa Secretary of State
this entity surface form:
Secretary of State of Iowa