Secretary of State of Minnesota
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The Secretary of State of Minnesota is a statewide elected official who oversees elections, business registrations, and the maintenance of key public records in the state.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Secretary of State of Minnesota canonical | 3 |
| Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4775232 — 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: Secretary of State of Minnesota Context triple: [Attorney General of Minnesota, coequals, Secretary of State of Minnesota]
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A.
Governor of Minnesota
The Governor of Minnesota is the state's chief executive, responsible for overseeing the executive branch, implementing state laws, and shaping public policy and the budget.
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B.
Attorney General of Minnesota
The Attorney General of Minnesota is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Minnesota in legal matters, enforcing state laws, and providing legal advice to state agencies and officials.
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C.
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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D.
Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
The Lieutenant Governor of Missouri is a statewide elected official who serves as the state's second-highest executive officer, acting as the governor's successor and performing various legislative, ceremonial, and advocacy duties.
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E.
State Auditor of Minnesota
The State Auditor of Minnesota is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing and auditing the financial operations of local governments and public entities across the state.
- 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: Secretary of State of Minnesota Target entity description: The Secretary of State of Minnesota is a statewide elected official who oversees elections, business registrations, and the maintenance of key public records in the state.
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A.
Governor of Minnesota
The Governor of Minnesota is the state's chief executive, responsible for overseeing the executive branch, implementing state laws, and shaping public policy and the budget.
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B.
Attorney General of Minnesota
The Attorney General of Minnesota is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Minnesota in legal matters, enforcing state laws, and providing legal advice to state agencies and officials.
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C.
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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D.
Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
The Lieutenant Governor of Missouri is a statewide elected official who serves as the state's second-highest executive officer, acting as the governor's successor and performing various legislative, ceremonial, and advocacy duties.
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E.
State Auditor of Minnesota
The State Auditor of Minnesota is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing and auditing the financial operations of local governments and public entities across the state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
elected office
ⓘ
public office ⓘ state constitutional office ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Minnesota ⓘ |
| assumedOffice | January 5, 2015 ⓘ |
| branch |
executive branch of Minnesota
ⓘ
linked to:
Minnesota Executive Branch
|
| constitutionalBasis | Article V of the Minnesota Constitution ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| createdBy | Minnesota Constitution ⓘ |
| currentOfficeHolder | Steve Simon ⓘ |
| electedIn | general elections in even-numbered years ⓘ |
| electionType | statewide election ⓘ |
| firstOfficeCreationYear | 1858 ⓘ |
| hasPower |
to accept and file business entity documents
ⓘ
to adopt administrative rules related to elections ⓘ to commission notaries public ⓘ to issue election-related directives ⓘ to maintain statewide official records databases ⓘ |
| independentOf | Governor of Minnesota ⓘ |
| isElected | true ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Minnesota
ⓘ
linked to:
Minnesota
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| officeHolderTitle | Minnesota Secretary of State ⓘ |
| officeLocation | Minnesota State Office Building ⓘ |
| oversees |
Uniform Commercial Code filings in Minnesota
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business registrations in Minnesota ⓘ elections in Minnesota ⓘ filing of business corporations ⓘ filing of limited liability companies ⓘ filing of nonprofit corporations ⓘ maintenance of key public records in Minnesota ⓘ statewide voter registration system ⓘ |
| partOf |
Minnesota state government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Minnesota
|
| politicalOfficeType | partisan office ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Secretary of State of Minnesota ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Minnesota Office of the Secretary of State
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linked to:
Minnesota Secretary of State
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| reportsTo | voters of Minnesota ⓘ |
| residenceRequirement | Minnesota resident ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
administration of certain civic education initiatives
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certification of election results in Minnesota ⓘ maintenance of Safe at Home address confidentiality program ⓘ maintenance of notary public records ⓘ maintenance of official state records ⓘ maintenance of open appointments data ⓘ publication of Minnesota Official Documents ⓘ registration of trademarks and service marks in Minnesota ⓘ |
| seat |
Saint Paul, Minnesota
ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Paul
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| termLength | 4 years ⓘ |
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: Secretary of State of Minnesota Description of subject: The Secretary of State of Minnesota is a statewide elected official who oversees elections, business registrations, and the maintenance of key public records in the state.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.