2014 Washington, D.C., mayoral election
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The 2014 Washington, D.C., mayoral election was the contest in which voters chose the city’s chief executive, resulting in Muriel Bowser becoming mayor of the District of Columbia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2014 Washington, D.C., mayoral election canonical | 2 |
| 2014 Washington, D.C., mayoral general election | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7339905 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2014 Washington, D.C., mayoral election Context triple: [Muriel Bowser, electedIn, 2014 Washington, D.C., mayoral election]
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A.
2013 Seattle mayoral election
The 2013 Seattle mayoral election was the municipal contest in which state senator Ed Murray defeated incumbent Mayor Mike McGinn to become Seattle’s mayor.
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B.
2021 New York City mayoral election
The 2021 New York City mayoral election was the contest in which voters chose the city's next mayor, ultimately resulting in Eric Adams succeeding Bill de Blasio as leader of the largest city in the United States.
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C.
District of Columbia statehood referendum, 1980
The District of Columbia statehood referendum of 1980 was a local vote in which D.C. residents approved the drafting of a state constitution as part of an early effort to gain U.S. statehood and full congressional representation.
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D.
District of Columbia Board of Elections
The District of Columbia Board of Elections is the independent local agency responsible for administering and overseeing elections, voter registration, and ballot access in Washington, D.C.
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E.
2023 Dallas mayoral election
The 2023 Dallas mayoral election was the municipal contest in which voters of Dallas, Texas chose their city’s mayor for a new term.
- 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: 2014 Washington, D.C., mayoral election Target entity description: The 2014 Washington, D.C., mayoral election was the contest in which voters chose the city’s chief executive, resulting in Muriel Bowser becoming mayor of the District of Columbia.
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A.
2013 Seattle mayoral election
The 2013 Seattle mayoral election was the municipal contest in which state senator Ed Murray defeated incumbent Mayor Mike McGinn to become Seattle’s mayor.
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B.
2021 New York City mayoral election
The 2021 New York City mayoral election was the contest in which voters chose the city's next mayor, ultimately resulting in Eric Adams succeeding Bill de Blasio as leader of the largest city in the United States.
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C.
District of Columbia statehood referendum, 1980
The District of Columbia statehood referendum of 1980 was a local vote in which D.C. residents approved the drafting of a state constitution as part of an early effort to gain U.S. statehood and full congressional representation.
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D.
District of Columbia Board of Elections
The District of Columbia Board of Elections is the independent local agency responsible for administering and overseeing elections, voter registration, and ballot access in Washington, D.C.
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E.
2023 Dallas mayoral election
The 2023 Dallas mayoral election was the municipal contest in which voters of Dallas, Texas chose their city’s mayor for a new term.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mayoral election
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political election ⓘ |
| ballotIncludes |
D.C. Statehood Green Party candidate
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Democratic Party candidate ⓘ Republican Party candidate ⓘ independent candidates ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| electionCycle | held every four years ⓘ |
| electionDate | 2014-11-04 ⓘ |
| electorate | registered voters of the District of Columbia ⓘ |
| elects | chief executive of the District of Columbia ⓘ |
| endYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| generalElection |
2014 Washington, D.C., mayoral general election
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linked to:
2014 Washington, D.C., mayoral election
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| governs |
District of Columbia municipal government
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linked to:
Government of the District of Columbia
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| hasOutcome | change of mayoral administration ⓘ |
| incumbentBeforeElection | Vincent C. Gray ⓘ |
| incumbentBeforeParty | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| isPartOf | local elections in the District of Columbia ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| mayorAfterElection | Muriel Bowser ⓘ |
| mayorAfterParty | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| nextElection | 2018 Washington, D.C., mayoral election ⓘ |
| officeContested | Mayor of the District of Columbia ⓘ |
| partOf | 2014 United States elections ⓘ |
| positionTermLength | 4 years ⓘ |
| previousElection | 2010 Washington, D.C., mayoral election ⓘ |
| primaryElection |
2014 Washington, D.C., Democratic mayoral primary
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2014 Washington, D.C., Republican mayoral primary ⓘ 2014 Washington, D.C., Statehood Green mayoral primary ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | District of Columbia Board of Elections ⓘ |
| resultedIn | Muriel Bowser becoming Mayor of the District of Columbia ⓘ |
| startYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 21st century ⓘ |
| type | presidential-style mayoral election ⓘ |
| votingSystem | first-past-the-post ⓘ |
| winner | Muriel Bowser ⓘ |
| winnerParty | Democratic Party ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: 2014 Washington, D.C., mayoral election Description of subject: The 2014 Washington, D.C., mayoral election was the contest in which voters chose the city’s chief executive, resulting in Muriel Bowser becoming mayor of the District of Columbia.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
2018 Washington, D.C., mayoral election
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previousElection
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2014 Washington, D.C., mayoral election
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2014 Washington, D.C., mayoral election
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generalElection
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2014 Washington, D.C., mayoral general election
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linked to: 2014 Washington, D.C., mayoral election