Ohio Secretary of State
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The Ohio Secretary of State is the statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining business and public records, and safeguarding the integrity of the democratic process in the state of Ohio.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ohio Secretary of State canonical | 9 |
| Ohio Secretary of State (for election administration) | 1 |
| Ohio Secretary of State’s Office | 1 |
| Ohio Secretary of State’s office, Columbus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7380516 — 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: Ohio Secretary of State Context triple: [Sherrod Brown, servedAs, Ohio Secretary of State]
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A.
Arizona Secretary of State
The Arizona Secretary of State is a statewide elected official who oversees elections, business registrations, and the preservation of public records in Arizona.
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B.
Iowa Secretary of State
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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C.
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
The Lieutenant Governor of Ohio is the state's second-highest executive officer, who presides over the Ohio Senate and often assists or succeeds the governor in performing executive duties.
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D.
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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E.
Oregon Secretary of State
The Oregon Secretary of State is a statewide elected official who oversees elections, audits public spending, manages public records, and serves as one of the top executive officers in Oregon’s state government.
- 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: Ohio Secretary of State Target entity description: The Ohio Secretary of State is the statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining business and public records, and safeguarding the integrity of the democratic process in the state of Ohio.
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A.
Arizona Secretary of State
The Arizona Secretary of State is a statewide elected official who oversees elections, business registrations, and the preservation of public records in Arizona.
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B.
Iowa Secretary of State
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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C.
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
The Lieutenant Governor of Ohio is the state's second-highest executive officer, who presides over the Ohio Senate and often assists or succeeds the governor in performing executive duties.
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D.
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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E.
Oregon Secretary of State
The Oregon Secretary of State is a statewide elected official who oversees elections, audits public spending, manages public records, and serves as one of the top executive officers in Oregon’s state government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
elected office
ⓘ
state constitutional office ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
State of Ohio
ⓘ
linked to:
Ohio
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| branch |
executive branch of Ohio
ⓘ
linked to:
Executive branch of Ohio
|
| constitutionalBasis | Ohio Constitution ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy |
Ohio state constitution and statutes
ⓘ
linked to:
Ohio Constitution
|
| electedBy | voters of Ohio ⓘ |
| electionMethod | popular vote ⓘ |
| hasConstituency | residents of Ohio ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.ohiosos.gov/ ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
business entities formed or registered in Ohio
ⓘ
elections in Ohio ⓘ |
| levelOfGovernment | state ⓘ |
| officeLocation |
Ohio Secretary of State’s office, Columbus
ⓘ
linked to:
Ohio Secretary of State
|
| officeType | statewide elected official ⓘ |
| oversees | county boards of elections in Ohio ⓘ |
| partOf | Ohio state government ⓘ |
| responsibility |
administering state election laws
ⓘ
approving ballot language for statewide issues ⓘ certifying candidates for statewide office ⓘ certifying election results ⓘ handling filings for corporations in Ohio ⓘ handling filings for limited liability companies in Ohio ⓘ handling filings for partnerships in Ohio ⓘ issuing directives and advisories to county boards of elections ⓘ licensing notaries public ⓘ maintaining Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) filings ⓘ maintaining business filings ⓘ maintaining certain public records ⓘ maintaining corporate records ⓘ maintaining initiative and referendum petitions ⓘ maintaining records of official state documents ⓘ maintaining records of trade names and trademarks at the state level ⓘ maintaining the state’s business search database ⓘ overseeing elections in Ohio ⓘ publishing state government documents and notices ⓘ safeguarding integrity of the democratic process in Ohio ⓘ serving as Ohio’s chief business registrar ⓘ serving as Ohio’s chief elections officer ⓘ supervising voter registration systems ⓘ |
| seat | Columbus, Ohio ⓘ |
| style | Secretary of State ⓘ |
| termLength | 4 years ⓘ |
| termLimit | two consecutive terms ⓘ |
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: Ohio Secretary of State Description of subject: The Ohio Secretary of State is the statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining business and public records, and safeguarding the integrity of the democratic process in the state of Ohio.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ohio Secretary of State
linked to: Ohio Secretary of State
linked to: Ohio Secretary of State