Kansas Secretary of State
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The Kansas Secretary of State is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining public records, and managing various administrative functions in the state of Kansas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kansas Secretary of State canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7466003 — 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: Kansas Secretary of State Context triple: [Kansas legislative districts, administeredBy, Kansas 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.
Texas Secretary of State
The Texas Secretary of State is a statewide constitutional officer who serves as the chief elections administrator, keeper of state records, and official liaison for Texas with other governments and businesses.
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C.
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.
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D.
Ohio Secretary of State
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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E.
Governor of Kansas
The Governor of Kansas is the state's chief executive, responsible for overseeing the executive branch, implementing state laws, and guiding public policy for Kansas.
- 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: Kansas Secretary of State Target entity description: The Kansas Secretary of State is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining public records, and managing various administrative functions in the state of Kansas.
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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.
Texas Secretary of State
The Texas Secretary of State is a statewide constitutional officer who serves as the chief elections administrator, keeper of state records, and official liaison for Texas with other governments and businesses.
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C.
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.
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D.
Ohio Secretary of State
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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E.
Governor of Kansas
The Governor of Kansas is the state's chief executive, responsible for overseeing the executive branch, implementing state laws, and guiding public policy for Kansas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
executive branch office
ⓘ
state constitutional office ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Secretary of State of Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| assumedOffice | January 14, 2019 ⓘ |
| branch | executive branch of Kansas ⓘ |
| constitutingInstrument | Kansas Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Kansas Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electedBy | voters of Kansas ⓘ |
| electedIn | statewide election ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | State of Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Kansas State Board of Canvassers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedBy | voters of Kansas ⓘ |
| officeHolderSince | January 14, 2019 ⓘ |
| officeLocation | Topeka, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeType | elected office ⓘ |
| oversees |
election administration in Kansas
ⓘ
elections in Kansas ⓘ voter registration in Kansas ⓘ |
| partOf | Kansas state government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| position | Kansas Secretary of State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeldBy | Scott Schwab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residenceRequirement | Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
administration of notary public commissions in Kansas
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authentication of official documents ⓘ business entity filings in Kansas ⓘ certification of election results in Kansas ⓘ enforcement of Kansas election laws ⓘ filing of Uniform Commercial Code records in Kansas ⓘ issuing apostilles and certifications ⓘ maintenance of official state documents and records ⓘ maintenance of public records related to business entities in Kansas ⓘ maintenance of statewide voter registration database ⓘ publication of Kansas administrative regulations ⓘ publication of the Kansas Register ⓘ registration of corporations in Kansas ⓘ registration of limited liability companies in Kansas ⓘ registration of partnerships in Kansas ⓘ registration of trademarks and service marks in Kansas ⓘ |
| seat | Topeka, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | Secretary of State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supervises | Kansas Secretary of State’s Office NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termLength | 4 years ⓘ |
| website | https://sos.ks.gov/ ⓘ |
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: Kansas Secretary of State Description of subject: The Kansas Secretary of State is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining public records, and managing various administrative functions in the state of Kansas.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.