Secretary of State of Wisconsin
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The Secretary of State of Wisconsin is a statewide elected constitutional officer responsible for various administrative, record-keeping, and business-related functions within the state government.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Secretary of State of Wisconsin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7477016 — 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 Wisconsin Context triple: [Wisconsin state government, hasElectedOffice, Secretary of State of Wisconsin]
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A.
Wisconsin lieutenant governor
The Wisconsin lieutenant governor is the second-highest executive officer in the state, serving as the governor’s successor and often acting as a key partner in state leadership and policy initiatives.
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B.
Governor of Wisconsin
The Governor of Wisconsin is the state's chief executive, responsible for overseeing the executive branch, implementing state laws, and guiding public policy for Wisconsin.
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C.
Attorney General of Wisconsin
The Attorney General of Wisconsin is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Wisconsin in legal matters, providing legal advice to state agencies, and overseeing law enforcement-related legal issues.
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D.
Secretary of State of Minnesota
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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E.
State Treasurer of Wisconsin
The State Treasurer of Wisconsin is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing certain financial duties and fiscal programs of the 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: Secretary of State of Wisconsin Target entity description: The Secretary of State of Wisconsin is a statewide elected constitutional officer responsible for various administrative, record-keeping, and business-related functions within the state government.
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A.
Wisconsin lieutenant governor
The Wisconsin lieutenant governor is the second-highest executive officer in the state, serving as the governor’s successor and often acting as a key partner in state leadership and policy initiatives.
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B.
Governor of Wisconsin
The Governor of Wisconsin is the state's chief executive, responsible for overseeing the executive branch, implementing state laws, and guiding public policy for Wisconsin.
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C.
Attorney General of Wisconsin
The Attorney General of Wisconsin is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Wisconsin in legal matters, providing legal advice to state agencies, and overseeing law enforcement-related legal issues.
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D.
Secretary of State of Minnesota
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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E.
State Treasurer of Wisconsin
The State Treasurer of Wisconsin is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing certain financial duties and fiscal programs of the state government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public office
ⓘ
state constitutional office ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | State of Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branchOfGovernment | executive branch of Wisconsin ⓘ |
| canBeRemovedBy | impeachment by Wisconsin Legislature ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis | Article VI of the Wisconsin Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| createdBy | Wisconsin Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electionCycle | elected in statewide general elections ⓘ |
| electionTiming | elected in November of even-numbered years ⓘ |
| electorate | voters of Wisconsin ⓘ |
| hasAgeRequirement | must meet constitutional age requirements for Wisconsin executive officers ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver | use of the Great Seal of Wisconsin ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
business filings in Wisconsin (as defined by statute and subject to legislative changes)
ⓘ
state records and certain official documents (as defined by statute and subject to legislative changes) ⓘ |
| hasOfficeIn | Wisconsin State Capitol building NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPrecedenceOver | most appointed state officers in Wisconsin ⓘ |
| hasResidenceRequirement | must be a resident of Wisconsin ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | official website of the Wisconsin Secretary of State ⓘ |
| inception | 1848 ⓘ |
| isElectedAlongWith |
Attorney General of Wisconsin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Governor of Wisconsin ⓘ Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ State Treasurer of Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Wisconsin executive branch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalStatus | constitutional officer ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Madison, Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeCreatedIn | Wisconsin Constitution of 1848 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeHolder | Sarah Godlewski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeType | statewide elected office ⓘ |
| partOf | Wisconsin state government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Secretary of State of Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededByOffice | Territorial Secretary of Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reportsTo | voters of Wisconsin ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
authentication of official acts of the Governor
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certification of certain municipal incorporations and boundary changes (as defined by statute) ⓘ custody of the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin ⓘ filing of administrative rules ⓘ filing of certain official state documents ⓘ issuing apostilles and authentications for documents ⓘ maintaining records of gubernatorial appointments ⓘ maintaining records of official state bonds and oaths of office ⓘ |
| salaryDeterminedBy | Wisconsin Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seatOfGovernment | Wisconsin State Capitol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | popular election ⓘ |
| symbol | Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termLength | 4 years ⓘ |
| termStart | first Monday in January following election ⓘ |
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 Wisconsin Description of subject: The Secretary of State of Wisconsin is a statewide elected constitutional officer responsible for various administrative, record-keeping, and business-related functions within the state government.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.