Secretary of State of Washington
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The Secretary of State of Washington is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining public records and business registrations, and performing various administrative and archival duties for the state.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Secretary of State of Washington canonical | 7 |
| Washington Secretary of State | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8245802 — 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 Washington Context triple: [Government of Washington (state), hasOffice, Secretary of State of Washington]
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A.
Lieutenant Governor of Washington
The Lieutenant Governor of Washington is the state's second-highest executive official, who presides over the Washington State Senate and serves as acting governor when the governor is absent or unable to serve.
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B.
Governor of Washington
The Governor of Washington is the elected chief executive of the U.S. state of Washington, responsible for overseeing the state’s executive branch and implementing state laws and policies.
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C.
Attorney General of Washington
The Attorney General of Washington is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Washington in legal matters and providing legal advice to state agencies and officials.
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D.
Secretary of State of Oregon
The Secretary of State of Oregon is a statewide elected official who oversees elections, audits public spending, manages business registrations, and maintains official state records as one of Oregon’s key constitutional officers.
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E.
State Treasurer of Washington
The State Treasurer of Washington is the elected official responsible for managing the state’s finances, including investing public funds, overseeing debt, and safeguarding the state’s fiscal health.
- 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 Washington Target entity description: The Secretary of State of Washington is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining public records and business registrations, and performing various administrative and archival duties for the state.
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A.
Lieutenant Governor of Washington
The Lieutenant Governor of Washington is the state's second-highest executive official, who presides over the Washington State Senate and serves as acting governor when the governor is absent or unable to serve.
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B.
Governor of Washington
The Governor of Washington is the elected chief executive of the U.S. state of Washington, responsible for overseeing the state’s executive branch and implementing state laws and policies.
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C.
Attorney General of Washington
The Attorney General of Washington is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Washington in legal matters and providing legal advice to state agencies and officials.
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D.
Secretary of State of Oregon
The Secretary of State of Oregon is a statewide elected official who oversees elections, audits public spending, manages business registrations, and maintains official state records as one of Oregon’s key constitutional officers.
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E.
State Treasurer of Washington
The State Treasurer of Washington is the elected official responsible for managing the state’s finances, including investing public funds, overseeing debt, and safeguarding the state’s fiscal health.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public office
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state constitutional office ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Washington (state)
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linked to:
Washington
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| branch | executive branch of Washington (state) ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis | Article III of the Washington State Constitution ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Washington State Constitution
ⓘ
linked to:
Constitution of the State of Washington
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| election | Washington Secretary of State election ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.sos.wa.gov ⓘ |
| isElectedIn | statewide election in Washington ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Washington
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington State, United States
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| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Thurston County, Washington ⓘ |
| nativeLabel | Secretary of State ⓘ |
| officeHolderStartDate | 2021-11-22 ⓘ |
| officeType | statewide elected office ⓘ |
| oversees |
election administration in Washington
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state elections in Washington ⓘ |
| partOf | Government of Washington (state) ⓘ |
| position | Secretary of State of Washington ⓘ |
| positionHeldBy | Steve Hobbs ⓘ |
| precededBy | Kim Wyman ⓘ |
| reportsTo | Governor of Washington ⓘ |
| residenceRequirement | Washington (state) resident ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
Uniform Commercial Code filings in Washington
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Washington State Archives ⓘ Washington State Library ⓘ authentication of public documents ⓘ campaign finance filings reception and publication ⓘ certification of election results in Washington ⓘ initiative and referendum filings ⓘ issuing apostilles ⓘ lobbyist registration in Washington ⓘ notary public commissions in Washington ⓘ preservation of historical records of Washington ⓘ records management guidelines for state agencies ⓘ registration of charities in Washington ⓘ registration of corporations in Washington ⓘ registration of limited liability companies in Washington ⓘ registration of nonprofits in Washington ⓘ state archives of Washington ⓘ
linked to:
Washington State Archives
state ballot measures processing ⓘ state symbols and flag protocol in Washington ⓘ state trademarks registration in Washington ⓘ statewide voter registration database ⓘ |
| seat | Olympia, Washington ⓘ |
| style | The Honorable ⓘ |
| termLength | 4 years ⓘ |
| worksWith | Washington State Legislature ⓘ |
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: Secretary of State of Washington Description of subject: The Secretary of State of Washington is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining public records and business registrations, and performing various administrative and archival duties for the state.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Constitution of the State of Washington
→
executiveOfficeEstablished
→
Secretary of State of Washington
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linked to: Secretary of State of Washington
Office of the Secretary of State of Washington
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headOfGovernmentBody
→
Secretary of State of Washington
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Office of the Secretary of State of Washington
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hasOfficeholderTitle
→
Secretary of State of Washington
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