Illinois Secretary of State
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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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Secretary of State of Illinois | 9 |
| Illinois Secretary of State canonical | 6 |
| Illinois Secretary of State’s Office | 1 |
| Office of the Secretary of State of Illinois | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T950213 — 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: Illinois Secretary of State Context triple: [Lyman Trumbull, servedAs, Illinois Secretary of State]
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A.
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
The Lieutenant Governor of Illinois is the state's second-highest executive officer, who succeeds the governor if necessary and typically oversees initiatives related to education, rural affairs, and economic development.
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B.
Governor of Illinois
The Governor of Illinois is the state's chief executive, responsible for overseeing the executive branch, implementing state laws, and serving as commander-in-chief of Illinois’s military forces.
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C.
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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D.
Governor of Indiana
The Governor of Indiana is the state's chief executive, responsible for overseeing the executive branch, implementing state laws, and guiding public policy and the budget.
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E.
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County
The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County is the elected official responsible for maintaining court records, managing case filings, and overseeing administrative support for one of the largest unified court systems in the United States.
- 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: Illinois Secretary of State Target entity description: 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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A.
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
The Lieutenant Governor of Illinois is the state's second-highest executive officer, who succeeds the governor if necessary and typically oversees initiatives related to education, rural affairs, and economic development.
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B.
Governor of Illinois
The Governor of Illinois is the state's chief executive, responsible for overseeing the executive branch, implementing state laws, and serving as commander-in-chief of Illinois’s military forces.
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C.
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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D.
Governor of Indiana
The Governor of Indiana is the state's chief executive, responsible for overseeing the executive branch, implementing state laws, and guiding public policy and the budget.
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E.
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County
The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County is the elected official responsible for maintaining court records, managing case filings, and overseeing administrative support for one of the largest unified court systems in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
executive branch office
ⓘ
state constitutional office ⓘ |
| branchOfGovernment |
Executive branch of Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois executive branch
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy | Illinois Constitution ⓘ |
| electedBy | voters of Illinois ⓘ |
| electionType | statewide election ⓘ |
| firstOfficeholder | Elias Kane ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
Secretary of State of Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois Secretary of State
|
| inauguralHolderYear | 1818 ⓘ |
| isChief |
chief clerk of the State of Illinois
ⓘ
chief librarian of the State of Illinois ⓘ chief record-keeper of the State of Illinois ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois
|
| officeLocation |
Chicago, Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Springfield, Illinois ⓘ |
| officeType | constitutional office ⓘ |
| overseesAgency |
Business Services Department of Illinois
ⓘ
Driver Services Department of Illinois ⓘ Illinois Secretary of State’s Office ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois Secretary of State
Illinois State Archives ⓘ Illinois State Library ⓘ Index Department of Illinois ⓘ Securities Department of Illinois ⓘ |
| partOf |
Illinois state government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Illinois
|
| positionInGovernment | Illinois state executive officer ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
Illinois State Library
ⓘ
administration of organ and tissue donor registry in Illinois ⓘ driver services in Illinois ⓘ enforcement of certain Illinois securities laws ⓘ issuance of Illinois driver’s licenses ⓘ issuance of Illinois state identification cards ⓘ license plate issuance in Illinois ⓘ maintenance of Illinois driving records ⓘ maintenance of official acts of the Illinois General Assembly ⓘ maintenance of official acts of the Illinois executive branch ⓘ maintenance of official acts of the Illinois judicial branch ⓘ maintenance of state symbols and official documents of Illinois ⓘ oversight of driver facilities in Illinois ⓘ publication of Illinois Blue Book ⓘ registration of business entities in Illinois ⓘ registration of lobbyists in Illinois ⓘ state archives in Illinois ⓘ state record-keeping in Illinois ⓘ vehicle registration in Illinois ⓘ vehicle title issuance in Illinois ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| termLength | 4 years ⓘ |
| termLimit | no term limits ⓘ |
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: Illinois Secretary of State Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Illinois Constitution
linked to: Illinois Secretary of State
linked to: Illinois Secretary of State
linked to: Illinois Secretary of State
linked to: Illinois Secretary of State
linked to: Illinois Secretary of State
linked to: Illinois Secretary of State
linked to: Illinois Secretary of State
subject linked to:
Stevenson political family
linked to: Illinois Secretary of State
linked to: Illinois Secretary of State
linked to: Illinois Secretary of State
linked to: Illinois Secretary of State