Secretary of State of Ohio
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The Secretary of State of Ohio is the statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining business and public records, and safeguarding the integrity of the state's democratic processes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Secretary of State of Ohio canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7380503 — 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 Ohio Context triple: [Sherrod Brown, positionHeld, Secretary of State of Ohio]
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A.
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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B.
Governor of Ohio
The Governor of Ohio is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Ohio, responsible for overseeing the state’s executive branch, implementing state laws, and guiding public policy.
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C.
Treasurer of Ohio
The Treasurer of Ohio is the statewide elected official responsible for managing the state's finances, including investing public funds, overseeing state debt, and safeguarding taxpayer money.
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D.
Solicitor General of Ohio
The Solicitor General of Ohio is the state's top appellate lawyer, responsible for representing Ohio in major cases before state and federal appellate courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.
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E.
Secretary of State of Michigan
The Secretary of State of Michigan is a statewide elected official who oversees elections, vehicle registration, and driver licensing, and maintains many of the state's official records.
- 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 Ohio Target entity description: The Secretary of State of Ohio is the statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining business and public records, and safeguarding the integrity of the state's democratic processes.
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A.
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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B.
Governor of Ohio
The Governor of Ohio is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Ohio, responsible for overseeing the state’s executive branch, implementing state laws, and guiding public policy.
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C.
Treasurer of Ohio
The Treasurer of Ohio is the statewide elected official responsible for managing the state's finances, including investing public funds, overseeing state debt, and safeguarding taxpayer money.
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D.
Solicitor General of Ohio
The Solicitor General of Ohio is the state's top appellate lawyer, responsible for representing Ohio in major cases before state and federal appellate courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.
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E.
Secretary of State of Michigan
The Secretary of State of Michigan is a statewide elected official who oversees elections, vehicle registration, and driver licensing, and maintains many of the state's official records.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
elected office
ⓘ
state constitutional office ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Ohio ⓘ |
| branchOfGovernment | executive branch of Ohio ⓘ |
| constituency | voters of Ohio ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| currentOfficeHolder | Frank LaRose ⓘ |
| electionCycle | elected in midterm election years ⓘ |
| electionMethod | popular vote in statewide election ⓘ |
| eligibleVoterRequirement | must be a qualified elector of Ohio ⓘ |
| hasAuthority |
to accept and file business entity documents
ⓘ
to adopt rules for election administration within Ohio law ⓘ to issue directives to county boards of elections ⓘ to maintain the official state seal of Ohio ⓘ to reject noncompliant business filings ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentBody |
Ohio Secretary of State’s Office
ⓘ
linked to:
Ohio Secretary of State
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| includedIn | Ohio statewide elected offices ⓘ |
| memberOf | Ohio Ballot Board ⓘ |
| oathAdministeredBy | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio ⓘ |
| officeCreatedBy | Ohio Constitution ⓘ |
| officeHolderStartTime | Frank LaRose 2019 ⓘ |
| officeLocation |
Ohio Statehouse complex
ⓘ
linked to:
Ohio Statehouse
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| officeType | statewide executive office ⓘ |
| partOf | Ohio state government ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Secretary of State of Ohio ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Jon Husted
ⓘ
linked to:
Mike DeWine
|
| reportsTo | voters of Ohio ⓘ |
| residenceRequirement | must be a resident of Ohio ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
administration of elections in Ohio
ⓘ
appointment of members to county boards of elections ⓘ certification of election results in Ohio ⓘ certification of initiative and referendum petitions in Ohio ⓘ maintenance of Uniform Commercial Code filings in Ohio ⓘ maintenance of business filings in Ohio ⓘ maintenance of public records related to businesses in Ohio ⓘ oversight of voter registration in Ohio ⓘ publication of Ohio ballot issues ⓘ registration of corporations in Ohio ⓘ registration of limited liability companies in Ohio ⓘ registration of nonprofit organizations in Ohio ⓘ safeguarding integrity of Ohio’s democratic processes ⓘ |
| seat | Columbus, Ohio ⓘ |
| supervises | county boards of elections in Ohio ⓘ |
| termLength | 4 years ⓘ |
| termLimits | two consecutive terms ⓘ |
| usesSeal | Great Seal of the State of Ohio ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ohiosos.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: Secretary of State of Ohio Description of subject: The Secretary of State of Ohio is the statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining business and public records, and safeguarding the integrity of the state's democratic processes.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.