Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board
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The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board is the state agency responsible for regulating and licensing the production, distribution, and sale of alcohol and cannabis within Washington.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board canonical | 2 |
| Washington State Liquor Control Board | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8245831 — 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: Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board Context triple: [Government of Washington (state), executiveAgency, Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board]
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A.
Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission
The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission is a state regulatory agency responsible for overseeing the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages and cannabis within Oregon.
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B.
California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is a state agency responsible for licensing and regulating the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages throughout California.
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C.
Washington State Water Pollution Control Commission
The Washington State Water Pollution Control Commission was a former state agency responsible for regulating and reducing water pollution in Washington prior to the creation of the Department of Ecology.
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D.
Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office (Alaska)
The Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office (Alaska) is a state regulatory agency responsible for licensing, compliance, and enforcement of Alaska’s alcohol and marijuana laws.
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E.
Washington State Department of Natural Resources
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources is a state agency responsible for managing Washington’s public lands, forests, aquatic resources, and geological hazards to support environmental health and public benefit.
- 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: Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board Target entity description: The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board is the state agency responsible for regulating and licensing the production, distribution, and sale of alcohol and cannabis within Washington.
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A.
Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission
The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission is a state regulatory agency responsible for overseeing the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages and cannabis within Oregon.
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B.
California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is a state agency responsible for licensing and regulating the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages throughout California.
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C.
Washington State Water Pollution Control Commission
The Washington State Water Pollution Control Commission was a former state agency responsible for regulating and reducing water pollution in Washington prior to the creation of the Department of Ecology.
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D.
Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office (Alaska)
The Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office (Alaska) is a state regulatory agency responsible for licensing, compliance, and enforcement of Alaska’s alcohol and marijuana laws.
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E.
Washington State Department of Natural Resources
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources is a state agency responsible for managing Washington’s public lands, forests, aquatic resources, and geological hazards to support environmental health and public benefit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
regulatory agency
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state government agency ⓘ |
| appliesPolicyArea |
public health
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public safety ⓘ substance regulation ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Governor of Washington ⓘ |
| changedNameToInclude | cannabis ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Washington State Department of Health
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local law enforcement agencies in Washington ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| focusesOn | regulation of controlled substances for commercial sale ⓘ |
| formerlyKnownAs |
Washington State Liquor Control Board
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linked to:
Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board
|
| hasBoardStructure | governed by a board of members ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersLocation | Olympia, Washington ⓘ |
| hasLegalAuthorityFrom | Revised Code of Washington ⓘ |
| implements |
Washington state alcohol control framework
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Washington state cannabis legalization framework ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Washington (state)
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linked to:
Washington
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| oversees |
distribution of spirits in Washington
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production of cannabis in Washington ⓘ retail sales of spirits in Washington ⓘ testing standards for legal cannabis products ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Government of Washington (state) ⓘ |
| regulates |
alcohol
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beer ⓘ cannabis ⓘ cannabis licensees ⓘ liquor licensees ⓘ marijuana processors ⓘ marijuana producers ⓘ marijuana retailers ⓘ spirits ⓘ wine ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
compliance checks of licensed premises
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enforcing state alcohol laws ⓘ enforcing state cannabis laws ⓘ licensing alcohol businesses in Washington ⓘ licensing cannabis businesses in Washington ⓘ rulemaking for alcohol regulation ⓘ rulemaking for cannabis regulation ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| shortName | WSLCB ⓘ |
| website | https://lcb.wa.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: Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board Description of subject: The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board is the state agency responsible for regulating and licensing the production, distribution, and sale of alcohol and cannabis within Washington.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board
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formerlyKnownAs
→
Washington State Liquor Control Board
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linked to: Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board