Office of the Secretary of State of Washington
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The Office of the Secretary of State of Washington is a statewide constitutional office responsible for overseeing elections, managing public records and archives, and providing key administrative and civic services in Washington State.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Office of the Secretary of State of Washington canonical | 1 |
| Washington Office of the Secretary of State | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8245852 — 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: Office of the Secretary of State of Washington Context triple: [Washington State Archives, operatedBy, Office of the Secretary of State of Washington]
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A.
Executive Secretariat of the United States Department of State
The Executive Secretariat of the United States Department of State is the central coordinating office that manages information flow, decision memoranda, and communications for the Secretary of State and other senior department leadership.
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B.
United States Department of State
The United States Department of State is the federal executive department responsible for the country’s foreign policy, international relations, and diplomatic missions abroad.
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C.
Department of States
The Department of States is a governmental division under the Ministry of Home Affairs responsible for managing state-related administrative and policy matters.
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D.
Secretariat of State
The Secretariat of State is the central governing body of the Holy See that coordinates the political and diplomatic activities of the Vatican and oversees the general affairs of the Roman Catholic Church’s central administration.
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E.
Auswärtiges Amt
The Auswärtiges Amt is Germany’s Federal Foreign Office, responsible for the country’s foreign policy and diplomatic relations.
- 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: Office of the Secretary of State of Washington Target entity description: The Office of the Secretary of State of Washington is a statewide constitutional office responsible for overseeing elections, managing public records and archives, and providing key administrative and civic services in Washington State.
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A.
Executive Secretariat of the United States Department of State
The Executive Secretariat of the United States Department of State is the central coordinating office that manages information flow, decision memoranda, and communications for the Secretary of State and other senior department leadership.
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B.
United States Department of State
The United States Department of State is the federal executive department responsible for the country’s foreign policy, international relations, and diplomatic missions abroad.
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C.
Department of States
The Department of States is a governmental division under the Ministry of Home Affairs responsible for managing state-related administrative and policy matters.
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D.
Secretariat of State
The Secretariat of State is the central governing body of the Holy See that coordinates the political and diplomatic activities of the Vatican and oversees the general affairs of the Roman Catholic Church’s central administration.
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E.
Auswärtiges Amt
The Auswärtiges Amt is Germany’s Federal Foreign Office, responsible for the country’s foreign policy and diplomatic relations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional office
ⓘ
state government agency ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Washington State
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington State, United States
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| follows |
United States election law where applicable
ⓘ
laws of the State of Washington ⓘ |
| hasConstitutionalBasis | Constitution of the State of Washington ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersLocation | Olympia, Washington ⓘ |
| hasMainResponsibility |
elections oversight in Washington State
ⓘ
key administrative and civic services in Washington State ⓘ public records and archives management in Washington State ⓘ |
| hasOfficeholderTitle | Secretary of State of Washington ⓘ |
| hasScope | statewide ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.sos.wa.gov ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentBody | Secretary of State of Washington ⓘ |
| isInCapitalOf |
Washington State
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington State, United States
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | state constitutional office ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Thurston County, Washington ⓘ |
| oversees |
Washington State Archives
ⓘ
Washington State Corporations and Charities Division ⓘ Washington State Digital Archives ⓘ
linked to:
Washington State Archives
Washington State Elections Division ⓘ Washington State Library ⓘ county election offices in Washington ⓘ statewide voter registration database of Washington ⓘ |
| partOf |
Government of the State of Washington
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Washington (state)
|
| responsibleFor |
apostilles and certifications in Washington
ⓘ
authentication of public documents in Washington ⓘ certification of election results in Washington ⓘ civic education programs in Washington ⓘ corporations and charities registration in Washington ⓘ digital archives of Washington State government records ⓘ initiative and referendum filings in Washington ⓘ legislative bill filing and initiative text preservation in Washington ⓘ nonprofit organization filings in Washington ⓘ public records management in Washington ⓘ registration of trademarks at the state level in Washington ⓘ state archives in Washington ⓘ state ballot measures documentation in Washington ⓘ state library services in Washington ⓘ state symbols and flag protocol in Washington ⓘ statewide elections administration in Washington ⓘ voter registration systems in Washington ⓘ |
| sector | public administration ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Washington State government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Washington (state)
|
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: Office of the Secretary of State of Washington Description of subject: The Office of the Secretary of State of Washington is a statewide constitutional office responsible for overseeing elections, managing public records and archives, and providing key administrative and civic services in Washington State.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Office of the Secretary of State of Washington