Superintendent of Public Instruction of Washington
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The Superintendent of Public Instruction of Washington is the statewide elected official responsible for overseeing public K–12 education and implementing education policy in the state of Washington.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Superintendent of Public Instruction of Washington canonical | 3 |
| Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8821231 — 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: Superintendent of Public Instruction of Washington Context triple: [Constitution of the State of Washington, executiveOfficeEstablished, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Washington]
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A.
Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction
The Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction is the state’s chief education official responsible for overseeing public K–12 education policy, administration, and standards across Oregon.
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B.
Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction
The Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction is the state’s chief education official responsible for overseeing K–12 public education policy, administration, and standards across Indiana.
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C.
Superintendent of Public Instruction of California
The Superintendent of Public Instruction of California is the statewide elected official who oversees public education policy and administration, including K–12 schools, in the state.
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D.
Pennsylvania Superintendent of Public Instruction
The Pennsylvania Superintendent of Public Instruction was the state’s chief education official responsible for overseeing public schools and implementing education policy in Pennsylvania.
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E.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin
The State Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin is the elected official who oversees the state’s public education system and leads the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
- 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: Superintendent of Public Instruction of Washington Target entity description: The Superintendent of Public Instruction of Washington is the statewide elected official responsible for overseeing public K–12 education and implementing education policy in the state of Washington.
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A.
Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction
The Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction is the state’s chief education official responsible for overseeing public K–12 education policy, administration, and standards across Oregon.
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B.
Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction
The Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction is the state’s chief education official responsible for overseeing K–12 public education policy, administration, and standards across Indiana.
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C.
Superintendent of Public Instruction of California
The Superintendent of Public Instruction of California is the statewide elected official who oversees public education policy and administration, including K–12 schools, in the state.
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D.
Pennsylvania Superintendent of Public Instruction
The Pennsylvania Superintendent of Public Instruction was the state’s chief education official responsible for overseeing public schools and implementing education policy in Pennsylvania.
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E.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin
The State Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin is the elected official who oversees the state’s public education system and leads the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
education executive position
ⓘ
person ⓘ state constitutional office ⓘ state education agency ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Washington (state)
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington
|
| branchOfGovernment | executive branch of Washington state government ⓘ |
| canAdopt | administrative rules related to K–12 education (subject to state law) ⓘ |
| canPropose | education-related legislation to Washington State Legislature ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Governor of Washington
ⓘ
Washington State Board of Education ⓘ Washington State Legislature ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| currentOfficeHolder | Chris Reykdal ⓘ |
| electedIn | statewide general elections in Washington ⓘ |
| electionCycle | every four years ⓘ |
| electionType | nonpartisan office ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
development and implementation of K–12 learning standards
ⓘ
distribution of state education funds to school districts ⓘ implementation of state and federal education laws in Washington schools ⓘ statewide student assessment systems ⓘ teacher and principal certification standards (subject to state law) ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Washington (state)
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington
|
| legalBasis |
Revised Code of Washington (RCW)
ⓘ
linked to:
Revised Code of Washington
Washington State Constitution ⓘ
linked to:
Constitution of the State of Washington
|
| notResponsibleFor | higher education governance in Washington state ⓘ |
| officeHolderRole | statewide elected official ⓘ |
| officeType | constitutional officer of Washington state ⓘ |
| oversees | Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (Washington) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Washington state government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Washington (state)
|
| positionHeld | Superintendent of Public Instruction of Washington ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Washington Office of the Governor
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington State Governor's Office
Washington State Board of Education ⓘ Washington State Legislature ⓘ |
| reportsTo | voters of Washington state ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
compliance of school districts with state education regulations
ⓘ
data collection and reporting on K–12 education in Washington ⓘ implementation of federal education programs in Washington K–12 schools ⓘ implementation of state education policy ⓘ oversight of public school districts in Washington state ⓘ public K–12 education in Washington state ⓘ support and technical assistance to Washington school districts ⓘ |
| scopeOfResponsibility |
public elementary education in Washington state
ⓘ
public secondary education in Washington state ⓘ |
| seat | Olympia, Washington ⓘ |
| shortName |
OSPI Superintendent
ⓘ
linked to:
Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction
|
| startTime | January 2017 ⓘ |
| worksThrough | Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) ⓘ |
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: Superintendent of Public Instruction of Washington Description of subject: The Superintendent of Public Instruction of Washington is the statewide elected official responsible for overseeing public K–12 education and implementing education policy in the state of Washington.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Constitution of the State of Washington
→
executiveOfficeEstablished
→
Superintendent of Public Instruction of Washington
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Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
→
headOfGovernmentBody
→
Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction
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linked to: Superintendent of Public Instruction of Washington
Executive branch of Washington (state)
→
includesOffice
→
Superintendent of Public Instruction of Washington
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subject linked to:
Superintendent of Public Instruction of Washington