Division of State Patrol (Wisconsin Department of Transportation)
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The Division of State Patrol is the law enforcement arm of Wisconsin’s transportation system, responsible for highway safety, traffic enforcement, and related public safety services across the state.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Division of State Patrol (Wisconsin Department of Transportation) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11428352 — 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: Division of State Patrol (Wisconsin Department of Transportation) Context triple: [Wisconsin Department of Transportation, oversees, Division of State Patrol (Wisconsin Department of Transportation)]
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A.
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Wisconsin’s transportation infrastructure, including highways, public transit, rail, and related facilities.
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B.
South Dakota Highway Patrol
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is a statewide law enforcement agency responsible for traffic enforcement, highway safety, and motor carrier regulation across South Dakota.
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C.
Department of Federal Highway Police
The Department of Federal Highway Police is Brazil’s national law enforcement body responsible for patrolling and ensuring safety on federal highways.
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D.
Division of Operations (ODOT)
The Division of Operations (ODOT) is the branch of the Ohio Department of Transportation responsible for managing and maintaining the state’s transportation infrastructure and day-to-day roadway operations.
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E.
Wisconsin Department of Administration
The Wisconsin Department of Administration is a state agency that provides centralized administrative, financial, and operational support services to other Wisconsin state government agencies and offices.
- 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: Division of State Patrol (Wisconsin Department of Transportation) Target entity description: The Division of State Patrol is the law enforcement arm of Wisconsin’s transportation system, responsible for highway safety, traffic enforcement, and related public safety services across the state.
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A.
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Wisconsin’s transportation infrastructure, including highways, public transit, rail, and related facilities.
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B.
South Dakota Highway Patrol
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is a statewide law enforcement agency responsible for traffic enforcement, highway safety, and motor carrier regulation across South Dakota.
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C.
Department of Federal Highway Police
The Department of Federal Highway Police is Brazil’s national law enforcement body responsible for patrolling and ensuring safety on federal highways.
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D.
Division of Operations (ODOT)
The Division of Operations (ODOT) is the branch of the Ohio Department of Transportation responsible for managing and maintaining the state’s transportation infrastructure and day-to-day roadway operations.
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E.
Wisconsin Department of Administration
The Wisconsin Department of Administration is a state agency that provides centralized administrative, financial, and operational support services to other Wisconsin state government agencies and offices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
highway patrol
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state law enforcement agency ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
federal transportation safety agencies
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local law enforcement agencies in Wisconsin ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| employerOf |
communications personnel
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motor carrier inspectors ⓘ state troopers ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
reduction of traffic crashes
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reduction of traffic fatalities ⓘ reduction of traffic injuries ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
State of Wisconsin
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linked to:
Wisconsin
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| hasParentAgency | Wisconsin Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Wisconsin ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Wisconsin
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linked to:
Wisconsin
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| legalAuthorityFrom | Wisconsin state law ⓘ |
| operatesIn | Wisconsin ⓘ |
| oversees | Wisconsin State Patrol Academy (training of troopers) ⓘ |
| partOf | Wisconsin Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| provides |
emergency response on state highways
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escort services for oversize loads ⓘ support during natural disasters and emergencies in Wisconsin ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
commercial motor vehicle enforcement
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crash investigation on state highways ⓘ enforcement of state traffic laws ⓘ enforcement on interstate highways in Wisconsin ⓘ enforcement on state trunk highways in Wisconsin ⓘ hazardous materials transportation enforcement ⓘ highway safety ⓘ impaired driving enforcement ⓘ motor carrier safety regulation enforcement ⓘ oversize and overweight vehicle enforcement ⓘ public education on traffic safety ⓘ public safety services on state highways ⓘ seat belt enforcement ⓘ special traffic enforcement initiatives ⓘ speed enforcement ⓘ support to local law enforcement agencies ⓘ traffic enforcement ⓘ traffic incident management ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| typeOfLawEnforcement |
traffic law enforcement
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uniformed patrol ⓘ |
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: Division of State Patrol (Wisconsin Department of Transportation) Description of subject: The Division of State Patrol is the law enforcement arm of Wisconsin’s transportation system, responsible for highway safety, traffic enforcement, and related public safety services across the state.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
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oversees
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Division of State Patrol (Wisconsin Department of Transportation)
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