California Department of Education
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The California Department of Education is the state agency responsible for overseeing public education in California, including setting academic standards, administering statewide assessments, and supporting local school districts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| California Department of Education canonical | 67 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1404288 — 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: California Department of Education Context triple: [California State Agencies, include, California Department of Education]
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A.
California State Board of Education
The California State Board of Education is the governing body that sets statewide K–12 education policy and standards for public schools in California.
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B.
San Francisco Unified School District
San Francisco Unified School District is the public school district serving the city and county of San Francisco, California, overseeing a diverse network of elementary, middle, and high schools.
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C.
California Commission on Higher Education
The California Commission on Higher Education is a state-level body that advises on policy, planning, and coordination of California’s public higher education systems.
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D.
Government of California
The Government of California is the state’s governing authority, comprising executive, legislative, and judicial branches that administer laws and public policy for the state of California.
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E.
California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office
The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office is the state-level agency that oversees, coordinates, and provides leadership and support for California’s community college system.
- 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: California Department of Education Target entity description: The California Department of Education is the state agency responsible for overseeing public education in California, including setting academic standards, administering statewide assessments, and supporting local school districts.
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A.
California State Board of Education
The California State Board of Education is the governing body that sets statewide K–12 education policy and standards for public schools in California.
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B.
San Francisco Unified School District
San Francisco Unified School District is the public school district serving the city and county of San Francisco, California, overseeing a diverse network of elementary, middle, and high schools.
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C.
California Commission on Higher Education
The California Commission on Higher Education is a state-level body that advises on policy, planning, and coordination of California’s public higher education systems.
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D.
Government of California
The Government of California is the state’s governing authority, comprising executive, legislative, and judicial branches that administer laws and public policy for the state of California.
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E.
California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office
The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office is the state-level agency that oversees, coordinates, and provides leadership and support for California’s community college system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
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state education agency ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
California public schools
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California school districts ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employs |
Superintendent of Public Instruction of California
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surface form:
California Superintendent of Public Instruction
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| follows | California Education Code ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
California, United States
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surface form:
State of California
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| hasResponsibility |
administering statewide student assessments
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collecting and reporting education data ⓘ coordinating with the State Board of Education on education policy ⓘ developing and implementing academic content standards ⓘ distributing state and federal education funds ⓘ implementing state education laws and regulations ⓘ monitoring compliance with state and federal education requirements ⓘ overseeing charter school authorization and accountability at the state level ⓘ overseeing public education in California ⓘ providing guidance and technical assistance to school districts ⓘ supporting child nutrition programs in schools ⓘ supporting local educational agencies ⓘ supporting programs for English learners ⓘ supporting special education programs ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Sacramento
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surface form:
Sacramento, California
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| isSubjectOf |
California Education Code
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surface form:
California Education Code statutes
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| jurisdiction |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
State of California
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| officialWebsite | https://www.cde.ca.gov/ ⓘ |
| oversees |
K–12 public education in California
ⓘ
county offices of education in California ⓘ implementation of California academic content standards ⓘ local school districts in California ⓘ statewide assessment programs in California ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Government of California ⓘ |
| partOf |
Government of California
ⓘ
surface form:
California State Government
|
| publicServiceArea |
adult education programs
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career technical education programs ⓘ early childhood education programs ⓘ primary education ⓘ secondary education ⓘ |
| sector | education ⓘ |
| shortName | CDE ⓘ |
| worksWith |
California State Board of Education
ⓘ
United States Department of Education ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Education
local educational agencies in California ⓘ |
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: California Department of Education Description of subject: The California Department of Education is the state agency responsible for overseeing public education in California, including setting academic standards, administering statewide assessments, and supporting local school districts.
Referenced by (67)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Superintendent of Public Instruction of California
→
oversees
→
California Department of Education
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South San Francisco Unified School District
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supervisingAuthority
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California Department of Education
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Pollock Pines Elementary School District
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regulatoryAuthority
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California Department of Education
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