California Department of Developmental Services
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The California Department of Developmental Services is a state agency that oversees services and supports for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families throughout California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| California Department of Developmental Services canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1404314 — 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 Developmental Services Context triple: [California State Agencies, include, California Department of Developmental Services]
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A.
California Department of Social Services
The California Department of Social Services is a state agency responsible for administering California’s public assistance, child welfare, and social service programs.
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B.
California Department of Rehabilitation
The California Department of Rehabilitation is a state agency that provides vocational rehabilitation and independent living services to help individuals with disabilities prepare for, obtain, and retain employment and live more independently.
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C.
California Department of Aging
The California Department of Aging is a state agency that oversees programs and services supporting the health, independence, and well-being of older adults, adults with disabilities, and their caregivers throughout California.
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D.
San Francisco Human Services Agency
The San Francisco Human Services Agency is the city and county’s primary public agency responsible for delivering social services and safety net programs to low-income, vulnerable, and at-risk residents.
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E.
California Department of Housing and Community Development
The California Department of Housing and Community Development is a state agency responsible for promoting affordable housing, overseeing housing policy, and supporting community development initiatives across California.
- 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 Developmental Services Target entity description: The California Department of Developmental Services is a state agency that oversees services and supports for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families throughout California.
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A.
California Department of Social Services
The California Department of Social Services is a state agency responsible for administering California’s public assistance, child welfare, and social service programs.
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B.
California Department of Rehabilitation
The California Department of Rehabilitation is a state agency that provides vocational rehabilitation and independent living services to help individuals with disabilities prepare for, obtain, and retain employment and live more independently.
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C.
California Department of Aging
The California Department of Aging is a state agency that oversees programs and services supporting the health, independence, and well-being of older adults, adults with disabilities, and their caregivers throughout California.
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D.
San Francisco Human Services Agency
The San Francisco Human Services Agency is the city and county’s primary public agency responsible for delivering social services and safety net programs to low-income, vulnerable, and at-risk residents.
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E.
California Department of Housing and Community Development
The California Department of Housing and Community Development is a state agency responsible for promoting affordable housing, overseeing housing policy, and supporting community development initiatives across California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public agency
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state government agency ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| employs | state civil service employees ⓘ |
| ensuresComplianceWith |
federal requirements related to developmental disability services
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state laws on developmental disability services ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
developmental disability services
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disability support services ⓘ social services ⓘ |
| follows | Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
State of California budget
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federal funds ⓘ |
| goal |
to ensure services and supports for individuals with developmental disabilities
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to promote inclusion of people with developmental disabilities in community life ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | executive branch of California ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | DDS ⓘ |
| hasMissionStatement | to provide leadership in the delivery of services to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families in California ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.dds.ca.gov ⓘ |
| hasResponsibilityFor |
services for families of individuals with developmental disabilities
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services for individuals with developmental disabilities ⓘ supports for families of individuals with developmental disabilities ⓘ supports for individuals with developmental disabilities ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Sacramento
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surface form:
Sacramento, California
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| jurisdiction |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
State of California
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalFramework | California Welfare and Institutions Code ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Sacramento
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surface form:
Sacramento, California
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| monitors | quality of services for individuals with developmental disabilities in California ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Government of California ⓘ |
| oversees |
California regional centers
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community-based services for people with developmental disabilities ⓘ state-operated developmental centers ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | California Health and Human Services Agency ⓘ |
| partOf | California Health and Human Services Agency ⓘ |
| regulates | regional center service delivery system ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
adults with developmental disabilities
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children with developmental disabilities ⓘ families of people with developmental disabilities ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | California Health and Human Services Agency ⓘ |
| typeOfServiceProvided |
case management oversight
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coordination of community-based services ⓘ oversight of day programs for people with developmental disabilities ⓘ oversight of early intervention services ⓘ oversight of residential services for people with developmental disabilities ⓘ oversight of supported employment services ⓘ |
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 Developmental Services Description of subject: The California Department of Developmental Services is a state agency that oversees services and supports for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families throughout California.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
California Health and Human Services Agency
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oversees
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California Department of Developmental Services
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California Health and Human Services Agency
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hasPart
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California Department of Developmental Services
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