Maine Secretary of State
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The Maine Secretary of State is a statewide elected official who oversees elections, business registrations, and the administration of public records and motor vehicle services in Maine.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maine Secretary of State canonical | 2 |
| Maine Department of the Secretary of State | 1 |
| Office of the Secretary of State of Maine | 1 |
| Secretary of State of Maine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1850187 — 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: Maine Secretary of State Context triple: [Government of Maine, executiveOffice, Maine Secretary of State]
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A.
Attorney General of Maine
The Attorney General of Maine is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Maine in legal matters and providing legal advice to state government agencies.
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B.
Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth is a statewide elected official who oversees public records, elections, corporate registrations, and various administrative and regulatory functions in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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C.
Governor of Maine
The Governor of Maine is the elected chief executive of the U.S. state of Maine, responsible for overseeing the state’s executive branch and implementing state laws and policies.
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D.
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
The Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut is the state's second-highest executive officer, serving as the governor's deputy and presiding over the Connecticut State Senate.
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E.
Attorney General of New Hampshire
The Attorney General of New Hampshire is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing New Hampshire in legal matters and overseeing the enforcement of state law.
- 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: Maine Secretary of State Target entity description: The Maine Secretary of State is a statewide elected official who oversees elections, business registrations, and the administration of public records and motor vehicle services in Maine.
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A.
Attorney General of Maine
The Attorney General of Maine is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Maine in legal matters and providing legal advice to state government agencies.
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B.
Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth is a statewide elected official who oversees public records, elections, corporate registrations, and various administrative and regulatory functions in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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C.
Governor of Maine
The Governor of Maine is the elected chief executive of the U.S. state of Maine, responsible for overseeing the state’s executive branch and implementing state laws and policies.
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D.
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
The Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut is the state's second-highest executive officer, serving as the governor's deputy and presiding over the Connecticut State Senate.
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E.
Attorney General of New Hampshire
The Attorney General of New Hampshire is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing New Hampshire in legal matters and overseeing the enforcement of state law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
executive branch office
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state constitutional office ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Maine
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surface form:
State of Maine
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| branchOfGovernment | Executive branch of Maine ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis |
Maine Constitution
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surface form:
Constitution of the State of Maine
|
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Maine Constitution ⓘ |
| electionCycle | every two years ⓘ |
| hasOfficeIn | Augusta, Maine ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
business entity law in Maine
ⓘ
election law in Maine ⓘ motor vehicle law administration in Maine ⓘ |
| legalAuthority | Maine Revised Statutes ⓘ |
| officeHolderSelectionMethod | elected statewide ⓘ |
| oversees |
Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles
ⓘ
UCC (Uniform Commercial Code) filings in Maine ⓘ administration of public records in Maine ⓘ business registrations in Maine ⓘ corporate filings in Maine ⓘ driver licensing in Maine ⓘ elections in Maine ⓘ motor vehicle services in Maine ⓘ nonprofit corporation filings in Maine ⓘ records management for state agencies ⓘ state archives ⓘ statewide election administration ⓘ vehicle registration in Maine ⓘ voter registration systems ⓘ |
| partOf | Government of Maine ⓘ |
| reportsTo | people of Maine ⓘ |
| residenceRequirement | must be a resident of Maine ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
authentication and apostille of documents
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ballot preparation ⓘ certification of election results ⓘ initiative and referendum petitions processing ⓘ maintenance of corporate and business entity database ⓘ maintenance of state agency rules registry ⓘ maintenance of state seal and certain official symbols ⓘ notary public commissioning in Maine ⓘ |
| style |
Maine Secretary of State
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Secretary of State of Maine
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| supervises |
Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions
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Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles ⓘ Maine State Archives ⓘ |
| termLength | 2 years ⓘ |
| termLimits | no constitutional term limit ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Governor of Maine
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surface form:
Maine Governor
Maine Legislature ⓘ |
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: Maine Secretary of State Description of subject: The Maine Secretary of State is a statewide elected official who oversees elections, business registrations, and the administration of public records and motor vehicle services in Maine.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Maine Department of the Secretary of State
this entity surface form:
Office of the Secretary of State of Maine
this entity surface form:
Secretary of State of Maine