Oregon Secretary of State
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The Oregon Secretary of State is a statewide elected official who oversees elections, audits public spending, manages public records, and serves as one of the top executive officers in Oregon’s state government.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oregon Secretary of State canonical | 22 |
| Oregon Elections Division | 1 |
| Oregon Secretary of State Archives Division | 1 |
| Oregon Secretary of State website | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T307194 — 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: Oregon Secretary of State Context triple: [Government of Oregon, hasOffice, Oregon Secretary of State]
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A.
Oregon State Treasurer
The Oregon State Treasurer is the elected official responsible for managing the state's finances, investments, and public debt.
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B.
Governor of Oregon
The Governor of Oregon is the elected chief executive of the U.S. state of Oregon, responsible for overseeing the state’s executive branch, implementing laws, and guiding public policy.
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C.
Oregon Judicial Department
The Oregon Judicial Department is the state agency that administers Oregon’s unified court system, including trial and appellate courts across all counties.
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D.
Government of Oregon
The Government of Oregon is the state’s governing authority, encompassing executive, legislative, and judicial branches that administer public policy and services across Oregon.
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E.
Oregon Legislative Assembly
The Oregon Legislative Assembly is the bicameral state legislature of Oregon, responsible for creating state laws through its Senate and House of Representatives.
- 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: Oregon Secretary of State Target entity description: The Oregon Secretary of State is a statewide elected official who oversees elections, audits public spending, manages public records, and serves as one of the top executive officers in Oregon’s state government.
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A.
Oregon State Treasurer
The Oregon State Treasurer is the elected official responsible for managing the state's finances, investments, and public debt.
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B.
Governor of Oregon
The Governor of Oregon is the elected chief executive of the U.S. state of Oregon, responsible for overseeing the state’s executive branch, implementing laws, and guiding public policy.
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C.
Oregon Judicial Department
The Oregon Judicial Department is the state agency that administers Oregon’s unified court system, including trial and appellate courts across all counties.
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D.
Government of Oregon
The Government of Oregon is the state’s governing authority, encompassing executive, legislative, and judicial branches that administer public policy and services across Oregon.
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E.
Oregon Legislative Assembly
The Oregon Legislative Assembly is the bicameral state legislature of Oregon, responsible for creating state laws through its Senate and House of Representatives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional office
ⓘ
public office ⓘ state executive office ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Oregon
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Oregon
|
| branch | executive branch of Oregon ⓘ |
| chairs | Oregon Sustainability Board ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis | Oregon Constitution ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Oregon Constitution
ⓘ
surface form:
Oregon Constitution of 1857
|
| electedIn | statewide election ⓘ |
| electionCycle | every four years ⓘ |
| formationYear | 1859 ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://sos.oregon.gov/ ⓘ |
| heads | Audits Division of Oregon ⓘ |
| lineOfSuccessionAfter | Governor of Oregon ⓘ |
| lineOfSuccessionBefore | Oregon State Treasurer ⓘ |
| manages | public records of Oregon state government ⓘ |
| memberOf | Oregon State Land Board ⓘ |
| officeCity | Salem, Oregon ⓘ |
| officeHolder | LaVonne Griffin-Valade ⓘ |
| officeHolderStartTime | 2023 ⓘ |
| officeLocation | Oregon State Capitol ⓘ |
| oversees |
Corporation Division of Oregon
ⓘ
Oregon Secretary of State self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Oregon Elections Division
Oregon State Archives ⓘ campaign finance filing in Oregon ⓘ elections in Oregon ⓘ initiative and referendum process in Oregon ⓘ records management for Oregon state agencies ⓘ statewide ballot measures in Oregon ⓘ |
| partOf |
Government of Oregon
ⓘ
surface form:
Oregon state government
|
| positionInGovernment | second in line of succession to the Governor of Oregon ⓘ |
| precededBy | Shemia Fagan ⓘ |
| reportsTo | voters of Oregon ⓘ |
| residenceRequirement | Oregon resident ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
audits of local governments receiving state funds in Oregon
ⓘ
audits of public spending in Oregon ⓘ business registry in Oregon ⓘ financial audits of state agencies in Oregon ⓘ official state records retention schedules in Oregon ⓘ performance audits of state agencies in Oregon ⓘ publication of the Oregon Administrative Rules ⓘ publication of the Oregon Blue Book ⓘ registration of assumed business names in Oregon ⓘ registration of corporations in Oregon ⓘ registration of limited liability companies in Oregon ⓘ registration of non-profit organizations in Oregon ⓘ |
| salaryDeterminedBy |
Oregon Legislative Assembly
ⓘ
surface form:
Oregon Legislature
|
| servesAlongside |
Governor of Oregon
ⓘ
Oregon State Treasurer ⓘ |
| styleOfAddress | Secretary of State ⓘ |
| termLength | 4 years ⓘ |
| termLimit | two consecutive terms ⓘ |
| voterRegistrationRequirement | registered Oregon voter ⓘ |
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: Oregon Secretary of State Description of subject: The Oregon Secretary of State is a statewide elected official who oversees elections, audits public spending, manages public records, and serves as one of the top executive officers in Oregon’s state government.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Oregon Secretary of State Archives Division
subject surface form:
Oregon Attorney General
this entity surface form:
Oregon Elections Division
this entity surface form:
Oregon Secretary of State website
subject surface form:
Mark O. Hatfield