Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions
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The Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions is a state agency responsible for business registrations, election administration, and oversight of various governmental commissions in Maine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8694145 — 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 Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions Context triple: [Maine Secretary of State, supervises, Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions]
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A.
Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services
The Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services is a state agency responsible for managing Maine’s financial operations, budgeting, and key administrative services that support other government departments.
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B.
Maine Bureau of General Services
The Maine Bureau of General Services is a state agency responsible for managing and maintaining government facilities and related support services in Maine.
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C.
Massachusetts Corporations Division
The Massachusetts Corporations Division is the state office responsible for business entity filings, corporate records, and related regulatory services in Massachusetts.
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D.
Government of Maine
The Government of Maine is the state’s central governing authority, encompassing the executive, legislative, and judicial branches that administer public policy and services across Maine.
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E.
Maine Secretary of State
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.
- 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 Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions Target entity description: The Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions is a state agency responsible for business registrations, election administration, and oversight of various governmental commissions in Maine.
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A.
Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services
The Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services is a state agency responsible for managing Maine’s financial operations, budgeting, and key administrative services that support other government departments.
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B.
Maine Bureau of General Services
The Maine Bureau of General Services is a state agency responsible for managing and maintaining government facilities and related support services in Maine.
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C.
Massachusetts Corporations Division
The Massachusetts Corporations Division is the state office responsible for business entity filings, corporate records, and related regulatory services in Massachusetts.
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D.
Government of Maine
The Government of Maine is the state’s central governing authority, encompassing the executive, legislative, and judicial branches that administer public policy and services across Maine.
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E.
Maine Secretary of State
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
business registry authority
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elections authority ⓘ state government agency ⓘ |
| administers |
Maine UCC filing system
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Maine business corporation statutes ⓘ Maine election laws ⓘ Maine notary public laws ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| governedBy | laws of the State of Maine ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | CEC (contextual, within Maine Secretary of State) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/ ⓘ |
| headedBy | Director of Corporations, Elections and Commissions ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | State of Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | bureau within executive branch of Maine ⓘ |
| levelOfGovernment | state level ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Augusta, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| maintains |
election results records in Maine
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official list of business entities in Maine ⓘ public access to corporate filings in Maine ⓘ statewide voter registration database in Maine ⓘ |
| mission | to administer corporate, election, and commission-related laws in Maine ⓘ |
| oversees |
commission appointments records in Maine
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various governmental commissions in Maine ⓘ |
| parentAgency | Office of the Secretary of State of Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Maine Department of the Secretary of State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| providesService |
business entity formation services
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election information to the public ⓘ public records access for corporate and election documents ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
apostilles and authentications in Maine
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business registrations in Maine ⓘ campaign finance reporting administration in Maine ⓘ corporate filings in Maine ⓘ election administration in Maine ⓘ initiative and referendum petitions in Maine ⓘ lobbyist registration in Maine ⓘ local elections oversight in Maine ⓘ maintenance of corporate records in Maine ⓘ notary public commissions in Maine ⓘ statewide elections in Maine ⓘ trademark and service mark registrations in Maine ⓘ uniform commercial code (UCC) filings in Maine ⓘ voter registration administration in Maine ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
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 Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions Description of subject: The Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions is a state agency responsible for business registrations, election administration, and oversight of various governmental commissions in Maine.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.