Commission on Audit
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The Commission on Audit is the Philippines’ independent constitutional body responsible for examining, auditing, and settling all accounts and expenditures of the government and its agencies.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Commission on Audit canonical | 2 |
| Commission on Audit complex | 1 |
| Commission on Audit of the Philippines | 1 |
| General Auditing Office | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T441584 — 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: Commission on Audit Context triple: [Quezon City, hostsNationalGovernmentInstitution, Commission on Audit]
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A.
Office of the Auditor General
The Office of the Auditor General is a financial oversight body within the Roman Curia responsible for auditing the economic and administrative activities of the Holy See and Vatican City.
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B.
Government Accountability Office
The Government Accountability Office is an independent, nonpartisan U.S. federal agency that audits, evaluates, and investigates government programs and spending to support congressional oversight.
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C.
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is the constitutional authority responsible for auditing all receipts and expenditures of the Government of India and the state governments to ensure accountability and transparency in public finances.
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D.
Office of Inspector General
The Office of Inspector General is an independent oversight body within the U.S. Department of the Interior responsible for auditing, investigating, and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse in the department’s programs and operations.
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E.
Office of Inspector General
The Office of Inspector General is an independent oversight body within the U.S. Department of Transportation that conducts audits and investigations to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse and to promote efficiency and integrity in the department’s programs and operations.
- 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: Commission on Audit Target entity description: The Commission on Audit is the Philippines’ independent constitutional body responsible for examining, auditing, and settling all accounts and expenditures of the government and its agencies.
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A.
Office of the Auditor General
The Office of the Auditor General is a financial oversight body within the Roman Curia responsible for auditing the economic and administrative activities of the Holy See and Vatican City.
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B.
Government Accountability Office
The Government Accountability Office is an independent, nonpartisan U.S. federal agency that audits, evaluates, and investigates government programs and spending to support congressional oversight.
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C.
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is the constitutional authority responsible for auditing all receipts and expenditures of the Government of India and the state governments to ensure accountability and transparency in public finances.
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D.
Office of Inspector General
The Office of Inspector General is an independent oversight body within the U.S. Department of the Interior responsible for auditing, investigating, and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse in the department’s programs and operations.
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E.
Office of Inspector General
The Office of Inspector General is an independent oversight body within the U.S. Department of Transportation that conducts audits and investigations to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse and to promote efficiency and integrity in the department’s programs and operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional commission
ⓘ
government agency of the Philippines ⓘ supreme audit institution ⓘ |
| abbreviation | COA ⓘ |
| branch | independent constitutional body ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis |
Constitution of the Philippines
ⓘ
surface form:
1987 Constitution of the Philippines
Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ |
| constitutionalRank | co‑equal with other constitutional commissions of the Philippines ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| goal |
ensure transparency in government financial operations
ⓘ
improve efficiency and effectiveness of government programs ⓘ prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse of public funds ⓘ |
| headedBy | Chairperson of the Commission on Audit ⓘ |
| headquarters |
Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City
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surface form:
Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines
|
| independence | independent from the executive, legislative, and judicial branches ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Philippine government
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of the Philippines
|
| legalMandate |
to keep the general accounts of the Government
ⓘ
to preserve the integrity of public financial management system ⓘ to submit annual audit reports to the President and Congress ⓘ |
| memberOf | International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | en ⓘ |
| oversightFunction | external audit of the Philippine public sector ⓘ |
| power |
authority to audit government agencies and instrumentalities
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authority to audit government‑owned or controlled corporations ⓘ authority to audit local government units ⓘ authority to audit the use of public funds and property granted to NGOs and other entities ⓘ authority to disallow or suspend irregular or unlawful expenditures ⓘ authority to examine, audit, and settle all accounts of the government ⓘ authority to promulgate accounting and auditing rules ⓘ |
| relatedBody |
Civil Service Commission of the Philippines
ⓘ
surface form:
Civil Service Commission
Commission on Elections of the Philippines ⓘ
surface form:
Commission on Elections
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| reportsTo |
Congress of the Philippines
ⓘ
surface form:
Philippine Congress
the Filipino public ⓘ |
| role |
audits all revenues and expenditures of the Philippine government
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conducts financial and compliance audits ⓘ conducts performance and value‑for‑money audits ⓘ ensures proper use of public funds and property ⓘ examines all accounts of the Philippine government ⓘ promotes accountability in public resources ⓘ settles government accounts and claims ⓘ |
| scopeOfAudit |
government‑owned or controlled corporations
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local government units ⓘ national government agencies ⓘ other entities receiving or using public funds ⓘ subsidiaries of government‑owned or controlled corporations ⓘ |
| seat | Quezon City ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | public sector audit institution ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Commission on Audit Description of subject: The Commission on Audit is the Philippines’ independent constitutional body responsible for examining, auditing, and settling all accounts and expenditures of the government and its agencies.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Commission on Audit of the Philippines
subject surface form:
1987 Constitution of the Philippines
this entity surface form:
Commission on Audit complex
subject surface form:
Commission on Audit
this entity surface form:
General Auditing Office