Illinois State Auditor
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The Illinois State Auditor was a former statewide elected official responsible for overseeing and reporting on the financial accounts and expenditures of the state government of Illinois.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Illinois State Auditor canonical | 3 |
| Illinois Auditor General | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10822769 — 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: Illinois State Auditor Context triple: [James Shields, positionHeld, Illinois State Auditor]
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A.
Comptroller of Illinois
The Comptroller of Illinois is a statewide elected official responsible for maintaining the state’s fiscal accounts and ordering payments into and out of the state treasury.
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B.
Treasurer of Illinois
The Treasurer of Illinois is a statewide elected official responsible for safeguarding and investing the state’s funds and managing various financial programs for residents and public institutions.
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C.
Illinois Secretary of State
The Illinois Secretary of State is a statewide elected official who oversees driver services, vehicle registration, state record-keeping, and various administrative functions in Illinois government.
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D.
Missouri State Auditor
The Missouri State Auditor is the elected official responsible for overseeing and evaluating the financial operations and performance of state agencies and local governments in Missouri.
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E.
Illinois Attorney General
The Illinois Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Illinois, responsible for representing the state in legal matters, enforcing state laws, and protecting the public interest.
- 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: Illinois State Auditor Target entity description: The Illinois State Auditor was a former statewide elected official responsible for overseeing and reporting on the financial accounts and expenditures of the state government of Illinois.
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A.
Comptroller of Illinois
The Comptroller of Illinois is a statewide elected official responsible for maintaining the state’s fiscal accounts and ordering payments into and out of the state treasury.
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B.
Treasurer of Illinois
The Treasurer of Illinois is a statewide elected official responsible for safeguarding and investing the state’s funds and managing various financial programs for residents and public institutions.
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C.
Illinois Secretary of State
The Illinois Secretary of State is a statewide elected official who oversees driver services, vehicle registration, state record-keeping, and various administrative functions in Illinois government.
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D.
Missouri State Auditor
The Missouri State Auditor is the elected official responsible for overseeing and evaluating the financial operations and performance of state agencies and local governments in Missouri.
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E.
Illinois Attorney General
The Illinois Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Illinois, responsible for representing the state in legal matters, enforcing state laws, and protecting the public interest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct state constitutional office
ⓘ
state auditor position ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
State of Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois
|
| branch | executive branch of Illinois ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis | earlier Illinois state constitutions prior to 1970 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| electedIn | statewide election in Illinois ⓘ |
| electionType | partisan election ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
auditing state financial accounts
ⓘ
ensuring lawful use of state revenues ⓘ examining accounts of state agencies ⓘ reporting on public funds expenditures ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver | financial records of Illinois state government ⓘ |
| levelOfGovernment | state level ⓘ |
| officeHeldBy |
Andrew Russel
ⓘ
Arthur C. Lueder NERFINISHED ⓘ Audrey J. O’Connor ⓘ Benjamin O. Howard ⓘ Charles E. Lippincott ⓘ Edward E. Miller ⓘ Elijah H. Norton ⓘ Elmer J. Hoffman NERFINISHED ⓘ James A. Rose ⓘ James S. McCullough NERFINISHED ⓘ John S. Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph T. May NERFINISHED ⓘ Lloyd Morey ⓘ Michael Howlett ⓘ Orville Hodge ⓘ Oscar Nelson ⓘ Shadrach Bond Jr. ⓘ
linked to:
Shadrach Bond
|
| officeStatus | abolished ⓘ |
| oversightArea |
public funds of Illinois
ⓘ
state finances of Illinois ⓘ |
| partOf |
Illinois state government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Illinois
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| positionAbolished | 1970 ⓘ |
| positionAbolishedBy |
Illinois Constitution of 1970
ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois Constitution
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| reasonForAbolition |
creation of independent post of Auditor General
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reorganization of state fiscal offices ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Illinois Auditor General
ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois State Auditor
Illinois Comptroller ⓘ
linked to:
Comptroller of Illinois
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| scandalOccurred | 1950s ⓘ |
| seat | Springfield, Illinois ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Orville Hodge embezzlement scandal ⓘ |
| successorOfficeFunction |
post‑audit of state agencies by Auditor General
ⓘ
pre‑audit and payment of bills by Comptroller ⓘ |
| wasElectedOfficial | true ⓘ |
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: Illinois State Auditor Description of subject: The Illinois State Auditor was a former statewide elected official responsible for overseeing and reporting on the financial accounts and expenditures of the state government of Illinois.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.