Hillegas
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Hillegas is a surname most notably associated with Michael Hillegas, the first Treasurer of the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hillegas canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2753065 — 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: Hillegas Context triple: [Michael Hillegas, familyName, Hillegas]
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A.
Halleck
Halleck is a surname most notably associated with American political and military figures, including U.S. Congressman Charles A. Halleck and Civil War general Henry Wager Halleck.
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B.
Hartnett
Hartnett is a surname most prominently associated with American actor Josh Hartnett, known for his film and television roles since the late 1990s.
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C.
Eldridge
Eldridge is an English-language surname of Old English origin, borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, the arts, and sports.
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D.
Cornel
Cornel is the given name of Cornel West, a prominent American philosopher, political activist, and public intellectual.
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E.
Milhous
Milhous is the distinctive middle name of Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States.
- 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: Hillegas Target entity description: Hillegas is a surname most notably associated with Michael Hillegas, the first Treasurer of the United States.
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A.
Halleck
Halleck is a surname most notably associated with American political and military figures, including U.S. Congressman Charles A. Halleck and Civil War general Henry Wager Halleck.
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B.
Hartnett
Hartnett is a surname most prominently associated with American actor Josh Hartnett, known for his film and television roles since the late 1990s.
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C.
Eldridge
Eldridge is an English-language surname of Old English origin, borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, the arts, and sports.
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D.
Cornel
Cornel is the given name of Cornel West, a prominent American philosopher, political activist, and public intellectual.
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E.
Milhous
Milhous is the distinctive middle name of Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
ⓘ
human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
Continental Congress
ⓘ
United States government ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American ⓘ |
| familyName | Hillegas self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| hasRole |
financial administrator
ⓘ
public official ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| notableBearer | Michael Hillegas ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first Treasurer of the United States ⓘ |
| notableWork | management of early U.S. finances ⓘ |
| occupation |
merchant
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| participatedIn | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Continental Treasurer
ⓘ
Treasurer of the United States ⓘ |
| residence | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| workLocation | Philadelphia ⓘ |
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: Hillegas Description of subject: Hillegas is a surname most notably associated with Michael Hillegas, the first Treasurer of the United States.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Michael Hillegas