audit committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University
E375213
The audit committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University is a governing body subgroup responsible for overseeing the university’s financial reporting, internal controls, and compliance with audit and risk management practices.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| audit committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3618882 — 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: audit committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University Context triple: [Board of Trustees of Northwestern University, hasCommittee, audit committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University]
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A.
finance committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University
The finance committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University is a governing body subgroup responsible for overseeing the university’s financial policies, budgeting, and long-term fiscal planning.
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B.
audit committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago
The audit committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago is a governing body subgroup responsible for overseeing the university’s financial reporting, internal controls, and compliance with audit and risk management policies.
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C.
investment committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University
The investment committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University is the governing body responsible for overseeing and guiding the university’s investment policies, endowment management, and related financial strategies.
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D.
audit committee of the Board of Trustees of Washington University in St. Louis
The audit committee of the Board of Trustees of Washington University in St. Louis is a governing body subgroup responsible for overseeing the university’s financial reporting, internal controls, and compliance with audit and risk management practices.
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E.
finance committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago
The finance committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago is the governing body subgroup responsible for overseeing the university’s financial policies, budgeting, investments, and long-term fiscal strategy.
- 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: audit committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University Target entity description: The audit committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University is a governing body subgroup responsible for overseeing the university’s financial reporting, internal controls, and compliance with audit and risk management practices.
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A.
finance committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University
The finance committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University is a governing body subgroup responsible for overseeing the university’s financial policies, budgeting, and long-term fiscal planning.
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B.
audit committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago
The audit committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago is a governing body subgroup responsible for overseeing the university’s financial reporting, internal controls, and compliance with audit and risk management policies.
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C.
investment committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University
The investment committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University is the governing body responsible for overseeing and guiding the university’s investment policies, endowment management, and related financial strategies.
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D.
audit committee of the Board of Trustees of Washington University in St. Louis
The audit committee of the Board of Trustees of Washington University in St. Louis is a governing body subgroup responsible for overseeing the university’s financial reporting, internal controls, and compliance with audit and risk management practices.
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E.
finance committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago
The finance committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago is the governing body subgroup responsible for overseeing the university’s financial policies, budgeting, investments, and long-term fiscal strategy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
board committee
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governing body subgroup ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | Northwestern University ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
mitigate financial and compliance risks at Northwestern University
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protect financial integrity of Northwestern University ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decisionMakingBody | yes ⓘ |
| governs | financial control environment of Northwestern University ⓘ |
| hasScope |
audit oversight
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compliance oversight ⓘ financial reporting oversight ⓘ risk management oversight ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Northwestern University ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Evanston, Illinois ⓘ |
| oversees |
audit practices of Northwestern University
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compliance with financial regulations at Northwestern University ⓘ financial reporting of Northwestern University ⓘ internal controls of Northwestern University ⓘ risk management practices of Northwestern University ⓘ |
| partOf |
Northwestern University Board of Trustees
ⓘ
surface form:
Board of Trustees of Northwestern University
|
| reportsTo |
Northwestern University Board of Trustees
ⓘ
surface form:
Board of Trustees of Northwestern University
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| responsibleFor |
monitoring integrity of financial statements of Northwestern University
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oversight of independent external auditors of Northwestern University ⓘ oversight of internal audit function of Northwestern University ⓘ reviewing compliance with legal and regulatory requirements related to finance ⓘ reviewing effectiveness of internal control systems of Northwestern University ⓘ reviewing major financial risk exposures of Northwestern University ⓘ reviewing significant accounting policies of Northwestern University ⓘ |
| sector | higher education governance ⓘ |
| supports | fiduciary responsibilities of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University ⓘ |
| typicalMembers |
Northwestern University Board of Trustees
ⓘ
surface form:
trustees of Northwestern University
|
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: audit committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University Description of subject: The audit committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University is a governing body subgroup responsible for overseeing the university’s financial reporting, internal controls, and compliance with audit and risk management practices.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Board of Trustees
→
hasCommittee
→
audit committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University
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subject surface form:
Board of Trustees of Northwestern University