First National Bank building (Tampico, Illinois)
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The First National Bank building in Tampico, Illinois, is a historic commercial structure best known as the early workplace of Ronald Reagan’s father and as part of the small-town streetscape where the future U.S. president spent his boyhood.
All labels observed (1)
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| First National Bank building (Tampico, Illinois) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13235104 — 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: First National Bank building (Tampico, Illinois) Context triple: [First National Bank of Tampico, occupies, First National Bank building (Tampico, Illinois)]
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A.
First National Bank Building (Chicago)
The First National Bank Building in Chicago was a prominent late-19th-century commercial skyscraper designed by influential architect John Wellborn Root, exemplifying early Chicago School architecture.
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B.
Chicago Savings Bank Building
The Chicago Savings Bank Building is a historic Chicago high-rise designed by architect Martin Roche, notable for its early skyscraper architecture and role in the city’s commercial development.
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C.
Field Building (LaSalle National Bank Building)
The Field Building, also known as the LaSalle National Bank Building, is a prominent Art Deco skyscraper in Chicago’s financial district and a notable example of early 20th-century high-rise architecture.
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D.
Chicago Varnish Company Building
The Chicago Varnish Company Building is a historic late-19th-century commercial structure in Chicago, Illinois, recognized for its distinctive Romanesque Revival architecture.
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E.
Republic Building (Chicago)
The Republic Building in Chicago was a historic early skyscraper designed in the Chicago School style, exemplifying the commercial architecture of the late 19th century.
- 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: First National Bank building (Tampico, Illinois) Target entity description: The First National Bank building in Tampico, Illinois, is a historic commercial structure best known as the early workplace of Ronald Reagan’s father and as part of the small-town streetscape where the future U.S. president spent his boyhood.
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A.
First National Bank Building (Chicago)
The First National Bank Building in Chicago was a prominent late-19th-century commercial skyscraper designed by influential architect John Wellborn Root, exemplifying early Chicago School architecture.
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B.
Chicago Savings Bank Building
The Chicago Savings Bank Building is a historic Chicago high-rise designed by architect Martin Roche, notable for its early skyscraper architecture and role in the city’s commercial development.
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C.
Field Building (LaSalle National Bank Building)
The Field Building, also known as the LaSalle National Bank Building, is a prominent Art Deco skyscraper in Chicago’s financial district and a notable example of early 20th-century high-rise architecture.
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D.
Chicago Varnish Company Building
The Chicago Varnish Company Building is a historic late-19th-century commercial structure in Chicago, Illinois, recognized for its distinctive Romanesque Revival architecture.
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E.
Republic Building (Chicago)
The Republic Building in Chicago was a historic early skyscraper designed in the Chicago School style, exemplifying the commercial architecture of the late 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bank building
ⓘ
commercial building ⓘ historic building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | late 19th–early 20th century commercial style ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jack Reagan
ⓘ
Ronald Reagan ⓘ |
| category |
Bank buildings in Illinois
ⓘ
Buildings and structures in Whiteside County, Illinois ⓘ Ronald Reagan-related locations ⓘ |
| context | small Midwestern town main street ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county |
Whiteside County, Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Whiteside County
|
| employed | Jack Reagan ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century commercial development of Tampico ⓘ |
| floorUse | ground-floor commercial space ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
American small-town banking history
ⓘ
U.S. presidential history ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
financial services
ⓘ
retail or office use ⓘ |
| hasHistoricUse | First National Bank of Tampico ⓘ |
| hasName |
First National Bank building
ⓘ
linked to:
First National Bank Building
|
| hasSignificance |
biographical context of Ronald Reagan
ⓘ
local history of Tampico, Illinois ⓘ |
| hasStreetAddress |
Main Street, Tampico, Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Main Street, Tampico
|
| heritageDesignation | contributing property in a historic downtown streetscape ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic structure ⓘ |
| isInTown | birthplace town of Ronald Reagan ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Illinois
ⓘ
Tampico, Illinois ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Whiteside County, Illinois ⓘ
linked to:
Whiteside County
downtown Tampico, Illinois ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Ronald Reagan Birthplace (Tampico, Illinois)
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linked to:
Ronald Reagan Birthplace
|
| locatedOn |
Main Street, Tampico, Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Main Street, Tampico
|
| material | brick (typical for small-town commercial blocks) ⓘ |
| namedAfter | First National Bank of Tampico ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Ronald Reagan’s boyhood
ⓘ
employment of Ronald Reagan’s father Jack Reagan ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tampico Main Street commercial district
ⓘ
linked to:
Tampico Main Street Historic District
streetscape of Ronald Reagan’s boyhood hometown ⓘ |
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| tourismType | heritage tourism site ⓘ |
| usedAs |
bank
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commercial space ⓘ |
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: First National Bank building (Tampico, Illinois) Description of subject: The First National Bank building in Tampico, Illinois, is a historic commercial structure best known as the early workplace of Ronald Reagan’s father and as part of the small-town streetscape where the future U.S. president spent his boyhood.
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