Bank of the West
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Bank of the West is a U.S.-based commercial bank that operated primarily in the western United States, offering retail and business banking services as part of the global BNP Paribas group.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bank of the West canonical | 2 |
| Bank of the West Investment Services | 1 |
| Banque de l’Ouest | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5933392 — 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: Bank of the West Context triple: [BNP Paribas, hasSubsidiary, Bank of the West]
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A.
Western Bank
Western Bank is a street in Sheffield, England, known for bordering the University of Sheffield campus and several notable city landmarks.
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B.
Discovery Bank
Discovery Bank is a submarine geological feature located on the Scotia Plate in the Southern Ocean.
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C.
Northwest Farmers Bank
Northwest Farmers Bank was a regional Chinese financial institution that served as a predecessor to the modern central bank, the People's Bank of China.
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D.
U.S. Bank
U.S. Bank is a major American financial services company and one of the largest commercial banks in the United States.
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E.
Comerica Bank
Comerica Bank is a large U.S. financial services company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, known for its commercial banking, wealth management, and retail banking 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: Bank of the West Target entity description: Bank of the West is a U.S.-based commercial bank that operated primarily in the western United States, offering retail and business banking services as part of the global BNP Paribas group.
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A.
Western Bank
Western Bank is a street in Sheffield, England, known for bordering the University of Sheffield campus and several notable city landmarks.
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B.
Discovery Bank
Discovery Bank is a submarine geological feature located on the Scotia Plate in the Southern Ocean.
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C.
Northwest Farmers Bank
Northwest Farmers Bank was a regional Chinese financial institution that served as a predecessor to the modern central bank, the People's Bank of China.
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D.
U.S. Bank
U.S. Bank is a major American financial services company and one of the largest commercial banks in the United States.
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E.
Comerica Bank
Comerica Bank is a large U.S. financial services company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, known for its commercial banking, wealth management, and retail banking operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial bank
ⓘ
financial services company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
BMO Financial Group
ⓘ
linked to:
Bank of Montreal
BNP Paribas ⓘ |
| acquisitionDateByBMO | 2023 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| currency |
United States dollar
ⓘ
linked to:
US dollar
|
| fate | acquired by BMO Financial Group ⓘ |
| foundedAs | Bank of the West ⓘ |
| hasServiceArea |
Arizona
ⓘ
California ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Colorado ⓘ Idaho ⓘ Midwestern states of the United States ⓘ Nevada ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Oregon ⓘ Utah ⓘ Washington ⓘ Wyoming ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Bank of the West Investment Services
ⓘ
linked to:
Bank of the West
|
| hasWebsite | https://www.bankofthewest.com ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | San Francisco, California, United States ⓘ |
| industry |
banking
ⓘ
financial services ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | national banking association ⓘ |
| offers |
checking accounts
ⓘ
commercial banking services ⓘ commercial lending ⓘ consumer loans ⓘ credit cards ⓘ mortgage loans ⓘ retail banking services ⓘ savings accounts ⓘ small business banking services ⓘ wealth management services ⓘ |
| operatedInRegion |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
Western United States ⓘ
linked to:
western United States
|
| parentOrganization | BNP Paribas ⓘ |
| partOf |
BNP Paribas Group
ⓘ
linked to:
BNP Paribas
|
| predecessor |
Banque Nationale de Paris (California operations)
ⓘ
First National Bank of Omaha (certain western branches) ⓘ
linked to:
First National Bank of Omaha
|
| regulator |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
ⓘ
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ⓘ |
| serviceType |
branch banking
ⓘ
mobile banking ⓘ online banking ⓘ |
| successor |
BMO Bank, N.A.
ⓘ
linked to:
BMO Harris Bank
|
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: Bank of the West Description of subject: Bank of the West is a U.S.-based commercial bank that operated primarily in the western United States, offering retail and business banking services as part of the global BNP Paribas group.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bank of the West