Seattle-First National Bank
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Seattle-First National Bank was a major regional banking institution based in Seattle, Washington, that played a central role in the Pacific Northwest’s financial sector before its acquisition by Bank of America.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Seattle-First National Bank canonical | 4 |
| Seafirst Bank | 1 |
| Seafirst Corporation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7526682 — 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: Seattle-First National Bank Context triple: [Seafirst Building (Seattle), namedAfter, Seattle-First National Bank]
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A.
Industrial Bank of Washington
Industrial Bank of Washington was a Washington, D.C.–based financial institution that evolved from earlier regional banking entities and served local communities with retail and commercial banking services.
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B.
First Interstate Bank of Washington
First Interstate Bank of Washington was a regional commercial bank based in Washington State that operated as part of the First Interstate BancSystem before being absorbed through banking industry consolidations in the late 20th century.
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C.
First National Bank
First National Bank is a major South African financial institution offering a wide range of banking and financial services to individuals and businesses.
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D.
First National Bank
First National Bank is a historic American banking institution whose name has been used for prominent landmark buildings such as the iconic tower in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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E.
Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle was a regional wholesale bank within the Federal Home Loan Bank System that provided funding and liquidity to member financial institutions in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska to support housing finance and community development.
- 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: Seattle-First National Bank Target entity description: Seattle-First National Bank was a major regional banking institution based in Seattle, Washington, that played a central role in the Pacific Northwest’s financial sector before its acquisition by Bank of America.
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A.
Industrial Bank of Washington
Industrial Bank of Washington was a Washington, D.C.–based financial institution that evolved from earlier regional banking entities and served local communities with retail and commercial banking services.
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B.
First Interstate Bank of Washington
First Interstate Bank of Washington was a regional commercial bank based in Washington State that operated as part of the First Interstate BancSystem before being absorbed through banking industry consolidations in the late 20th century.
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C.
First National Bank
First National Bank is a major South African financial institution offering a wide range of banking and financial services to individuals and businesses.
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D.
First National Bank
First National Bank is a historic American banking institution whose name has been used for prominent landmark buildings such as the iconic tower in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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E.
Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle was a regional wholesale bank within the Federal Home Loan Bank System that provided funding and liquidity to member financial institutions in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska to support housing finance and community development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | commercial bank ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Bank of America ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Seafirst Bank
ⓘ
linked to:
Seattle-First National Bank
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| currency |
United States dollar
ⓘ
linked to:
US dollar
|
| hadClientType |
corporate clients
ⓘ
individual customers ⓘ small businesses ⓘ |
| hadReputationAs | major regional banking institution in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| headquarteredIn |
Seattle, Washington
ⓘ
linked to:
Seattle, Washington, United States
|
| impact | contributed to economic development in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| industry |
banking
ⓘ
financial services ⓘ |
| legalForm | national bank ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Seattle, Washington
ⓘ
linked to:
Seattle, Washington, United States
|
| notableFor | being a leading bank in Seattle prior to its acquisition by Bank of America ⓘ |
| operatedAs | subsidiary of a bank holding company ⓘ |
| operatedInRegion | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Seafirst Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Seattle-First National Bank
|
| playedRoleIn | Pacific Northwest financial sector ⓘ |
| providedService |
business loans
ⓘ
commercial banking ⓘ consumer loans ⓘ deposit accounts ⓘ investment services ⓘ mortgage lending ⓘ retail banking ⓘ trust services ⓘ |
| reasonForStatusChange | acquisition by Bank of America ⓘ |
| regulator |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
ⓘ
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ⓘ |
| servedAs | regional bank ⓘ |
| servedCity |
Seattle, Washington
ⓘ
linked to:
Seattle, Washington, United States
|
| servedRegion | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| servedState | Washington ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successor | Bank of America ⓘ |
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: Seattle-First National Bank Description of subject: Seattle-First National Bank was a major regional banking institution based in Seattle, Washington, that played a central role in the Pacific Northwest’s financial sector before its acquisition by Bank of America.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Dexter Horton
linked to: Seattle-First National Bank
linked to: Seattle-First National Bank