First Security Corporation
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First Security Corporation was a prominent regional banking and financial services holding company based in Utah, known for its extensive operations in the Intermountain West before being acquired by Wells Fargo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| First Security Corporation canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10400750 — 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 Security Corporation Context triple: [Spencer F. Eccles, employer, First Security Corporation]
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A.
Commonwealth & Southern Corporation
Commonwealth & Southern Corporation was a major American electric utility holding company in the early 20th century, known for its extensive regional power operations and for employing future presidential candidate Wendell Willkie as its president.
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B.
First Allied Corporation
First Allied Corporation is a private holding company and investment firm associated with the Glazer family, known for its interests in real estate and various business ventures.
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C.
Western Capital
Western Capital is a historical Chinese city name traditionally used to designate a western seat of imperial power, most famously associated with ancient Chang'an (modern Xi'an).
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D.
Regions Financial Corporation
Regions Financial Corporation is a U.S.-based bank holding company that provides retail and commercial banking, wealth management, and related financial services, primarily across the Southern and Midwestern United States.
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E.
American Surety Company
American Surety Company was a prominent U.S. surety and bonding insurer that played a significant role in underwriting financial guarantees for businesses and public projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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 Security Corporation Target entity description: First Security Corporation was a prominent regional banking and financial services holding company based in Utah, known for its extensive operations in the Intermountain West before being acquired by Wells Fargo.
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A.
Commonwealth & Southern Corporation
Commonwealth & Southern Corporation was a major American electric utility holding company in the early 20th century, known for its extensive regional power operations and for employing future presidential candidate Wendell Willkie as its president.
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B.
First Allied Corporation
First Allied Corporation is a private holding company and investment firm associated with the Glazer family, known for its interests in real estate and various business ventures.
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C.
Western Capital
Western Capital is a historical Chinese city name traditionally used to designate a western seat of imperial power, most famously associated with ancient Chang'an (modern Xi'an).
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D.
Regions Financial Corporation
Regions Financial Corporation is a U.S.-based bank holding company that provides retail and commercial banking, wealth management, and related financial services, primarily across the Southern and Midwestern United States.
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E.
American Surety Company
American Surety Company was a prominent U.S. surety and bonding insurer that played a significant role in underwriting financial guarantees for businesses and public projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bank holding company
ⓘ
financial services company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
Wells Fargo & Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Wells Fargo
|
| acquisitionType | merger ⓘ |
| businessModel |
community banking
ⓘ
regional banking ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| headquartersLocation |
Salt Lake City, Utah
ⓘ
linked to:
Salt Lake City
|
| industry |
banking
ⓘ
financial services ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Utah ⓘ |
| notableFor | being a major regional bank in the Intermountain West ⓘ |
| operatedAs |
bank holding company
ⓘ
regional bank ⓘ |
| operatedInRegion | Intermountain West ⓘ |
| operatedInState |
Arizona
ⓘ
California ⓘ
linked to:
California (state)
Colorado ⓘ Idaho ⓘ Nevada ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Oregon ⓘ Utah ⓘ Washington ⓘ Wyoming ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Wells Fargo & Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Wells Fargo
|
| product |
business loans
ⓘ
certificates of deposit ⓘ checking accounts ⓘ credit cards ⓘ lines of credit ⓘ online banking services ⓘ personal loans ⓘ savings accounts ⓘ |
| providedService |
commercial banking
ⓘ
consumer finance ⓘ investment services ⓘ mortgage lending ⓘ retail banking ⓘ trust services ⓘ |
| reasonForStatus | acquired by Wells Fargo & Company ⓘ |
| servedCustomerType |
commercial clients
ⓘ
individual customers ⓘ small businesses ⓘ |
| servedRegion |
Pacific Northwest
ⓘ
Rocky Mountain region ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| successor |
Wells Fargo & Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Wells Fargo
|
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: First Security Corporation Description of subject: First Security Corporation was a prominent regional banking and financial services holding company based in Utah, known for its extensive operations in the Intermountain West before being acquired by Wells Fargo.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.