Punjab National Bank
E90533
Punjab National Bank is one of India’s oldest and largest public sector banks, known for its extensive nationwide branch network and significant role in the country’s banking and financial services sector.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Punjab National Bank canonical | 8 |
| PNB | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T760617 — 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: Punjab National Bank Context triple: [Lala Lajpat Rai, founded, Punjab National Bank]
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A.
Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan
The Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan is a state-owned financial institution that provides credit and support services to Pakistan’s agricultural and rural sectors.
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B.
Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India is the country’s central banking institution, responsible for issuing currency, regulating the financial system, and formulating and implementing monetary policy in India.
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C.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation is a major Hong Kong-based banking institution and the founding member of the HSBC Group, providing a wide range of financial services across Asia and globally.
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D.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) is a major multinational Spanish banking group that provides a wide range of financial services across Europe, the Americas, and other global markets.
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E.
Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong)
Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) is a major international banking group’s Hong Kong subsidiary, providing a wide range of retail and corporate banking services and operating as one of the territory’s key note-issuing banks.
- 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: Punjab National Bank Target entity description: Punjab National Bank is one of India’s oldest and largest public sector banks, known for its extensive nationwide branch network and significant role in the country’s banking and financial services sector.
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A.
Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan
The Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan is a state-owned financial institution that provides credit and support services to Pakistan’s agricultural and rural sectors.
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B.
Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India is the country’s central banking institution, responsible for issuing currency, regulating the financial system, and formulating and implementing monetary policy in India.
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C.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation is a major Hong Kong-based banking institution and the founding member of the HSBC Group, providing a wide range of financial services across Asia and globally.
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D.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) is a major multinational Spanish banking group that provides a wide range of financial services across Europe, the Americas, and other global markets.
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E.
Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong)
Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) is a major international banking group’s Hong Kong subsidiary, providing a wide range of retail and corporate banking services and operating as one of the territory’s key note-issuing banks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Commercial bank
ⓘ
Financial services company ⓘ Public sector bank ⓘ |
| branchNetwork | Extensive nationwide branch network in India ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Dyal Singh Majithia
ⓘ
Lala Harkishen Lal ⓘ Lala Lajpat Rai ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1894 ⓘ |
| hasMotto | The Name You Can Bank Upon ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
PNB Gilts Limited
ⓘ
PNB Housing Finance Limited ⓘ PNB MetLife India Insurance Company Limited ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
New Delhi, India
ⓘ
surface form:
New Delhi
|
| industry |
Banking
ⓘ
Financial services ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
English
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ |
| legalForm | Public sector undertaking ⓘ |
| memberOf | Indian Banks’ Association ⓘ |
| numberOfATMs | Over 12000 ATMs (approximate, India-wide) ⓘ |
| numberOfBranches | Over 10000 branches (approximate, India-wide) ⓘ |
| owner | Government of India ⓘ |
| participatesIn |
Government of India financial inclusion schemes
ⓘ
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana ⓘ |
| regulator | Reserve Bank of India ⓘ |
| serves |
Government and public sector entities
ⓘ
Large corporates ⓘ Retail customers ⓘ Small and medium enterprises ⓘ |
| services |
Corporate banking
ⓘ
Credit cards ⓘ Debit cards ⓘ Deposits ⓘ Foreign exchange services ⓘ Insurance distribution ⓘ Internet banking ⓘ Investment banking ⓘ Loans ⓘ Mobile banking ⓘ Retail banking ⓘ Wealth management ⓘ |
| shortName |
Punjab National Bank
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
PNB
|
| significantEvent | Nationalisation of bank in 1969 by Government of India ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing |
Bombay Stock Exchange
ⓘ
National Stock Exchange of India ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol |
Punjab National Bank
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
PNB
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| typeOfBank | Nationalised bank ⓘ |
| website | https://www.pnbindia.in/ ⓘ |
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: Punjab National Bank Description of subject: Punjab National Bank is one of India’s oldest and largest public sector banks, known for its extensive nationwide branch network and significant role in the country’s banking and financial services sector.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
PNB
this entity surface form:
PNB