Wells Fargo
E124590
Wells Fargo is a large American multinational financial services company and one of the biggest banks in the United States.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wells Fargo canonical | 24 |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 2 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | 1 |
| Wells, Fargo & Company | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1051154 — 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: Wells Fargo Context triple: [Charlotte, North Carolina, majorOperationsOf, Wells Fargo]
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A.
Bank of America
Bank of America is one of the largest multinational banking and financial services corporations in the United States, offering a wide range of consumer, corporate, and investment banking products globally.
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B.
JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase is a leading American multinational financial services firm and one of the largest banking institutions in the world, offering investment banking, commercial banking, asset management, and other financial services.
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C.
Fifth Third Bank
Fifth Third Bank is a major U.S. regional banking corporation offering retail, commercial, and financial services, primarily serving customers across the Midwest and Southeast.
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D.
Washington Mutual
Washington Mutual was a former major U.S. savings and loan association that became the largest bank failure in American history during the 2008 financial crisis.
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E.
Capital One
Capital One is a major American bank holding company best known for its credit card, auto loan, banking, and savings products.
- 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: Wells Fargo Target entity description: Wells Fargo is a large American multinational financial services company and one of the biggest banks in the United States.
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A.
Bank of America
Bank of America is one of the largest multinational banking and financial services corporations in the United States, offering a wide range of consumer, corporate, and investment banking products globally.
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B.
JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase is a leading American multinational financial services firm and one of the largest banking institutions in the world, offering investment banking, commercial banking, asset management, and other financial services.
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C.
Fifth Third Bank
Fifth Third Bank is a major U.S. regional banking corporation offering retail, commercial, and financial services, primarily serving customers across the Midwest and Southeast.
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D.
Washington Mutual
Washington Mutual was a former major U.S. savings and loan association that became the largest bank failure in American history during the 2008 financial crisis.
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E.
Capital One
Capital One is a major American bank holding company best known for its credit card, auto loan, banking, and savings products.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bank
ⓘ
financial services company ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| brandName | Wells Fargo ⓘ |
| brandSymbol | stagecoach ⓘ |
| CEO | Charles W. Scharf ⓘ |
| chairperson | Steven D. Black ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| foundedBy |
Henry Wells
ⓘ
William Fargo ⓘ
linked to:
William G. Fargo
|
| foundedIn |
New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
New York
|
| hasDivision |
Community Banking
ⓘ
linked to:
Consumer & Community Banking
Wealth and Investment Management ⓘ Wholesale Banking ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Wells Fargo Advisors
ⓘ
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. ⓘ
linked to:
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo Securities ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | San Francisco, California, United States ⓘ |
| historicalActivity |
express mail services
ⓘ
stagecoach services ⓘ |
| inception | 1852 ⓘ |
| industry |
banking
ⓘ
financial services ⓘ |
| ISIN | US9497461015 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | publicly traded corporation ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Fortune 500
ⓘ
S&P 500 ⓘ
linked to:
S&P 500 Index
|
| numberOfEmployees | over 200000 ⓘ |
| offers |
mobile banking
ⓘ
online banking ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
international markets ⓘ |
| regulator |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
ⓘ
Federal Reserve System ⓘ Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ⓘ |
| services |
asset management
ⓘ
brokerage services ⓘ commercial banking ⓘ credit cards ⓘ insurance ⓘ investment banking ⓘ mortgage lending ⓘ retail banking ⓘ wealth management ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | WFC ⓘ |
| typeOfBank | systemically important financial institution ⓘ |
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: Wells Fargo Description of subject: Wells Fargo is a large American multinational financial services company and one of the biggest banks in the United States.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Wells Fargo
linked to: Wells Fargo
subject linked to:
Chandler, Arizona, United States
linked to: Wells Fargo
subject linked to:
NYSE:WM
linked to: Wells Fargo