Kerry Killinger
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Kerry Killinger is an American banker best known for leading Washington Mutual as its CEO during its aggressive expansion and subsequent collapse in the 2008 financial crisis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kerry Killinger canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3078448 — 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: Kerry Killinger Context triple: [Washington Mutual, keyPerson, Kerry Killinger]
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A.
Sean Kinney
Sean Kinney is the longtime drummer and a founding member of the American rock band Alice in Chains.
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B.
Kyle Killen
Kyle Killen is an American screenwriter and television creator known for his emotionally driven, high-concept dramas such as the film "The Beaver" and the TV series "Awake."
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C.
Justin Elicker
Justin Elicker is an American politician who serves as the mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, known for his focus on urban development, education, and social equity.
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D.
Bryan Devendorf
Bryan Devendorf is an American drummer best known as a founding member and rhythmic backbone of the indie rock band The National.
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E.
Ryan Crocker
Ryan Crocker is a veteran American diplomat and former U.S. ambassador to multiple Middle Eastern countries, noted for his key role in U.S. foreign policy in the region.
- 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: Kerry Killinger Target entity description: Kerry Killinger is an American banker best known for leading Washington Mutual as its CEO during its aggressive expansion and subsequent collapse in the 2008 financial crisis.
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A.
Sean Kinney
Sean Kinney is the longtime drummer and a founding member of the American rock band Alice in Chains.
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B.
Kyle Killen
Kyle Killen is an American screenwriter and television creator known for his emotionally driven, high-concept dramas such as the film "The Beaver" and the TV series "Awake."
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C.
Justin Elicker
Justin Elicker is an American politician who serves as the mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, known for his focus on urban development, education, and social equity.
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D.
Bryan Devendorf
Bryan Devendorf is an American drummer best known as a founding member and rhythmic backbone of the indie rock band The National.
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E.
Ryan Crocker
Ryan Crocker is a veteran American diplomat and former U.S. ambassador to multiple Middle Eastern countries, noted for his key role in U.S. foreign policy in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
banker
ⓘ
business executive ⓘ human ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith |
Washington Mutual Bank
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington Mutual
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Washington Mutual ⓘ |
| endTime | 2008 (leadership at Washington Mutual) ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
associated with risky mortgage lending practices at Washington Mutual
ⓘ
controversial figure in U.S. banking ⓘ |
| hasRole |
corporate leader
ⓘ
financial sector executive ⓘ |
| industry |
banking
ⓘ
financial services ⓘ |
| knownFor |
aggressive expansion strategy at Washington Mutual
ⓘ
growth of Washington Mutual into a major U.S. savings and loan institution ⓘ involvement in subprime mortgage lending expansion at Washington Mutual ⓘ |
| name | Kerry Killinger ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership of Washington Mutual
ⓘ
role in the 2008 financial crisis ⓘ |
| occupation |
banker
ⓘ
chief executive officer ⓘ |
| partOf | U.S. mortgage industry ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Seattle, Washington
ⓘ
linked to:
Seattle, Washington, United States
United States banking sector ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of Washington Mutual
ⓘ
Chief Executive Officer of Washington Mutual ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
2008 financial crisis
ⓘ
collapse of Washington Mutual in 2008 ⓘ |
| startTime | 1990s (leadership at Washington Mutual) ⓘ |
| subjectOf | congressional and regulatory investigations after 2008 ⓘ |
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: Kerry Killinger Description of subject: Kerry Killinger is an American banker best known for leading Washington Mutual as its CEO during its aggressive expansion and subsequent collapse in the 2008 financial crisis.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.