Home Savings and Loan Association
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Home Savings and Loan Association was a major California-based savings and loan institution that grew into one of the largest thrift banks in the United States during the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Home Savings and Loan Association canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9586094 — 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: Home Savings and Loan Association Context triple: [Howard F. Ahmanson Sr., employer, Home Savings and Loan Association]
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A.
Silverado Savings and Loan
Silverado Savings and Loan was a U.S. savings and loan institution that became notorious for its failure and role in the late-1980s savings and loan crisis, drawing additional attention due to the involvement of Neil Bush on its board.
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B.
Key Savings and Loan Association Building
The Key Savings and Loan Association Building is a distinctive modernist commercial structure in Englewood, Colorado, recognized for its sculptural, futuristic design by architect Charles Deaton.
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C.
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
The Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation was a former U.S. government agency that insured deposits in savings and loan institutions until its dissolution following the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s.
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D.
Troy Savings Bank
Troy Savings Bank is a historic financial institution based in Troy, New York, known for its role in the city's 19th-century economic growth and cultural patronage.
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E.
Municipal Credit Union
Municipal Credit Union is a New York City–based financial cooperative that provides banking and credit services to municipal and other public-sector employees.
- 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: Home Savings and Loan Association Target entity description: Home Savings and Loan Association was a major California-based savings and loan institution that grew into one of the largest thrift banks in the United States during the mid-20th century.
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A.
Silverado Savings and Loan
Silverado Savings and Loan was a U.S. savings and loan institution that became notorious for its failure and role in the late-1980s savings and loan crisis, drawing additional attention due to the involvement of Neil Bush on its board.
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B.
Key Savings and Loan Association Building
The Key Savings and Loan Association Building is a distinctive modernist commercial structure in Englewood, Colorado, recognized for its sculptural, futuristic design by architect Charles Deaton.
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C.
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
The Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation was a former U.S. government agency that insured deposits in savings and loan institutions until its dissolution following the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s.
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D.
Troy Savings Bank
Troy Savings Bank is a historic financial institution based in Troy, New York, known for its role in the city's 19th-century economic growth and cultural patronage.
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E.
Municipal Credit Union
Municipal Credit Union is a New York City–based financial cooperative that provides banking and credit services to municipal and other public-sector employees.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
savings and loan association
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thrift institution ⓘ |
| bankType | thrift bank ⓘ |
| businessModel |
accepting savings deposits
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originating and servicing home loans ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| currencyUsed |
United States dollar
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linked to:
US dollar
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| growthPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| headquarteredIn |
California
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linked to:
California (state)
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| industry |
banking
ⓘ
financial services ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
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| notableFor |
being one of the largest thrift banks in the United States
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rapid growth during the mid-20th century ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California (state)
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| operationalStatus | defunct ⓘ |
| organizationType | private company ⓘ |
| primaryCustomers |
homebuyers
ⓘ
individual depositors ⓘ |
| primaryFocus | residential mortgage lending ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Western United States
ⓘ
linked to:
western United States
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| regulatoryCategory |
savings and loan
ⓘ
thrift ⓘ |
| sector | retail banking ⓘ |
| serviceType |
consumer banking
ⓘ
home mortgage loans ⓘ savings accounts ⓘ thrift banking ⓘ |
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: Home Savings and Loan Association Description of subject: Home Savings and Loan Association was a major California-based savings and loan institution that grew into one of the largest thrift banks in the United States during the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.