Coop (Switzerland)
E1006149
Coop (Switzerland) is one of the largest Swiss retail and wholesale cooperatives, operating supermarkets, department stores, and various service businesses across the country.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coop (Switzerland) canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12857259 — 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: Coop (Switzerland) Context triple: [Migros, competitor, Coop (Switzerland)]
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A.
Couvet, Switzerland
Couvet, Switzerland is a village in the Val-de-Travers region of the canton of Neuchâtel, known historically for watchmaking and absinthe production.
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B.
Aigle, Switzerland
Aigle, Switzerland is a small town in the canton of Vaud known as an international hub for professional cycling and sports administration.
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C.
Bussnang, Switzerland
Bussnang, Switzerland is a small municipality in the canton of Thurgau best known as the home base of the rail vehicle manufacturer Stadler Rail.
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D.
Lucerne, Switzerland
Lucerne, Switzerland is a picturesque city in central Switzerland known for its preserved medieval architecture, lakeside setting on Lake Lucerne, and surrounding mountain scenery.
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E.
Aarberg, Switzerland
Aarberg, Switzerland is a small historic town in the canton of Bern known for its medieval center and location near the Aare River.
- 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: Coop (Switzerland) Target entity description: Coop (Switzerland) is one of the largest Swiss retail and wholesale cooperatives, operating supermarkets, department stores, and various service businesses across the country.
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A.
Couvet, Switzerland
Couvet, Switzerland is a village in the Val-de-Travers region of the canton of Neuchâtel, known historically for watchmaking and absinthe production.
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B.
Aigle, Switzerland
Aigle, Switzerland is a small town in the canton of Vaud known as an international hub for professional cycling and sports administration.
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C.
Bussnang, Switzerland
Bussnang, Switzerland is a small municipality in the canton of Thurgau best known as the home base of the rail vehicle manufacturer Stadler Rail.
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D.
Lucerne, Switzerland
Lucerne, Switzerland is a picturesque city in central Switzerland known for its preserved medieval architecture, lakeside setting on Lake Lucerne, and surrounding mountain scenery.
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E.
Aarberg, Switzerland
Aarberg, Switzerland is a small historic town in the canton of Bern known for its medieval center and location near the Aare River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
retail cooperative
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supermarket chain ⓘ wholesale cooperative ⓘ |
| brand | Coop ⓘ |
| businessArea |
food products
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household goods ⓘ non‑food consumer goods ⓘ personal care products ⓘ services in Switzerland ⓘ |
| businessModel | cooperative ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| foundedAs | consumer cooperative ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasRetailFormat |
convenience store
ⓘ
department store ⓘ online retail ⓘ supermarket ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Basel
ⓘ
linked to:
Basel-Stadt
|
| industry |
consumer goods
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retail ⓘ services ⓘ supermarkets ⓘ wholesale ⓘ |
| languageOfBranding |
French
ⓘ
German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Romansh ⓘ
linked to:
Romansh language
|
| legalForm | cooperative ⓘ |
| marketPosition |
one of the largest retailers in Switzerland
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one of the largest wholesale cooperatives in Switzerland ⓘ |
| operates |
convenience stores
ⓘ
department stores ⓘ hypermarkets ⓘ online shops ⓘ service businesses ⓘ supermarkets ⓘ wholesale outlets ⓘ |
| operatesInSector |
e‑commerce
ⓘ
food retail ⓘ gastronomy ⓘ non‑food retail ⓘ services ⓘ wholesale trade ⓘ |
| organizationalType | cooperative group ⓘ |
| ownershipStructure | member‑owned ⓘ |
| primaryCustomerBase | Swiss residents ⓘ |
| scopeOfOperations | national ⓘ |
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: Coop (Switzerland) Description of subject: Coop (Switzerland) is one of the largest Swiss retail and wholesale cooperatives, operating supermarkets, department stores, and various service businesses across the country.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.