Carrefour
E131992
Carrefour is a major French multinational retail corporation and one of the world’s largest hypermarket chains.
All labels observed (20)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1151497 — 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: Carrefour Context triple: [CAC 40, hasComponent, Carrefour]
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A.
Sainsbury
Sainsbury is a prominent British family name most closely associated with the founders and owners of the J Sainsbury supermarket chain and notable figures in business and public life.
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B.
Kroger
Kroger is one of the largest supermarket and retail grocery chains in the United States, operating thousands of stores under various banners nationwide.
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C.
J Sainsbury plc
J Sainsbury plc is a major British supermarket and retail chain, one of the largest and oldest in the United Kingdom.
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D.
Loblaws supermarket
Loblaws supermarket is a major Canadian grocery store chain known for its large-format supermarkets and wide selection of food and household products.
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E.
Kmart Corporation
Kmart Corporation is a U.S.-based discount retail chain that became part of Sears Holdings after merging with Sears, Roebuck & Co.
- 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: Carrefour Target entity description: Carrefour is a major French multinational retail corporation and one of the world’s largest hypermarket chains.
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A.
Sainsbury
Sainsbury is a prominent British family name most closely associated with the founders and owners of the J Sainsbury supermarket chain and notable figures in business and public life.
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B.
Kroger
Kroger is one of the largest supermarket and retail grocery chains in the United States, operating thousands of stores under various banners nationwide.
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C.
J Sainsbury plc
J Sainsbury plc is a major British supermarket and retail chain, one of the largest and oldest in the United Kingdom.
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D.
Loblaws supermarket
Loblaws supermarket is a major Canadian grocery store chain known for its large-format supermarkets and wide selection of food and household products.
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E.
Kmart Corporation
Kmart Corporation is a U.S.-based discount retail chain that became part of Sears Holdings after merging with Sears, Roebuck & Co.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hypermarket chain
ⓘ
multinational retail corporation ⓘ |
| businessModel |
franchising
ⓘ
multi-format retailing ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| firstHypermarketLocation | Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Essonne, France ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Denis Defforey
ⓘ
Jacques Defforey ⓘ Marcel Fournier ⓘ |
| foundedInCity |
Annecy, France
ⓘ
linked to:
Annecy
|
| hasBrand |
Carrefour Assurance
ⓘ
linked to:
Carrefour
Carrefour Banque ⓘ Carrefour Bio ⓘ
linked to:
Carrefour
Carrefour City ⓘ
linked to:
Carrefour
Carrefour Contact ⓘ
linked to:
Carrefour
Carrefour Drive ⓘ Carrefour Express ⓘ
linked to:
Carrefour
Carrefour Market ⓘ
linked to:
Carrefour
Carrefour Spectacles ⓘ
linked to:
Carrefour
Carrefour Voyages ⓘ |
| hasKeyActivity |
convenience store operation
ⓘ
e-commerce retailing ⓘ hypermarket operation ⓘ supermarket operation ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfEmployees | over 300000 (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfStores | over 12000 (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasPrivateLabel |
Carrefour Bio
ⓘ
linked to:
Carrefour
Carrefour Discount ⓘ
linked to:
Carrefour
Carrefour Selection ⓘ
linked to:
Carrefour
Carrefour brand products ⓘ |
| hasSlogan |
“J’optimisme”
ⓘ
“Positive is back” ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Massy, France
ⓘ
linked to:
Massy, Essonne
|
| inception | 1959 ⓘ |
| industry |
convenience stores
ⓘ
grocery retail ⓘ hypermarkets ⓘ retail ⓘ supermarkets ⓘ |
| legalForm | société anonyme ⓘ |
| offersService |
click and collect
ⓘ
financial services ⓘ mobile telephony services ⓘ online grocery delivery ⓘ |
| openedFirstHypermarket | 1963 ⓘ |
| openedFirstStore | 1960 ⓘ |
| operatesInCountry |
Argentina
ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ Brazil ⓘ China ⓘ Egypt ⓘ France ⓘ Italy ⓘ Morocco ⓘ Poland ⓘ Qatar ⓘ Romania ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ Spain ⓘ Taiwan ⓘ
linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
Turkey ⓘ United Arab Emirates ⓘ |
| productCategory |
food
ⓘ
non-food consumer goods ⓘ |
| stockExchange |
Euronext Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
Euronext
|
| stockIndex | CAC 40 ⓘ |
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: Carrefour Description of subject: Carrefour is a major French multinational retail corporation and one of the world’s largest hypermarket chains.
Referenced by (38)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Carrefour
linked to: Carrefour
linked to: Carrefour
linked to: Carrefour
linked to: Carrefour
linked to: Carrefour
linked to: Carrefour
linked to: Carrefour
linked to: Carrefour
linked to: Carrefour
subject linked to:
“Positive is back”
subject linked to:
“Positive is back”
linked to: Carrefour
linked to: Carrefour
linked to: Carrefour
linked to: Carrefour