McDonald’s
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McDonald’s is a global fast-food restaurant chain best known for its hamburgers, fries, and iconic Golden Arches branding.
All labels observed (28)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1521997 — 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: McDonald’s Context triple: [No Logo, discusses, McDonald’s]
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A.
Yum! Brands
Yum! Brands is a major American fast-food corporation that owns and operates global restaurant chains such as KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut.
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B.
Chick-fil-A
Chick-fil-A is a major American fast-food restaurant chain best known for its chicken sandwiches and strong presence in the Southern United States.
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C.
White Castle
White Castle is a medieval stone fortress in Monmouthshire, Wales, notable for its well-preserved defensive earthworks and role in the border defenses of the Welsh Marches.
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D.
Wahlburgers
Wahlburgers is an American casual-dining burger restaurant and bar chain co-owned by the Wahlberg family and featured in a reality TV series of the same name.
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E.
Krispy Kreme
Krispy Kreme is an American doughnut company and coffeehouse chain best known for its Original Glazed doughnuts and signature “Hot Now” sign.
- 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: McDonald’s Target entity description: McDonald’s is a global fast-food restaurant chain best known for its hamburgers, fries, and iconic Golden Arches branding.
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A.
Yum! Brands
Yum! Brands is a major American fast-food corporation that owns and operates global restaurant chains such as KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut.
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B.
Chick-fil-A
Chick-fil-A is a major American fast-food restaurant chain best known for its chicken sandwiches and strong presence in the Southern United States.
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C.
White Castle
White Castle is a medieval stone fortress in Monmouthshire, Wales, notable for its well-preserved defensive earthworks and role in the border defenses of the Welsh Marches.
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D.
Wahlburgers
Wahlburgers is an American casual-dining burger restaurant and bar chain co-owned by the Wahlberg family and featured in a reality TV series of the same name.
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E.
Krispy Kreme
Krispy Kreme is an American doughnut company and coffeehouse chain best known for its Original Glazed doughnuts and signature “Hot Now” sign.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fast food restaurant chain
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multinational corporation ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| businessModel |
company-operated restaurants
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franchise ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| foundedBy |
Maurice McDonald
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Ray Kroc ⓘ Richard McDonald ⓘ |
| foundingLocation |
San Bernardino, California, United States
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linked to:
San Bernardino
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| hasBrand |
McCafé
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McDelivery ⓘ |
| hasLogo |
Golden Arches
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linked to:
McDonald’s
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| hasMascot | Ronald McDonald ⓘ |
| hasMenuItem |
Big Mac
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Egg McMuffin ⓘ Filet-O-Fish ⓘ Quarter Pounder ⓘ |
| hasSlogan | I’m lovin’ it ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| inception | 1940 ⓘ |
| industry | fast food ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Big Mac
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French fries ⓘ Happy Meal ⓘ McNuggets ⓘ desserts ⓘ fast food breakfast items ⓘ hamburgers ⓘ milkshakes ⓘ soft drinks ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| offersProduct |
French fries
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breakfast sandwich ⓘ cheeseburger ⓘ chicken nuggets ⓘ chicken sandwich ⓘ coffee ⓘ hamburger ⓘ ice cream dessert ⓘ salad ⓘ soft drink ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Africa
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Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ Oceania ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
McDonald’s Corporation
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linked to:
McDonald’s
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| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | MCD ⓘ |
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: McDonald’s Description of subject: McDonald’s is a global fast-food restaurant chain best known for its hamburgers, fries, and iconic Golden Arches branding.
Referenced by (108)
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McDonald’s Corporation (former global headquarters)
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