CVS Health
E194005
health insurance company
healthcare company
pharmacy benefit manager
pharmacy chain operator
public company
CVS Health is a major American healthcare company that operates a large pharmacy chain and provides health insurance and pharmacy benefit management services.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CVS Health canonical | 20 |
| CVS | 4 |
| CVS Caremark | 4 |
| CVS Pharmacy | 4 |
| CVS Health Corporation | 2 |
| CVS Corporation | 1 |
| CVS Health Pharmacy Services segment | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1722475 — 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: CVS Health Context triple: [Aetna, parentCompany, CVS Health]
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A.
Walgreens Boots Alliance
Walgreens Boots Alliance is a major global pharmacy-led health and retail company that operates the Walgreens and Boots drugstore chains, among other health and beauty brands.
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B.
CVS
CVS (Concurrent Versions System) is an early, widely used open-source version control system that manages changes to source code in collaborative software development.
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C.
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Costco Wholesale Corporation is a multinational membership-based warehouse club retailer known for selling bulk goods at discounted prices through large-scale warehouse stores.
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D.
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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E.
Target Corporation
Target Corporation is a major American big-box retail chain known for its broad selection of affordable, stylish merchandise and nationwide presence.
- 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: CVS Health Target entity description: CVS Health is a major American healthcare company that operates a large pharmacy chain and provides health insurance and pharmacy benefit management services.
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A.
Walgreens Boots Alliance
Walgreens Boots Alliance is a major global pharmacy-led health and retail company that operates the Walgreens and Boots drugstore chains, among other health and beauty brands.
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B.
CVS
CVS (Concurrent Versions System) is an early, widely used open-source version control system that manages changes to source code in collaborative software development.
-
C.
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Costco Wholesale Corporation is a multinational membership-based warehouse club retailer known for selling bulk goods at discounted prices through large-scale warehouse stores.
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D.
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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E.
Target Corporation
Target Corporation is a major American big-box retail chain known for its broad selection of affordable, stylish merchandise and nationwide presence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
health insurance company
ⓘ
healthcare company ⓘ pharmacy benefit manager ⓘ pharmacy chain operator ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
CVS
ⓘ
linked to:
CVS Health
|
| acquired |
Aetna
ⓘ
Caremark Rx ⓘ
linked to:
Caremark
Omnicare ⓘ Target pharmacy and clinic businesses ⓘ |
| brandName | CVS Health ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formerName |
CVS Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
CVS Health
|
| foundedBy |
Ralph Hoagland
ⓘ
Sidney Goldstein ⓘ
linked to:
Stanley Goldstein
Stanley Goldstein ⓘ |
| foundedIn |
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Lowell, Massachusetts
|
| hasClinicBrand | MinuteClinic ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Aetna
ⓘ
CVS Caremark ⓘ
linked to:
CVS Health
Retail/LTC ⓘ |
| hasRetailBrand |
CVS Pharmacy
ⓘ
linked to:
CVS Health
|
| hasSubsidiary |
Aetna
ⓘ
CVS Pharmacy ⓘ
linked to:
CVS Health
Caremark ⓘ MinuteClinic ⓘ Omnicare ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
|
| inception | 1963 ⓘ |
| industry |
health insurance
ⓘ
healthcare ⓘ pharmacy benefit management ⓘ retail pharmacy ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| meaningOfAbbreviation | Consumer Value Store ⓘ |
| offersService |
health insurance plans
ⓘ
mail-order pharmacy services ⓘ pharmacy benefit management services ⓘ retail pharmacy services ⓘ specialty pharmacy services ⓘ walk-in clinic services ⓘ |
| parentOrganizationOf |
Aetna
ⓘ
CVS Pharmacy ⓘ
linked to:
CVS Health
MinuteClinic ⓘ Omnicare ⓘ |
| sector | healthcare ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol |
CVS
ⓘ
linked to:
CVS Health
|
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: CVS Health Description of subject: CVS Health is a major American healthcare company that operates a large pharmacy chain and provides health insurance and pharmacy benefit management services.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: CVS Health
linked to: CVS Health
linked to: CVS Health
linked to: CVS Health
linked to: CVS Health
linked to: CVS Health
linked to: CVS Health
linked to: CVS Health
linked to: CVS Health
linked to: CVS Health
linked to: CVS Health
linked to: CVS Health
linked to: CVS Health