Uwajimaya
E766106
Uwajimaya is a large, well-known Asian supermarket and specialty goods retailer based in Seattle, recognized for its wide selection of Asian foods, housewares, and cultural products.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Uwajimaya canonical | 2 |
| Uwajimaya (Seattle) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8927615 — 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: Uwajimaya Context triple: [International District, hasLandmark, Uwajimaya]
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A.
Save Mart Supermarkets
Save Mart Supermarkets is a regional supermarket chain based in California, known for operating grocery stores under several banners throughout the state and parts of Nevada.
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B.
Sky Mart
Sky Mart is an elevated sidewalk and pedestrian walkway system in downtown Morristown, Tennessee, that connects buildings above street level.
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C.
First National Supermarket
First National Supermarket is a regional grocery store chain where employees like Tami-Lynn work in various retail and customer service roles.
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D.
E-Mart
E-Mart is a major South Korean discount retail and hypermarket chain operated by the Shinsegae Group.
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E.
Meijer
Meijer is a Dutch-origin surname borne by numerous individuals, including notable figures in business, politics, and the arts.
- 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: Uwajimaya Target entity description: Uwajimaya is a large, well-known Asian supermarket and specialty goods retailer based in Seattle, recognized for its wide selection of Asian foods, housewares, and cultural products.
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A.
Save Mart Supermarkets
Save Mart Supermarkets is a regional supermarket chain based in California, known for operating grocery stores under several banners throughout the state and parts of Nevada.
-
B.
Sky Mart
Sky Mart is an elevated sidewalk and pedestrian walkway system in downtown Morristown, Tennessee, that connects buildings above street level.
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C.
First National Supermarket
First National Supermarket is a regional grocery store chain where employees like Tami-Lynn work in various retail and customer service roles.
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D.
E-Mart
E-Mart is a major South Korean discount retail and hypermarket chain operated by the Shinsegae Group.
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E.
Meijer
Meijer is a Dutch-origin surname borne by numerous individuals, including notable figures in business, politics, and the arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Asian supermarket
ⓘ
specialty retailer ⓘ supermarket chain ⓘ |
| brandLanguageFocus |
Asian languages
ⓘ
English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ |
| city | Seattle ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| foundedIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| hasRetailFormat |
specialty store
ⓘ
supermarket ⓘ |
| hasStoreType | brick-and-mortar store ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Seattle, Washington
ⓘ
linked to:
Seattle, Washington, United States
|
| industry |
grocery retail
ⓘ
retail ⓘ specialty foods retail ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Asian housewares and gifts
ⓘ
Japanese grocery selection ⓘ imported Asian products ⓘ wide selection of Asian foods ⓘ |
| offers |
Asian cooking tools
ⓘ
cultural products ⓘ fresh Asian ingredients ⓘ frozen Asian foods ⓘ imported packaged foods ⓘ |
| operatesInSector |
ethnic grocery
ⓘ
food retail ⓘ |
| product |
Asian beverages
ⓘ
Asian groceries ⓘ Asian housewares ⓘ Asian snacks ⓘ Chinese food products ⓘ Japanese food products ⓘ Korean food products ⓘ Southeast Asian food products ⓘ cultural goods ⓘ fresh produce ⓘ gift items ⓘ kitchenware ⓘ meat and seafood ⓘ tableware ⓘ |
| regionServed | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| serves |
Asian American communities
ⓘ
Seattle metropolitan area ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| targetCustomerGroup |
Asian diaspora communities
ⓘ
general consumers ⓘ |
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: Uwajimaya Description of subject: Uwajimaya is a large, well-known Asian supermarket and specialty goods retailer based in Seattle, recognized for its wide selection of Asian foods, housewares, and cultural products.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Uwajimaya