Asda
E803119
Asda is a major British supermarket and retail chain known for its low-cost groceries, general merchandise, and large-format stores across the United Kingdom.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asda canonical | 9 |
| Asda store network | 2 |
| Asda Living | 1 |
| Asda Stores Ltd | 1 |
| Asda Straiton Supercentre | 1 |
| Asda supermarket | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9233379 — 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: Asda Context triple: [Argos Limited, hasMainCompetitor, Asda]
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A.
Tesco
Tesco is a major British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer and one of the largest supermarket chains in the world.
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B.
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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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.
Shaw's Supermarkets
Shaw's Supermarkets is a New England–based grocery store chain that operates supermarkets across several northeastern U.S. states.
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E.
M&S
M&S is the commonly used abbreviation for McClelland and Stewart, a prominent Canadian publishing company known for its influential literary catalog.
- 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: Asda Target entity description: Asda is a major British supermarket and retail chain known for its low-cost groceries, general merchandise, and large-format stores across the United Kingdom.
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A.
Tesco
Tesco is a major British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer and one of the largest supermarket chains in the world.
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B.
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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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.
Shaw's Supermarkets
Shaw's Supermarkets is a New England–based grocery store chain that operates supermarkets across several northeastern U.S. states.
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E.
M&S
M&S is the commonly used abbreviation for McClelland and Stewart, a prominent Canadian publishing company known for its influential literary catalog.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
retail company
ⓘ
subsidiary ⓘ supermarket chain ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
Walmart
ⓘ
linked to:
Walmart Inc.
|
| acquisitionDate | 1999 ⓘ |
| brandSlogan |
Save money. Live better
ⓘ
That’s Asda price ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| formerParentOrganization |
Walmart
ⓘ
linked to:
Walmart Inc.
|
| foundedBy |
Associated Dairies
ⓘ
Fred Asquith ⓘ Peter Asquith ⓘ |
| foundedIn | Yorkshire ⓘ |
| hasCompetitor |
Aldi
ⓘ
linked to:
ALDI Nord
Lidl ⓘ Morrisons ⓘ Sainsbury's ⓘ
linked to:
J Sainsbury plc
Tesco ⓘ |
| hasService |
click and collect
ⓘ
fuel stations ⓘ online grocery delivery ⓘ optician services ⓘ pharmacy services ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
England
ⓘ
Leeds ⓘ West Yorkshire ⓘ |
| inception | 1965 ⓘ |
| industry |
general merchandise
ⓘ
groceries ⓘ retail ⓘ supermarkets ⓘ |
| knownFor |
large-format stores
ⓘ
low prices ⓘ |
| legalForm | limited company ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
England
ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| ownsBrand | George ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
EG Group
ⓘ
TDR Capital ⓘ |
| productCategory |
clothing
ⓘ
electronics ⓘ food ⓘ homeware ⓘ toys ⓘ |
| saleCompletionDate | 2021 ⓘ |
| soldBy |
Walmart
ⓘ
linked to:
Walmart Inc.
|
| stockExchangeListingStatus | unlisted ⓘ |
| storeFormat |
Asda Living
ⓘ
linked to:
Asda
petrol filling station ⓘ supermarket ⓘ superstore ⓘ |
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: Asda Description of subject: Asda is a major British supermarket and retail chain known for its low-cost groceries, general merchandise, and large-format stores across the United Kingdom.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Asda
linked to: Asda
linked to: Asda
linked to: Asda
linked to: Asda
linked to: Asda