Groupon
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Groupon is an American e-commerce marketplace that connects subscribers with local merchants by offering discounted deals on activities, goods, and services.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Groupon canonical | 1 |
| LivingSocial | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9844845 — 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: Groupon Context triple: [Yuri Milner, investedIn, Groupon]
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A.
Grubhub
Grubhub is a major U.S.-based online food ordering and delivery platform that connects diners with local restaurants through its website and mobile app.
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B.
Shipt
Shipt is a same-day delivery and personal shopping service that partners with retailers to deliver groceries and household essentials to customers.
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C.
Just Eat
Just Eat is a major online food delivery platform that connects customers with local restaurants for takeaway and delivery orders.
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D.
Instacart
Instacart is a U.S.-based grocery delivery and pickup service that partners with local retailers to let customers order groceries online for same-day fulfillment.
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E.
Deliveroo
Deliveroo is a British online food delivery company that partners with restaurants and couriers to deliver meals to customers via its app and website.
- 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: Groupon Target entity description: Groupon is an American e-commerce marketplace that connects subscribers with local merchants by offering discounted deals on activities, goods, and services.
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A.
Grubhub
Grubhub is a major U.S.-based online food ordering and delivery platform that connects diners with local restaurants through its website and mobile app.
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B.
Shipt
Shipt is a same-day delivery and personal shopping service that partners with retailers to deliver groceries and household essentials to customers.
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C.
Just Eat
Just Eat is a major online food delivery platform that connects customers with local restaurants for takeaway and delivery orders.
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D.
Instacart
Instacart is a U.S.-based grocery delivery and pickup service that partners with local retailers to let customers order groceries online for same-day fulfillment.
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E.
Deliveroo
Deliveroo is a British online food delivery company that partners with restaurants and couriers to deliver meals to customers via its app and website.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
e-commerce company
ⓘ
online marketplace ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| businessModelFeature |
minimum purchase thresholds (historically)
ⓘ
revenue share with merchants ⓘ time-limited offers ⓘ |
| connects |
local merchants
ⓘ
subscribers ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| foundedBy |
Andrew Mason
ⓘ
Brad Keywell ⓘ Eric Lefkofsky ⓘ |
| hasBusinessModel |
daily deals
ⓘ
voucher-based discounts ⓘ |
| hasKeyPerson |
Andrew Mason
ⓘ
Eric Lefkofsky ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasServiceCategory |
beauty and spa
ⓘ
events and activities ⓘ restaurants ⓘ travel and leisure ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| inception | 2008 ⓘ |
| industry |
e-commerce
ⓘ
local commerce ⓘ online deals ⓘ |
| knownFor | group buying concept popularization ⓘ |
| offers |
activities
ⓘ
discounted deals ⓘ goods ⓘ services ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| originallyNamed | The Point ⓘ |
| platformType |
mobile app
ⓘ
website ⓘ |
| revenueModel | commission on each deal sold ⓘ |
| serviceType |
goods marketplace
ⓘ
local deals marketplace ⓘ travel deals ⓘ |
| stockExchange | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
local small businesses
ⓘ
price-sensitive consumers ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | GRPN ⓘ |
| website | https://www.groupon.com ⓘ |
| wentPublicOn | 2011 ⓘ |
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: Groupon Description of subject: Groupon is an American e-commerce marketplace that connects subscribers with local merchants by offering discounted deals on activities, goods, and services.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Groupon