KR
E339805
KR is the stock ticker symbol for The Kroger Co., one of the largest supermarket chains in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| KR canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3244065 — 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: KR Context triple: [Kroger, tickerSymbol, KR]
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A.
KR
KR is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the German city of Krefeld.
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B.
KL
KL is the two-letter IATA airline code assigned to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
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C.
KL
KL is the official vehicle registration code assigned to the Indian state of Kerala.
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D.
KL
KL is the abbreviation commonly used for the Royal Netherlands Army, the land forces branch of the Dutch Armed Forces.
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E.
KI
KI is the abbreviation for the Karolinska Institute, a renowned Swedish medical university known for its leading research and role in selecting Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine.
- 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: KR Target entity description: KR is the stock ticker symbol for The Kroger Co., one of the largest supermarket chains in the United States.
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A.
KR
KR is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the German city of Krefeld.
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B.
KL
KL is the two-letter IATA airline code assigned to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
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C.
KL
KL is the official vehicle registration code assigned to the Indian state of Kerala.
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D.
KL
KL is the abbreviation commonly used for the Royal Netherlands Army, the land forces branch of the Dutch Armed Forces.
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E.
KI
KI is the abbreviation for the Karolinska Institute, a renowned Swedish medical university known for its leading research and role in selecting Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public company
ⓘ
stock ticker symbol ⓘ supermarket chain ⓘ |
| brandName | Kroger ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currency |
US dollar
ⓘ
surface form:
USD
|
| currencyOfStock |
US dollar
ⓘ
surface form:
USD
|
| foundedBy | Bernard Kroger ⓘ |
| foundedIn | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | KR self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| hasBusinessModel |
brick-and-mortar retail
ⓘ
e-commerce ⓘ |
| hasCEO | Rodney McMullen ⓘ |
| hasCUSIP | 501044101 ⓘ |
| hasISIN | US5010441013 ⓘ |
| hasRetailFormat |
multi-department stores
ⓘ
supermarkets ⓘ warehouse stores ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiaryBrand |
City Market
ⓘ
Dillons ⓘ Food 4 Less ⓘ Fred Meyer ⓘ Kroger ⓘ
surface form:
Fry's Food Stores
Harris Teeter ⓘ King Soopers ⓘ QFC ⓘ Kroger ⓘ
surface form:
Ralphs
Smith’s Food and Drug ⓘ
surface form:
Smith's Food and Drug
Smith’s Marketplace ⓘ
surface form:
Smith's Marketplace
|
| hasWebsite | https://www.thekrogerco.com/ ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ |
| inception | 1883 ⓘ |
| industry |
retail
ⓘ
supermarkets ⓘ |
| isOneOf | largest supermarket chains in the United States ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| listedOn | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| operatesInSector | consumer staples ⓘ |
| productCategory |
general merchandise
ⓘ
groceries ⓘ pharmacy services ⓘ |
| represents |
Kroger
ⓘ
surface form:
The Kroger Co.
|
| serviceType |
online grocery
ⓘ
retail grocery ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerForExchange | NYSE:KR ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | KR self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| tradedAs | KR self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
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: KR Description of subject: KR is the stock ticker symbol for The Kroger Co., one of the largest supermarket chains in the United States.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Kroger Co.
subject surface form:
The Kroger Co.