QFC
E339812
QFC is a regional supermarket chain in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, operating as a subsidiary of Kroger.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| QFC canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3244089 — 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: QFC Context triple: [Kroger, owns, QFC]
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A.
QF
QF is the IATA airline designator used for Qantas, the flag carrier of Australia.
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B.
QFO
QFO is the IATA airport code assigned to Florennes Air Base, a military airfield in Belgium.
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C.
FEQ
FEQ is a major annual summer music festival held in Quebec City, Canada, featuring a wide range of international and local artists across multiple genres.
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D.
FNC
FNC is the IATA airport code for Cristiano Ronaldo Madeira International Airport, the main air gateway to Portugal’s Madeira Island.
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E.
The QC
The QC is a popular nickname for Charlotte, North Carolina, reflecting its identity as a major financial and cultural hub in the southeastern United States.
- 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: QFC Target entity description: QFC is a regional supermarket chain in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, operating as a subsidiary of Kroger.
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A.
QF
QF is the IATA airline designator used for Qantas, the flag carrier of Australia.
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B.
QFO
QFO is the IATA airport code assigned to Florennes Air Base, a military airfield in Belgium.
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C.
FEQ
FEQ is a major annual summer music festival held in Quebec City, Canada, featuring a wide range of international and local artists across multiple genres.
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D.
FNC
FNC is the IATA airport code for Cristiano Ronaldo Madeira International Airport, the main air gateway to Portugal’s Madeira Island.
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E.
The QC
The QC is a popular nickname for Charlotte, North Carolina, reflecting its identity as a major financial and cultural hub in the southeastern United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
subsidiary
ⓘ
supermarket chain ⓘ |
| areaServed |
Oregon
ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
surface form:
Washington (state)
|
| brandOf | Kroger ⓘ |
| businessModel |
brick-and-mortar retail
ⓘ
online grocery ordering ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formerHeadquartersLocation |
Seattle, Washington, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Seattle, Washington
|
| hasBrand | QFC self-link ⓘ |
| hasParentOrganization | Kroger ⓘ |
| hasStoreFormat |
grocery store
ⓘ
supermarket ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Bellevue, Washington ⓘ |
| industry |
grocery retail
ⓘ
retail ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| marketPosition | regional brand of Kroger ⓘ |
| operatingStatus | active ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Kroger ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Kroger ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kroger
ⓘ
surface form:
Kroger family of stores
|
| product |
bakery items
ⓘ
beverages ⓘ deli items ⓘ fresh produce ⓘ frozen foods ⓘ groceries ⓘ health and beauty products ⓘ household goods ⓘ meat ⓘ pharmacy services ⓘ seafood ⓘ |
| regionServed | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| sector | consumer goods ⓘ |
| service |
curbside pickup
ⓘ
grocery delivery ⓘ in-store shopping ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
suburban areas in Oregon
ⓘ
suburban areas in Washington ⓘ urban areas in Oregon ⓘ urban areas in Washington ⓘ |
| typeOfCompany | regional supermarket chain ⓘ |
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: QFC Description of subject: QFC is a regional supermarket chain in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, operating as a subsidiary of Kroger.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.