WMAQ-TV
E1039813
WMAQ-TV is the NBC-owned and operated television station serving the Chicago, Illinois market.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WMAQ-TV canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13400313 — 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: WMAQ-TV Context triple: [Stefan Holt, employer, WMAQ-TV]
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A.
WMAQ (AM)
WMAQ (AM) was a prominent Chicago radio station historically associated with the CBS-owned Group W broadcasting division.
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B.
KYW-TV
KYW-TV is a CBS-owned-and-operated television station serving the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania market.
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C.
WBBM-TV
WBBM-TV is the CBS-owned television station in Chicago that has served as a major local news outlet and early-career platform for prominent journalists such as Lester Holt.
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D.
WLS-TV
WLS-TV is a major ABC-owned and operated television station serving the Chicago, Illinois media market.
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E.
WJRT-TV
WJRT-TV is a local television station serving the Flint–Saginaw–Bay City, Michigan market, historically known as an ABC network affiliate.
- 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: WMAQ-TV Target entity description: WMAQ-TV is the NBC-owned and operated television station serving the Chicago, Illinois market.
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A.
WMAQ (AM)
WMAQ (AM) was a prominent Chicago radio station historically associated with the CBS-owned Group W broadcasting division.
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B.
KYW-TV
KYW-TV is a CBS-owned-and-operated television station serving the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania market.
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C.
WBBM-TV
WBBM-TV is the CBS-owned television station in Chicago that has served as a major local news outlet and early-career platform for prominent journalists such as Lester Holt.
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D.
WLS-TV
WLS-TV is a major ABC-owned and operated television station serving the Chicago, Illinois media market.
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E.
WJRT-TV
WJRT-TV is a local television station serving the Flint–Saginaw–Bay City, Michigan market, historically known as an ABC network affiliate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NBC owned-and-operated station
ⓘ
television station ⓘ |
| affiliationType | owned-and-operated ⓘ |
| branding |
NBC 5
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NBC 5 Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastLanguage | English ⓘ |
| broadcastMedium | terrestrial television ⓘ |
| broadcastStandard | ATSC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| callsignMeaning | “MAQ” as in “MaQ” (no specific meaning; sequential assignment) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityOfLicense | Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countrySubdivision | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coverageCity | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| digitalChannel | 33 ⓘ |
| digitalSubchannel |
5.1 NBC
ⓘ
5.2 Cozi TV ⓘ 5.3 LX ⓘ 5.4 Oxygen ⓘ |
| distributionPlatform |
cable television
ⓘ
internet streaming ⓘ over-the-air ⓘ satellite television ⓘ |
| facilityType | full-power television station ⓘ |
| formerAnalogChannel | 5 ⓘ |
| marketRank | top-3 U.S. television market (Chicago) ⓘ |
| marketServed | Chicago television market NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| networkAffiliation | NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| networkOwnedBy | NBCUniversal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| networkType | commercial broadcast television network affiliate ⓘ |
| owner |
NBC Owned Television Stations
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NBCUniversal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Comcast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| programmingType |
general entertainment
ⓘ
local news ⓘ public affairs ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| regulatoryAuthority | Federal Communications Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Chicago metropolitan area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwest Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwest Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sisterStation |
Telemundo Chicago
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
WSNS-TV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studioLocation | NBC Tower, Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transmitterLocation | Willis Tower, Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| virtualChannel | 5 ⓘ |
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: WMAQ-TV Description of subject: WMAQ-TV is the NBC-owned and operated television station serving the Chicago, Illinois market.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.