Comcast
E13233
Comcast is a major American telecommunications and media conglomerate best known as a leading cable, internet, and entertainment provider.
All labels observed (13)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Comcast canonical | 156 |
| Comcast Corporation | 23 |
| Xfinity | 9 |
| Comcast Xfinity | 5 |
| Comcast (via Sky Group) | 3 |
| Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | 3 |
| Comcast Cable | 2 |
| Comcast Cable Communications | 2 |
| Comcast (through NBCUniversal) | 1 |
| Comcast Business | 1 |
| Comcast High-Speed Internet | 1 |
| Comcast cable systems | 1 |
| Comcast sports media properties | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T108765 — 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: Comcast Context triple: [NBC, owner, Comcast]
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A.
Verizon
Verizon is a major American telecommunications company providing wireless, internet, and related communication services across the United States and globally.
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B.
Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications is a major Canadian telecommunications and media company providing wireless, cable, internet, and broadcasting services nationwide.
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C.
Time Warner
Time Warner was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate known for owning prominent film, television, and publishing assets such as Warner Bros., HBO, and CNN.
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D.
Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies was a major American telecommunications equipment company, spun off from AT&T, known for its Bell Labs research arm and contributions to networking and communications technology.
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E.
Google Fiber
Google Fiber is a high-speed broadband internet and television service provider that offers gigabit fiber-optic connectivity to residential and business customers in select U.S. cities.
- 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: Comcast Target entity description: Comcast is a major American telecommunications and media conglomerate best known as a leading cable, internet, and entertainment provider.
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A.
Verizon
Verizon is a major American telecommunications company providing wireless, internet, and related communication services across the United States and globally.
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B.
Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications is a major Canadian telecommunications and media company providing wireless, cable, internet, and broadcasting services nationwide.
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C.
Time Warner
Time Warner was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate known for owning prominent film, television, and publishing assets such as Warner Bros., HBO, and CNN.
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D.
Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies was a major American telecommunications equipment company, spun off from AT&T, known for its Bell Labs research arm and contributions to networking and communications technology.
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E.
Google Fiber
Google Fiber is a high-speed broadband internet and television service provider that offers gigabit fiber-optic connectivity to residential and business customers in select U.S. cities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
media conglomerate
ⓘ
public company ⓘ telecommunications company ⓘ |
| acquired |
AT&T Broadband
ⓘ
NBCUniversal ⓘ Sky UK Limited ⓘ
surface form:
Sky plc
|
| brand |
Comcast
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Xfinity
|
| CEO | Brian L. Roberts ⓘ |
| chairman | Brian L. Roberts ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateFounded | 1963-06-28 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Daniel Aaron
ⓘ
Julian A. Brodsky ⓘ Ralph J. Roberts ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Philadelphia
ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
|
| industry |
broadcasting
ⓘ
cable television ⓘ film production ⓘ internet service ⓘ mass media ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ theme parks ⓘ |
| ISIN | US20030N1019 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| owns |
Bravo (TV network)
ⓘ
CNBC ⓘ DreamWorks Animation ⓘ MSNBC ⓘ NBC ⓘ
surface form:
NBC television network
Telemundo ⓘ USA Network ⓘ Universal Orlando Resort ⓘ Universal Pictures ⓘ Universal Studios Hollywood ⓘ |
| parentCompanyOf |
Comcast
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
NBCUniversal ⓘ
surface form:
NBCUniversal Media, LLC
Sky UK Limited ⓘ
surface form:
Sky Limited
|
| placeFounded |
Tupelo, Mississippi
ⓘ
surface form:
Tupelo, Mississippi, United States
|
| service |
broadband internet
ⓘ
cable television ⓘ home security ⓘ landline telephone ⓘ mobile phone service ⓘ |
| subsidiary |
NBCUniversal
ⓘ
Sky Group ⓘ Universal Parks & Resorts ⓘ Universal Pictures ⓘ Comcast self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Xfinity
|
| tickerSymbol | CMCSA ⓘ |
| tradedAs |
NASDAQ:CMCSA
ⓘ
NASDAQ:CMCSA ⓘ
surface form:
NASDAQ:CMCSK
|
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: Comcast Description of subject: Comcast is a major American telecommunications and media conglomerate best known as a leading cable, internet, and entertainment provider.
Referenced by (208)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Comcast cable systems
this entity surface form:
Comcast Corporation