WBAL-TV
E194457
WBAL-TV is a Baltimore-based television station that serves as a major local news and NBC network affiliate in Maryland.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WBAL-TV canonical | 1 |
| WBAL-TV 11 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1736874 — 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: WBAL-TV Context triple: [Hearst Communications, owns, WBAL-TV]
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A.
WPVI-TV
WPVI-TV is a major ABC-owned and operated television station serving the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania media market.
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B.
WABC-TV
WABC-TV is a New York City-based ABC-owned television station that produces and broadcasts local and nationally syndicated programming.
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C.
KDKA (AM)
KDKA (AM) is a historic Pittsburgh radio station widely recognized as one of the first commercially licensed broadcast stations in the United States.
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D.
WTN
WTN is the IATA airport code for RAF Waddington, a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England.
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E.
WWOR-TV
WWOR-TV is a New York–area television station, historically known as a major independent and later network-affiliated outlet serving the New York City metropolitan market.
- 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: WBAL-TV Target entity description: WBAL-TV is a Baltimore-based television station that serves as a major local news and NBC network affiliate in Maryland.
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A.
WPVI-TV
WPVI-TV is a major ABC-owned and operated television station serving the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania media market.
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B.
WABC-TV
WABC-TV is a New York City-based ABC-owned television station that produces and broadcasts local and nationally syndicated programming.
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C.
KDKA (AM)
KDKA (AM) is a historic Pittsburgh radio station widely recognized as one of the first commercially licensed broadcast stations in the United States.
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D.
WTN
WTN is the IATA airport code for RAF Waddington, a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England.
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E.
WWOR-TV
WWOR-TV is a New York–area television station, historically known as a major independent and later network-affiliated outlet serving the New York City metropolitan market.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NBC-affiliated television station
ⓘ
television station ⓘ |
| affiliationHistory | NBC affiliate in Baltimore ⓘ |
| branding |
11 News
ⓘ
WBAL-TV self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
WBAL-TV 11
|
| broadcastArea |
Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltimore–Washington corridor
|
| broadcastType | terrestrial television ⓘ |
| callsignMeaning | Baltimore ⓘ |
| city | Baltimore ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| digitalChannel | 12 ⓘ |
| distributionPlatform |
cable television
ⓘ
internet streaming ⓘ over-the-air broadcast ⓘ satellite television ⓘ |
| facilityId | 65696 ⓘ |
| fccLicensingAuthority | Federal Communications Commission ⓘ |
| genre |
local television
ⓘ
television news ⓘ |
| hasNewscastBrand | 11 News ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.wbaltv.com/ ⓘ |
| languageOfBroadcast | English ⓘ |
| licensedToServe |
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltimore, Maryland
|
| market | Baltimore television market ⓘ |
| mediaType | broadcast television ⓘ |
| networkAffiliation | NBC ⓘ |
| networkOwnedOrAffiliated | NBC affiliate ⓘ |
| notableRole | major local news provider in Baltimore ⓘ |
| owner |
Hearst Communications
ⓘ
surface form:
Hearst Television
|
| parentCompany | Hearst Communications ⓘ |
| primaryService |
NBC network programming
ⓘ
local news ⓘ |
| programmingType |
entertainment programming
ⓘ
news programming ⓘ sports programming ⓘ |
| servesRegion |
Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltimore metropolitan area
Central Maryland ⓘ |
| servesState | Maryland ⓘ |
| sisterStation |
WBAL (AM)
ⓘ
WIYY ⓘ |
| state | Maryland ⓘ |
| transmissionStandard | ATSC ⓘ |
| virtualChannel | 11 ⓘ |
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: WBAL-TV Description of subject: WBAL-TV is a Baltimore-based television station that serves as a major local news and NBC network affiliate in Maryland.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.