Voice of America
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Voice of America is a U.S. government-funded international broadcaster that provides news and information in multiple languages to audiences around the world.
All labels observed (13)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Voice of America canonical | 20 |
| VOA | 1 |
| VOA Asia | 1 |
| VOA Deewa | 1 |
| VOA Deewa website | 1 |
| VOA Europe | 1 |
| VOA Latin America | 1 |
| VOA Learning English | 1 |
| VOA News | 1 |
| VOA Persian Service | 1 |
| VOA Somali Service | 1 |
| Voice of America Arabic Service | 1 |
| Voice of America Learning Center | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T164012 — 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: Voice of America Context triple: [United States Agency for Global Media, oversees, Voice of America]
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A.
Westwood One
Westwood One is a major American radio network best known for its nationwide sports coverage, including live broadcasts of NFL games.
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B.
Office of War Information
The Office of War Information was a U.S. government agency during World War II responsible for coordinating and disseminating propaganda and information to both domestic and international audiences.
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C.
NBC
NBC is a major American broadcast television network known for its nationwide programming, including news, sports, and entertainment.
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D.
Radio Corporation of America
Radio Corporation of America was a major American electronics and communications conglomerate best known for pioneering radio and television technology and broadcasting throughout the 20th century.
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E.
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company is a major American television network known for its prime-time entertainment programming, including hit series, sports broadcasts, and news.
- 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: Voice of America Target entity description: Voice of America is a U.S. government-funded international broadcaster that provides news and information in multiple languages to audiences around the world.
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A.
Westwood One
Westwood One is a major American radio network best known for its nationwide sports coverage, including live broadcasts of NFL games.
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B.
Office of War Information
The Office of War Information was a U.S. government agency during World War II responsible for coordinating and disseminating propaganda and information to both domestic and international audiences.
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C.
NBC
NBC is a major American broadcast television network known for its nationwide programming, including news, sports, and entertainment.
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D.
Radio Corporation of America
Radio Corporation of America was a major American electronics and communications conglomerate best known for pioneering radio and television technology and broadcasting throughout the 20th century.
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E.
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company is a major American television network known for its prime-time entertainment programming, including hit series, sports broadcasts, and news.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (82)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international broadcaster
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multimedia news outlet ⓘ news organization ⓘ radio network ⓘ television network ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Voice of America
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surface form:
VOA
|
| broadcastArea | worldwide ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | 24-hour news and information ⓘ |
| broadcastMedium |
AM radio
ⓘ
FM radio ⓘ internet streaming ⓘ podcasts ⓘ satellite television ⓘ shortwave radio ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| employer |
broadcasters
ⓘ
editors ⓘ journalists ⓘ producers ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
U.S. news
ⓘ
features and analysis ⓘ international news ⓘ |
| foundedBy | United States government ⓘ |
| fundedBy | United States government ⓘ |
| genre |
educational programming
ⓘ
news ⓘ public affairs programming ⓘ |
| hasEditorialPolicy | seeks to be accurate, objective, and comprehensive ⓘ |
| hasPart |
VOA Africa
ⓘ
Voice of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
VOA Asia
Voice of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
VOA Europe
Voice of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
VOA Latin America
Voice of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
VOA Learning English
Voice of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
VOA News
Voice of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
VOA Persian Service
Voice of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
VOA Somali Service
|
| headquartersLocation |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| inception | 1942 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Albanian
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Amharic ⓘ Arabic ⓘ Azerbaijani language ⓘ
surface form:
Azerbaijani
Bengali ⓘ Burmese ⓘ Cantonese ⓘ Chinese ⓘ Dari ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Greek ⓘ Hausa ⓘ Indonesian ⓘ Korean ⓘ Kurdish ⓘ Northern Mandarin ⓘ
surface form:
Mandarin Chinese
Pashto language ⓘ
surface form:
Pashto
Persian language ⓘ
surface form:
Persian
Portuguese ⓘ Russian ⓘ Serbian ⓘ Somali ⓘ Spanish ⓘ Swahili language ⓘ
surface form:
Swahili
Thai ⓘ Tigrinya ⓘ Turkish ⓘ Turkmen language ⓘ
surface form:
Turkmen
Ukrainian ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
Vietnamese ⓘ |
| legalBasis | U.S. International Broadcasting Act ⓘ |
| missionStatement | to provide accurate, balanced, and comprehensive news and information ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
USAGM
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surface form:
U.S. Agency for Global Media
|
| owner | United States government ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
USAGM
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Agency for Global Media
|
| predecessor | Office of War Information radio programs ⓘ |
| regulates | VOA Charter compliance in its programming ⓘ |
| scope | global news coverage ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
foreign-language speakers outside the United States
ⓘ
international audiences ⓘ |
| website | https://www.voanews.com ⓘ |
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: Voice of America Description of subject: Voice of America is a U.S. government-funded international broadcaster that provides news and information in multiple languages to audiences around the world.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
United States Agency for Global Media
United States Agency for Global Media (historical oversight role)
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hasComponent
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Voice of America
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subject surface form:
United States Agency for Global Media
this entity surface form:
VOA News
this entity surface form:
VOA Learning English
this entity surface form:
VOA Persian Service
this entity surface form:
VOA Somali Service
this entity surface form:
VOA Europe
this entity surface form:
VOA Asia
this entity surface form:
VOA Latin America
this entity surface form:
VOA
this entity surface form:
VOA Deewa
this entity surface form:
VOA Deewa website
this entity surface form:
Voice of America Arabic Service
this entity surface form:
Voice of America Learning Center