OWN
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OWN is a U.S. cable television network co-founded by Oprah Winfrey that features lifestyle, talk, and scripted programming aimed primarily at African American audiences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| OWN canonical | 15 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1922073 — 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: OWN Context triple: [OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, abbreviation, OWN]
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A.
OUS
OUS is the abbreviation for the Oregon University System, the former governing body for public universities in the U.S. state of Oregon.
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B.
UNON
UNON is the United Nations Office at Nairobi, a major UN headquarters in Africa that hosts and supports numerous UN agencies and programs.
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C.
You
"You" refers to the collective community of internet users whose user-generated content and online collaboration transformed media, culture, and communication in the digital age.
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D.
.no
.no is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Norway for use in its internet addresses.
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E.
WN
WN is the IATA airline designator used to identify Southwest Airlines in flight schedules, ticketing, and aviation operations.
- 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: OWN Target entity description: OWN is a U.S. cable television network co-founded by Oprah Winfrey that features lifestyle, talk, and scripted programming aimed primarily at African American audiences.
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A.
OUS
OUS is the abbreviation for the Oregon University System, the former governing body for public universities in the U.S. state of Oregon.
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B.
UNON
UNON is the United Nations Office at Nairobi, a major UN headquarters in Africa that hosts and supports numerous UN agencies and programs.
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C.
You
"You" refers to the collective community of internet users whose user-generated content and online collaboration transformed media, culture, and communication in the digital age.
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D.
.no
.no is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Norway for use in its internet addresses.
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E.
WN
WN is the IATA airline designator used to identify Southwest Airlines in flight schedules, ticketing, and aviation operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American television network
ⓘ
cable television network ⓘ television channel ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Discovery, Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Discovery Communications
Harpo Studios ⓘ
surface form:
Harpo Productions
|
| availableOn |
cable television providers in the United States
ⓘ
satellite television providers in the United States ⓘ streaming television services ⓘ |
| broadcastArea |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| broadcastFormat | cable television ⓘ |
| coFoundedBy | Oprah Winfrey ⓘ |
| coOwnedBy |
Harpo Films
ⓘ
surface form:
Harpo, Inc.
Warner Bros. Discovery ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributionPlatform |
TV Everywhere apps
ⓘ
linear television ⓘ video on demand ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
African American culture
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ self-improvement ⓘ spirituality ⓘ |
| fullName |
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
ⓘ
surface form:
Oprah Winfrey Network
|
| hasBrand | OWN TV ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
drama series
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lifestyle programming ⓘ reality television ⓘ scripted programming ⓘ talk shows ⓘ |
| hasKeyPerson | Oprah Winfrey ⓘ |
| hasNotableProgram |
Greenleaf
ⓘ
Iyanla: Fix My Life ⓘ Oprah’s Master Class ⓘ Queen Sugar ⓘ Super Soul Sunday ⓘ The Haves and the Have Nots ⓘ |
| hasProgrammingType |
acquired programming
ⓘ
original programming ⓘ |
| hasSlogan |
Live Your Best Life
ⓘ
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network ⓘ
surface form:
The New Oprah Winfrey Network
|
| hasWebsite | https://www.oprah.com/app/own-tv.html ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| launchedAs | rebranded channel from Discovery Health Channel ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Oprah Winfrey ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ownedBy | OWN LLC ⓘ |
| previousHeadquartersLocation |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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surface form:
Chicago, Illinois
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| targetAudience |
African American audiences
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women ⓘ |
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: OWN Description of subject: OWN is a U.S. cable television network co-founded by Oprah Winfrey that features lifestyle, talk, and scripted programming aimed primarily at African American audiences.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.