NBC
E2196
NBC is a major American broadcast television network known for its nationwide programming, including news, sports, and entertainment.
All labels observed (40)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T28811 — 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: NBC Context triple: [NFC East, televisionNetworkCoverage, NBC]
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A.
KRLD-TV
KRLD-TV is a Dallas–Fort Worth television station historically known for its local news coverage and role in reporting major events such as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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B.
Atlantic Media
Atlantic Media is an American media company best known for owning and operating influential publications such as The Atlantic.
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C.
Tennessee Valley Authority
The Tennessee Valley Authority is a federally owned U.S. corporation created during the New Deal to provide regional economic development, flood control, and electricity generation in the Tennessee Valley.
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D.
Rogers
Rogers is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as science, politics, entertainment, and sports.
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E.
Time Inc.
Time Inc. was a major American media company best known for publishing influential magazines such as Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune.
- 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: NBC Target entity description: NBC is a major American broadcast television network known for its nationwide programming, including news, sports, and entertainment.
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A.
KRLD-TV
KRLD-TV is a Dallas–Fort Worth television station historically known for its local news coverage and role in reporting major events such as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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B.
Atlantic Media
Atlantic Media is an American media company best known for owning and operating influential publications such as The Atlantic.
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C.
Tennessee Valley Authority
The Tennessee Valley Authority is a federally owned U.S. corporation created during the New Deal to provide regional economic development, flood control, and electricity generation in the Tennessee Valley.
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D.
Rogers
Rogers is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as science, politics, entertainment, and sports.
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E.
Time Inc.
Time Inc. was a major American media company best known for publishing influential magazines such as Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
broadcast television network
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commercial television network ⓘ television channel ⓘ television network ⓘ |
| brandSymbol |
NBC
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
NBC peacock
|
| broadcastFormat | high-definition television ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributionPlatform |
cable television
ⓘ
internet streaming ⓘ over-the-air broadcast ⓘ satellite television ⓘ |
| flagshipStation | WNBC ⓘ |
| formerOwner |
General Electric
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Radio Corporation of America ⓘ Westinghouse Electric Corporation ⓘ |
| founder | Radio Corporation of America ⓘ |
| fullName |
NBC
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
National Broadcasting Company
|
| headquartersLocation |
Rockefeller Center
ⓘ
surface form:
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York City ⓘ |
| inception | 1926 ⓘ |
| industry |
broadcasting
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mass media ⓘ television ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| logoDescription | stylized peacock with multicolored feathers ⓘ |
| majorCompetitor |
ABC
ⓘ
CBS ⓘ Fox Broadcasting Company ⓘ |
| networkType |
broadcast television network
ⓘ
commercial network ⓘ |
| notableProgram |
NBC Nightly News
ⓘ
Saturday Night Live ⓘ The Tonight Show ⓘ Today ⓘ |
| owner | Comcast ⓘ |
| owns |
NBC
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
NBC Entertainment
NBC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
NBC News
NBC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
NBC Sports
|
| parentCompany | NBCUniversal ⓘ |
| programmingType |
comedy series
ⓘ
drama series ⓘ entertainment ⓘ late-night talk shows ⓘ news ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
nationwide ⓘ |
| slogan | This is NBC ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
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: NBC Description of subject: NBC is a major American broadcast television network known for its nationwide programming, including news, sports, and entertainment.
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