ABC Sports (historical brand)
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ABC Sports (historical brand) was the sports division and on-air branding of the American Broadcasting Company that produced and broadcast major sporting events, including the iconic "Wide World of Sports."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ABC News and Sports division (historically) | 1 |
| ABC Sports | 1 |
| ABC Sports (historical brand) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T183914 — 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)
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Target entity: ABC Sports (historical brand) Context triple: [ABC, hasService, ABC Sports (historical brand)]
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A.
Turner Sports
Turner Sports is a major American sports media division known for producing and broadcasting high-profile events across networks like TNT, TBS, and truTV.
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B.
CBS Sports
CBS Sports is the sports division of the CBS television network, known for broadcasting major American sporting events including NFL games, college football and basketball, and golf tournaments.
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C.
Fox Sports
Fox Sports is a major American sports television network and media brand known for broadcasting professional and collegiate sports, including NFL, MLB, and college football.
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D.
Eurosport
Eurosport is a pan-European sports television network and streaming platform known for broadcasting a wide range of international sporting events, including major tournaments and Olympic Games.
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E.
NBC Sports
NBC Sports is the sports division of the NBC television network, known for producing and broadcasting major sporting events such as NFL games, the Olympics, and Premier League soccer.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: ABC Sports (historical brand) Target entity description: ABC Sports (historical brand) was the sports division and on-air branding of the American Broadcasting Company that produced and broadcast major sporting events, including the iconic "Wide World of Sports."
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A.
Turner Sports
Turner Sports is a major American sports media division known for producing and broadcasting high-profile events across networks like TNT, TBS, and truTV.
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B.
CBS Sports
CBS Sports is the sports division of the CBS television network, known for broadcasting major American sporting events including NFL games, college football and basketball, and golf tournaments.
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C.
Fox Sports
Fox Sports is a major American sports television network and media brand known for broadcasting professional and collegiate sports, including NFL, MLB, and college football.
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D.
Eurosport
Eurosport is a pan-European sports television network and streaming platform known for broadcasting a wide range of international sporting events, including major tournaments and Olympic Games.
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E.
NBC Sports
NBC Sports is the sports division of the NBC television network, known for producing and broadcasting major sporting events such as NFL games, the Olympics, and Premier League soccer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
sports division
ⓘ
sports television brand ⓘ television production unit ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Roone Arledge ⓘ |
| brandingUsedOn |
ABC Sports
ⓘ
surface form:
ABC sports telecasts
|
| brandOf | American Broadcasting Company ⓘ |
| broadcast |
ABC Sports
ⓘ
surface form:
ABC's Wide World of Sports
Monday Night Football ⓘ NBA games ⓘ Olympic Games coverage ⓘ college football games ⓘ |
| broadcastArea | national ⓘ |
| broadcastLanguage | English ⓘ |
| broadcastMedium | television ⓘ |
| category |
American sports television production companies
ⓘ
defunct sports television brand ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre | sports television ⓘ |
| industry |
sports broadcasting
ⓘ
television production ⓘ |
| integratedInto | ESPN ⓘ |
| network | ABC ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconic sports theme music
ⓘ
innovative sports broadcasting techniques ⓘ long-running anthology series ABC's Wide World of Sports ⓘ |
| notableProgram |
ABC Sports
ⓘ
surface form:
ABC's Wide World of Sports
|
| notableSlogan | The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ownedBy |
American Broadcasting Company
ⓘ
The Walt Disney Company ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | American Broadcasting Company ⓘ |
| partOf | American Broadcasting Company ⓘ |
| produced |
ABC Sports
ⓘ
surface form:
ABC's Wide World of Sports
Monday Night Football ⓘ NBA on ABC broadcasts ⓘ Olympic Games coverage ⓘ auto racing broadcasts ⓘ boxing broadcasts ⓘ college football broadcasts ⓘ golf tournament broadcasts ⓘ |
| programFormat |
live sports events
ⓘ
sports anthology ⓘ |
| replacedBy | ESPN on ABC ⓘ |
| serviceType | sports coverage ⓘ |
| successor | ESPN on ABC ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
20th century
ⓘ
early 21st century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: ABC Sports (historical brand) Description of subject: ABC Sports (historical brand) was the sports division and on-air branding of the American Broadcasting Company that produced and broadcast major sporting events, including the iconic "Wide World of Sports."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ABC Sports
this entity surface form:
ABC News and Sports division (historically)