WHDH-TV
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WHDH-TV is a Boston-based television station historically known as a major local news outlet and an early employer of prominent journalists such as Tom Brokaw.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3998226 — 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: WHDH-TV Context triple: [Tom Brokaw, employer, WHDH-TV]
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A.
WHDH radio
WHDH radio was a Boston-based radio station best known as the longtime home of legendary Boston Celtics broadcaster Johnny Most.
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B.
WCVB-TV
WCVB-TV is a Boston-based television station serving as the ABC network affiliate for the Greater Boston area.
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C.
WBZ-TV
WBZ-TV is a Boston-based television station that serves as a major local broadcaster and CBS affiliate in the New England region.
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D.
WFXT
WFXT is a Boston-based television station affiliated with the Fox network and serving the Greater Boston area.
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E.
WABI-TV
WABI-TV is a long-running CBS-affiliated television station serving the Bangor, Maine market with local news, weather, and entertainment programming.
- 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: WHDH-TV Target entity description: WHDH-TV is a Boston-based television station historically known as a major local news outlet and an early employer of prominent journalists such as Tom Brokaw.
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A.
WHDH radio
WHDH radio was a Boston-based radio station best known as the longtime home of legendary Boston Celtics broadcaster Johnny Most.
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B.
WCVB-TV
WCVB-TV is a Boston-based television station serving as the ABC network affiliate for the Greater Boston area.
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C.
WBZ-TV
WBZ-TV is a Boston-based television station that serves as a major local broadcaster and CBS affiliate in the New England region.
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D.
WFXT
WFXT is a Boston-based television station affiliated with the Fox network and serving the Greater Boston area.
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E.
WABI-TV
WABI-TV is a long-running CBS-affiliated television station serving the Bangor, Maine market with local news, weather, and entertainment programming.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
broadcast television station
ⓘ
television station ⓘ |
| branding | 7News ⓘ |
| broadcastStandard | ATSC ⓘ |
| callsign | WHDH-TV self-link ⓘ |
| city |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfBroadcast |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| digitalChannel | 35 ⓘ |
| dmaRank |
Boston
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston (Manchester) DMA
|
| facilityId | 72145 ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://whdh.com/ ⓘ |
| historicallyKnownFor | major local news outlet in Boston ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Boston-area breaking news coverage
ⓘ
extensive local newscasts ⓘ |
| languageOfBroadcast | English ⓘ |
| licensedToServe | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| licensee |
Sunbeam Television
ⓘ
surface form:
Sunbeam Television Corporation
|
| market | Boston television market ⓘ |
| mediaType | television ⓘ |
| networkAffiliationHistory |
CBS
ⓘ
NBC ⓘ independent station ⓘ |
| notableFormerEmployee | Tom Brokaw ⓘ |
| owner | Sunbeam Television ⓘ |
| primaryContent |
entertainment programming
ⓘ
local news ⓘ syndicated programming ⓘ |
| programmingFocus |
local news coverage
ⓘ
regional weather coverage ⓘ sports coverage ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| regulatoryAuthority | Federal Communications Commission ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
eastern Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Massachusetts
Greater Boston ⓘ Northern Rhode Island ⓘ southern New Hampshire ⓘ
surface form:
Southern New Hampshire
|
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| stationClass | full-power television station ⓘ |
| transmitterLocation | Needham, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| virtualChannel | 7 ⓘ |
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: WHDH-TV Description of subject: WHDH-TV is a Boston-based television station historically known as a major local news outlet and an early employer of prominent journalists such as Tom Brokaw.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
WHDH