NHL on ABC
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NHL on ABC is an American television sports program that broadcasts National Hockey League games on the ABC network, often as part of ESPN’s NHL coverage package.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NHL on ABC canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4422145 — 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: NHL on ABC Context triple: [NHL on NBC, precededBy, NHL on ABC]
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A.
NHL on TNT
NHL on TNT is a U.S. television broadcast package that features live National Hockey League games, studio shows, and related coverage on the TNT cable network.
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B.
NHL on NBC (historical)
NHL on NBC (historical) was the branding for NBC’s national television coverage of National Hockey League games in the United States, most prominently from the mid-2000s until the early 2020s.
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C.
NHL Radio
NHL Radio is the official radio broadcast network of the National Hockey League, providing live audio coverage and commentary of NHL games and related events.
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D.
NHL on Versus
NHL on Versus was a U.S. cable television program that broadcast National Hockey League games and related coverage on the Versus network (later rebranded as NBCSN).
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E.
NHL.com
NHL.com is the official website of the National Hockey League, providing news, scores, statistics, video highlights, and team information for all NHL franchises.
- 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: NHL on ABC Target entity description: NHL on ABC is an American television sports program that broadcasts National Hockey League games on the ABC network, often as part of ESPN’s NHL coverage package.
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A.
NHL on TNT
NHL on TNT is a U.S. television broadcast package that features live National Hockey League games, studio shows, and related coverage on the TNT cable network.
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B.
NHL on NBC (historical)
NHL on NBC (historical) was the branding for NBC’s national television coverage of National Hockey League games in the United States, most prominently from the mid-2000s until the early 2020s.
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C.
NHL Radio
NHL Radio is the official radio broadcast network of the National Hockey League, providing live audio coverage and commentary of NHL games and related events.
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D.
NHL on Versus
NHL on Versus was a U.S. cable television program that broadcast National Hockey League games and related coverage on the Versus network (later rebranded as NBCSN).
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E.
NHL.com
NHL.com is the official website of the National Hockey League, providing news, scores, statistics, video highlights, and team information for all NHL franchises.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Hockey League television program
ⓘ
sports television program ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The NHL on ABC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithBrand | ESPN on ABC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | National Hockey League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastArea |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| broadcastRightsPeriod |
1992–1999 NHL national TV contract
ⓘ
1999–2004 NHL national TV contract ⓘ 2021–2028 NHL U.S. media rights deal ⓘ |
| broadcasts | National Hockey League games ⓘ |
| broadcastsEvent |
NHL playoff games
ⓘ
NHL regular season games ⓘ Stanley Cup Finals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commentaryStyle | play-by-play and color commentary ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributionPlatform |
cable and satellite via local ABC affiliates
ⓘ
over-the-air television ⓘ streaming via ESPN-related services ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1993 ⓘ |
| genre |
ice hockey on television
ⓘ
sports broadcasting ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
1990s American sports television series
ⓘ
2000s American sports television series ⓘ 2020s American sports television series ⓘ ABC Sports NERFINISHED ⓘ American sports television series ⓘ National Hockey League on television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
intermission reports
ⓘ
live sports telecast ⓘ postgame show ⓘ studio pregame show ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| network | ABC ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| partOf | ESPN NHL coverage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | high-definition television ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
ABC Sports
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ESPN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Hockey Night in Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NHL on ESPN NERFINISHED ⓘ NHL on NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ The NHL on TNT NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| returnedToAir | 2021 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | coverage of National Hockey League in the United States ⓘ |
| targetAudience | ice hockey fans ⓘ |
| typicalRuntime | approximately 3 hours ⓘ |
| usesGraphicsPackageFrom | ESPN NHL coverage ⓘ |
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: NHL on ABC Description of subject: NHL on ABC is an American television sports program that broadcasts National Hockey League games on the ABC network, often as part of ESPN’s NHL coverage package.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
NHL on NBC