United Artists Theatres
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United Artists Theatres was a major American movie theater chain that became part of Regal Entertainment Group, operating multiplex cinemas across the United States.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United Artists Theatres canonical | 9 |
| General Cinema Corporation | 1 |
| United Artists Theatre Circuit | 1 |
| Warner Bros. theatre circuit | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T414662 — 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: United Artists Theatres Context triple: [Regal Entertainment Group, brand, United Artists Theatres]
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A.
United Artists
United Artists is an American film and television entertainment studio historically known for giving filmmakers creative control and producing influential, artist-driven movies.
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B.
Zanuck/Brown Company
Zanuck/Brown Company was a prominent American film production company best known for producing blockbuster hits such as Steven Spielberg’s "Jaws."
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C.
RKO Radio Pictures
RKO Radio Pictures was a major Hollywood film studio of the 1930s and 1940s, known for producing classic movies including landmark monster, musical, and film noir films.
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D.
Samuel Goldwyn Company
Samuel Goldwyn Company is an American film production and distribution company known for producing and releasing a wide range of independent and mainstream movies.
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E.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is a historic American film studio renowned for its classic Hollywood productions and iconic roaring lion logo.
- 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: United Artists Theatres Target entity description: United Artists Theatres was a major American movie theater chain that became part of Regal Entertainment Group, operating multiplex cinemas across the United States.
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A.
United Artists
United Artists is an American film and television entertainment studio historically known for giving filmmakers creative control and producing influential, artist-driven movies.
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B.
Zanuck/Brown Company
Zanuck/Brown Company was a prominent American film production company best known for producing blockbuster hits such as Steven Spielberg’s "Jaws."
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C.
RKO Radio Pictures
RKO Radio Pictures was a major Hollywood film studio of the 1930s and 1940s, known for producing classic movies including landmark monster, musical, and film noir films.
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D.
Samuel Goldwyn Company
Samuel Goldwyn Company is an American film production and distribution company known for producing and releasing a wide range of independent and mainstream movies.
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E.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is a historic American film studio renowned for its classic Hollywood productions and iconic roaring lion logo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
ⓘ
movie theater chain ⓘ |
| brandOf | Regal Entertainment Group ⓘ |
| businessModel | first-run movie exhibition ⓘ |
| category |
Cinema chains in the United States
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Defunct movie theater chains in the United States ⓘ Regal Entertainment Group ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fate |
acquired by Regal Entertainment Group
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brand absorbed into Regal Cinemas ⓘ |
| formerType | public company ⓘ |
| hadBusinessForm | corporation ⓘ |
| industry |
entertainment
ⓘ
movie theater ⓘ |
| languageOfOperation | English ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| mergedInto | Regal Entertainment Group ⓘ |
| notableFor | operating multiplex movie theaters ⓘ |
| operated | multiplex cinemas ⓘ |
| operatedAs |
United Artists Theatres
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
United Artists Theatre Circuit
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| operatedIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| ownedBy | Regal Entertainment Group ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Regal Entertainment Group ⓘ |
| partOf | Regal Entertainment Group ⓘ |
| sector | cinema chain ⓘ |
| served | moviegoers in the United States ⓘ |
| serviceType |
cinema operation
ⓘ
film exhibition ⓘ |
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: United Artists Theatres Description of subject: United Artists Theatres was a major American movie theater chain that became part of Regal Entertainment Group, operating multiplex cinemas across the United States.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
General Cinema Corporation
this entity surface form:
United Artists Theatre Circuit
this entity surface form:
Warner Bros. theatre circuit