CBS
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CBS is a major American broadcast television network known for airing a wide range of popular news, sports, and entertainment programming nationwide.
All labels observed (30)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T28812 — 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: CBS Context triple: [NFC East, televisionNetworkCoverage, CBS]
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A.
NBC
NBC is a major American broadcast television network known for its nationwide programming, including news, sports, and entertainment.
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B.
TBS
TBS is an American cable television network known for airing comedy programming, movies, and major sports events, including NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament games.
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C.
Time Warner
Time Warner was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate known for owning prominent film, television, and publishing assets such as Warner Bros., HBO, and CNN.
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D.
YES Network
YES Network is a regional sports television channel best known as the primary broadcaster of New York Yankees games and other New York–area sports programming.
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E.
Fox
Fox is a major American broadcast television network known for airing NFL games, including extensive coverage of NFC East matchups.
- 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: CBS Target entity description: CBS is a major American broadcast television network known for airing a wide range of popular news, sports, and entertainment programming nationwide.
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A.
NBC
NBC is a major American broadcast television network known for its nationwide programming, including news, sports, and entertainment.
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B.
TBS
TBS is an American cable television network known for airing comedy programming, movies, and major sports events, including NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament games.
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C.
Time Warner
Time Warner was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate known for owning prominent film, television, and publishing assets such as Warner Bros., HBO, and CNN.
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D.
YES Network
YES Network is a regional sports television channel best known as the primary broadcaster of New York Yankees games and other New York–area sports programming.
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E.
Fox
Fox is a major American broadcast television network known for airing NFL games, including extensive coverage of NFC East matchups.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American television network
ⓘ
broadcast network ⓘ television network ⓘ |
| areaServed |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| broadcastFormat |
high-definition television
ⓘ
standard-definition television ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributionPlatform |
cable television
ⓘ
internet streaming ⓘ over-the-air broadcast ⓘ satellite television ⓘ |
| flagshipStation | WCBS-TV ⓘ |
| flagshipStationLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| formerName |
CBS
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Columbia Broadcasting System
|
| foundedBy |
Arthur Judson
ⓘ
William S. Paley ⓘ |
| fullName |
CBS
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Columbia Broadcasting System
|
| genre |
comedy series
ⓘ
drama series ⓘ late-night talk shows ⓘ news programming ⓘ reality television ⓘ sports programming ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
CBS Entertainment
ⓘ
CBS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
CBS News
CBS Sports ⓘ CBS Studios ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
New York
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| inception | 1927 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| logoFeature |
CBS
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
CBS eye logo
|
| networkType |
broadcast television network
ⓘ
commercial television network ⓘ |
| notableProgram |
60 Minutes
ⓘ
CBS Evening News ⓘ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ⓘ NCIS ⓘ Survivor ⓘ The Big Bang Theory ⓘ The Late Show ⓘ |
| notableSportsProperty |
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA March Madness
CBS Sports ⓘ
surface form:
NFL on CBS
Masters Tournament ⓘ
surface form:
The Masters Tournament
|
| originatedAs | radio network ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Paramount Global ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Paramount Global ⓘ |
| slogan | America’s Most Watched Network ⓘ |
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: CBS Description of subject: CBS is a major American broadcast television network known for airing a wide range of popular news, sports, and entertainment programming nationwide.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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this entity surface form:
CBS Television Network
subject surface form:
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subject surface form:
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this entity surface form:
CBS Television Network
subject surface form:
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