Cosmos franchise
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The Cosmos franchise is a popular science documentary series brand, best known for its visually rich, narrative-driven explorations of the universe and the history of scientific discovery.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cosmos franchise canonical | 9 |
| Cosmos | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T472555 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Cosmos franchise Context triple: [The Edge of Forever, isPartOfFranchise, Cosmos franchise]
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A.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey is a 2014 science documentary television series hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson that explores the universe, scientific discovery, and the laws of nature using modern visual effects and storytelling.
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B.
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a landmark 1980 science documentary television series that explores the universe, science, and humanity’s place in the cosmos, hosted and co-written by astronomer Carl Sagan.
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C.
Cosmos: Possible Worlds
Cosmos: Possible Worlds is a science documentary series, presented by Neil deGrasse Tyson and produced by Ann Druyan, that explores the universe, scientific discovery, and humanity’s future through visually rich storytelling.
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D.
Cosmos (book)
Cosmos is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores the universe, the history of science, and humanity’s place in the cosmos.
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E.
Carl Sagan Productions
Carl Sagan Productions is a media company founded by astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan, best known for producing educational science content such as the landmark television series "Cosmos."
- 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: Cosmos franchise Target entity description: The Cosmos franchise is a popular science documentary series brand, best known for its visually rich, narrative-driven explorations of the universe and the history of scientific discovery.
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A.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey is a 2014 science documentary television series hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson that explores the universe, scientific discovery, and the laws of nature using modern visual effects and storytelling.
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B.
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a landmark 1980 science documentary television series that explores the universe, science, and humanity’s place in the cosmos, hosted and co-written by astronomer Carl Sagan.
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C.
Cosmos: Possible Worlds
Cosmos: Possible Worlds is a science documentary series, presented by Neil deGrasse Tyson and produced by Ann Druyan, that explores the universe, scientific discovery, and humanity’s future through visually rich storytelling.
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D.
Cosmos (book)
Cosmos is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores the universe, the history of science, and humanity’s place in the cosmos.
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E.
Carl Sagan Productions
Carl Sagan Productions is a media company founded by astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan, best known for producing educational science content such as the landmark television series "Cosmos."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
popular science media brand
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science documentary franchise ⓘ science documentary television series ⓘ science documentary television series ⓘ science documentary television series ⓘ |
| aimsTo | popularize science for a general audience ⓘ |
| coCreator |
Ann Druyan
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Carl Sagan ⓘ Steven Soter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Ann Druyan ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Ann Druyan
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Brannon Braga ⓘ Seth MacFarlane ⓘ |
| genre |
educational television
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science documentary ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
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Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey ⓘ Cosmos: Possible Worlds ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
astronomy
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cosmology ⓘ history of science ⓘ scientific method ⓘ |
| medium |
home video
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streaming video ⓘ television ⓘ |
| notableFor |
narrative-driven exploration of the universe
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visually rich presentation of scientific concepts ⓘ |
| notablePerson |
Ann Druyan
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Carl Sagan ⓘ Neil deGrasse Tyson ⓘ Seth MacFarlane ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes |
13
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13 ⓘ 13 ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
Fox
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National Geographic (TV channels) ⓘ
surface form:
National Geographic Channel
National Geographic (TV channels) ⓘ
surface form:
National Geographic Channel
PBS ⓘ |
| originalReleaseStart |
1980
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2014 ⓘ 2020 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cosmos franchise
self-linksurface differs
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Cosmos franchise self-linksurface differs ⓘ Cosmos franchise self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| presenter |
Carl Sagan
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Neil deGrasse Tyson ⓘ Neil deGrasse Tyson ⓘ |
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: Cosmos franchise Description of subject: The Cosmos franchise is a popular science documentary series brand, best known for its visually rich, narrative-driven explorations of the universe and the history of scientific discovery.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cosmos
this entity surface form:
Cosmos
this entity surface form:
Cosmos
this entity surface form:
Cosmos
subject surface form:
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
subject surface form:
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
subject surface form:
Cosmos: Possible Worlds