WMTW
E725454
WMTW is a television station serving the Portland, Maine market, known primarily as the local ABC network affiliate.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WMTW canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8305679 — 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: WMTW Context triple: [WCVB-TV, sisterStation, WMTW]
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A.
WTN
WTN is the IATA airport code for RAF Waddington, a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England.
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B.
WABI-TV
WABI-TV is a long-running CBS-affiliated television station serving the Bangor, Maine market with local news, weather, and entertainment programming.
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C.
WTW
WTW is the abbreviation for "Walking Together on the Way," an ecumenical document focused on fostering unity and dialogue among Christian traditions.
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D.
WTVT
WTVT is a Fox-affiliated television station serving the Tampa Bay, Florida market.
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E.
WPHT
WPHT is a Philadelphia-based AM talk radio station known for its news, talk, and opinion 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: WMTW Target entity description: WMTW is a television station serving the Portland, Maine market, known primarily as the local ABC network affiliate.
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A.
WTN
WTN is the IATA airport code for RAF Waddington, a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England.
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B.
WABI-TV
WABI-TV is a long-running CBS-affiliated television station serving the Bangor, Maine market with local news, weather, and entertainment programming.
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C.
WTW
WTW is the abbreviation for "Walking Together on the Way," an ecumenical document focused on fostering unity and dialogue among Christian traditions.
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D.
WTVT
WTVT is a Fox-affiliated television station serving the Tampa Bay, Florida market.
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E.
WPHT
WPHT is a Philadelphia-based AM talk radio station known for its news, talk, and opinion programming.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
broadcast television station
ⓘ
television station ⓘ |
| affiliateOf | ABC News NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branding | WMTW 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastAreaIncludes |
Lewiston–Auburn, Maine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Portland, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of New Hampshire ⓘ parts of southern Maine ⓘ |
| broadcastLanguage | English ⓘ |
| broadcastsInFormat | high-definition television ⓘ |
| broadcastStandard | ATSC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastsTo | Portland, Maine designated market area ⓘ |
| callsignMeaning | Mount Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityOfLicense | Poland Spring, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contentGenre |
entertainment
ⓘ
news ⓘ sports ⓘ weather ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| digitalChannel | 8 ⓘ |
| facilityType | full-power television station ⓘ |
| formerCityOfLicense | Poland Spring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCallsign | WMTW NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNewscastBrand | WMTW News 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSisterStation | WPXT NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.wmtw.com/ ⓘ |
| licensedToServe | Poland Spring, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| marketRank | Portland–Auburn television market NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | television ⓘ |
| networkAffiliation | ABC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Hearst Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Hearst Communications NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryAffiliation | ABC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programmingIncludes |
ABC network programming
ⓘ
local news ⓘ sports coverage ⓘ syndicated entertainment shows ⓘ weather forecasts ⓘ |
| programmingType | general entertainment ⓘ |
| regulatoryAuthority | Federal Communications Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesState | Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesTelevisionMarket | Portland, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Portland, Maine television market
ⓘ
Southern Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stationType | commercial television station ⓘ |
| transmissionMedium | terrestrial television ⓘ |
| virtualChannel | 8 ⓘ |
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: WMTW Description of subject: WMTW is a television station serving the Portland, Maine market, known primarily as the local ABC network affiliate.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.