TBS
E771947
TBS is a major Japanese television network known for broadcasting a wide range of anime, dramas, and variety programs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| TBS canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9001896 — 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: TBS Context triple: [Durarara!!, originalNetwork, TBS]
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A.
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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B.
TBS
TBS is the United States Marine Corps’ primary officer training and education institution where newly commissioned officers learn the fundamentals of leading Marines.
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C.
TBS
TBS is the three-letter IATA airport code for Tbilisi International Airport, serving the capital city of Georgia.
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D.
Tohoku Broadcasting (TBC)
Tohoku Broadcasting (TBC) is a regional Japanese television and radio broadcaster based in Sendai, serving the Tohoku area with news, sports, and entertainment programming.
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E.
Tokyo Broadcasting Station
Tokyo Broadcasting Station was an early Japanese radio broadcaster that served as a forerunner to the modern public broadcaster NHK.
- 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: TBS Target entity description: TBS is a major Japanese television network known for broadcasting a wide range of anime, dramas, and variety programs.
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A.
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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B.
TBS
TBS is the United States Marine Corps’ primary officer training and education institution where newly commissioned officers learn the fundamentals of leading Marines.
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C.
TBS
TBS is the three-letter IATA airport code for Tbilisi International Airport, serving the capital city of Georgia.
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D.
Tohoku Broadcasting (TBC)
Tohoku Broadcasting (TBC) is a regional Japanese television and radio broadcaster based in Sendai, serving the Tohoku area with news, sports, and entertainment programming.
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E.
Tokyo Broadcasting Station
Tokyo Broadcasting Station was an early Japanese radio broadcaster that served as a forerunner to the modern public broadcaster NHK.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese company
ⓘ
broadcast television network ⓘ television network ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
TBS Television
NERFINISHED
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Tokyo Broadcasting System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beganTelevisionBroadcasting | 1955 ⓘ |
| broadcastArea | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastsInFormat | high-definition television ⓘ |
| broadcastStandard | digital terrestrial television ⓘ |
| callSign | JOKR-DTV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Tokyo ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| formerName | Radio Tokyo Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedAsBroadcaster | 1951 ⓘ |
| fullName | Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenreFocus |
animation
ⓘ
entertainment ⓘ fictional drama ⓘ reality and variety ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
BS-TBS
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
TBS Radio, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
mass media
ⓘ
television broadcasting ⓘ |
| languageOfBroadcast | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Minato, Tokyo, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketPosition | major private television network in Japan ⓘ |
| membership |
Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japan News Network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| networkType | terrestrial television network ⓘ |
| notableFor |
broadcasting anime series
ⓘ
broadcasting popular Japanese dramas ⓘ variety and entertainment programming ⓘ |
| notableProgramBlock | Animeism GENERATED ⓘ |
| operatesMedium |
cable channels
ⓘ
online streaming services ⓘ satellite channels ⓘ television ⓘ |
| owner | TBS Holdings, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentCompany | TBS Holdings, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryChannel | TBS Television (JOTX-DTV) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programmingType |
anime
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news programs ⓘ sports programs ⓘ television drama ⓘ variety shows ⓘ |
| region | Kantō region ⓘ |
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: TBS Description of subject: TBS is a major Japanese television network known for broadcasting a wide range of anime, dramas, and variety programs.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.