VIAB
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VIAB was the NASDAQ stock ticker symbol for Viacom Inc., a major American media conglomerate known for owning networks such as MTV, Nickelodeon, and Comedy Central.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VIAB canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10598780 — 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: VIAB Context triple: [Viacom, tickerSymbol, VIAB]
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A.
VIAG
VIAG was a major German industrial and energy conglomerate that later merged into E.ON.
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B.
VIAG
VIAG is the ICAO airport code for Agra Airport, a public and military airfield serving the city of Agra in Uttar Pradesh, India.
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C.
VIAM
VIAM is the ICAO airport code for Ambala Air Force Station, a major Indian Air Force base located in Ambala, Haryana, India.
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D.
VIAR
VIAR is the ICAO airport code for Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport serving Amritsar, India.
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E.
Via
Via is a popular bar and nightclub located in Manchester’s Gay Village, known for its lively atmosphere and LGBTQ+ friendly environment.
- 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: VIAB Target entity description: VIAB was the NASDAQ stock ticker symbol for Viacom Inc., a major American media conglomerate known for owning networks such as MTV, Nickelodeon, and Comedy Central.
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A.
VIAG
VIAG was a major German industrial and energy conglomerate that later merged into E.ON.
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B.
VIAG
VIAG is the ICAO airport code for Agra Airport, a public and military airfield serving the city of Agra in Uttar Pradesh, India.
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C.
VIAM
VIAM is the ICAO airport code for Ambala Air Force Station, a major Indian Air Force base located in Ambala, Haryana, India.
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D.
VIAR
VIAR is the ICAO airport code for Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport serving Amritsar, India.
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E.
Via
Via is a popular bar and nightclub located in Manchester’s Gay Village, known for its lively atmosphere and LGBTQ+ friendly environment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
media conglomerate
ⓘ
public company ⓘ stock ticker symbol ⓘ |
| associatedCompanyCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedCompanyHeadquartersLocation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedCompanyName | Viacom Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedCompanyPredecessorOf | ViacomCBS Inc. GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedCompanyType |
media conglomerate
ⓘ
public company ⓘ |
| associatedIndustry |
entertainment
ⓘ
media ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| exchangeSymbol | NASDAQ:VIAB NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormerTickerSymbol | VIAB NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| listedOn | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| mergedInto | ViacomCBS Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatesInIndustry |
entertainment
ⓘ
media ⓘ |
| owns |
BET
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CMT NERFINISHED ⓘ Comedy Central NERFINISHED ⓘ MTV NERFINISHED ⓘ Nickelodeon NERFINISHED ⓘ Paramount Network NERFINISHED ⓘ TV Land NERFINISHED ⓘ VH1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represents | Viacom Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | former ticker symbol ⓘ |
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: VIAB Description of subject: VIAB was the NASDAQ stock ticker symbol for Viacom Inc., a major American media conglomerate known for owning networks such as MTV, Nickelodeon, and Comedy Central.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.