ESPN family of networks
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The ESPN family of networks is a group of American sports television channels and digital platforms owned by The Walt Disney Company that broadcast a wide range of live sporting events, news, and analysis.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ESPN networks | 20 |
| ESPN family of networks canonical | 7 |
| ESPN platforms | 1 |
| ESPN production teams | 1 |
| ESPN television network | 1 |
| United States sports networks | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T725460 — 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: ESPN family of networks Context triple: [USL Championship, broadcastPartner, ESPN family of networks]
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A.
NFL Network
NFL Network is a cable and streaming television channel owned by the National Football League that provides 24/7 coverage of NFL games, news, analysis, and original programming.
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B.
Fox Sports
Fox Sports is a major American sports television network and media brand known for broadcasting professional and collegiate sports, including NFL, MLB, and college football.
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C.
Turner Sports
Turner Sports is a major American sports media division known for producing and broadcasting high-profile events across networks like TNT, TBS, and truTV.
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D.
NBC Sports
NBC Sports is the sports division of the NBC television network, known for producing and broadcasting major sporting events such as NFL games, the Olympics, and Premier League soccer.
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E.
CBS Sports
CBS Sports is the sports division of the CBS television network, known for broadcasting major American sporting events including NFL games, college football and basketball, and golf tournaments.
- 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: ESPN family of networks Target entity description: The ESPN family of networks is a group of American sports television channels and digital platforms owned by The Walt Disney Company that broadcast a wide range of live sporting events, news, and analysis.
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A.
NFL Network
NFL Network is a cable and streaming television channel owned by the National Football League that provides 24/7 coverage of NFL games, news, analysis, and original programming.
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B.
Fox Sports
Fox Sports is a major American sports television network and media brand known for broadcasting professional and collegiate sports, including NFL, MLB, and college football.
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C.
Turner Sports
Turner Sports is a major American sports media division known for producing and broadcasting high-profile events across networks like TNT, TBS, and truTV.
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D.
NBC Sports
NBC Sports is the sports division of the NBC television network, known for producing and broadcasting major sporting events such as NFL games, the Olympics, and Premier League soccer.
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E.
CBS Sports
CBS Sports is the sports division of the CBS television network, known for broadcasting major American sporting events including NFL games, college football and basketball, and golf tournaments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
sports media brand
ⓘ
television network group ⓘ |
| brandOwner |
ESPN
ⓘ
surface form:
ESPN Inc.
|
| broadcastsContentType |
documentary programming
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live sports events ⓘ sports analysis ⓘ sports news ⓘ sports talk shows ⓘ |
| coFounderCompany | Hearst Communications ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coversSport |
American football
ⓘ
baseball ⓘ basketball ⓘ college sports ⓘ golf ⓘ mixed martial arts ⓘ soccer ⓘ tennis ⓘ |
| distributionMethod |
cable providers
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over-the-top streaming services ⓘ satellite providers ⓘ |
| genre | sports television ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Bristol, Connecticut ⓘ |
| includesChannel |
ACC Network
ⓘ
ESPN ⓘ ESPN Bases Loaded ⓘ ESPN Classic ⓘ ESPN Deportes ⓘ ESPN3 ⓘ
surface form:
ESPN Goal Line
ESPN on ABC ⓘ ESPN2 ⓘ ESPNU ⓘ ESPNews ⓘ Longhorn Network ⓘ SEC Network ⓘ |
| includesService |
ESPN app
ⓘ
surface form:
ESPN App
ESPN+ (streaming service) ⓘ ESPN.com ⓘ |
| industry |
mass media
ⓘ
sports broadcasting ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableProgramBrand |
College GameDay
ⓘ
Monday Night Football coverage ⓘ SportsCenter ⓘ |
| owner | The Walt Disney Company ⓘ |
| parentCompany | The Walt Disney Company ⓘ |
| platformType |
cable television
ⓘ
satellite television ⓘ streaming media ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
international ⓘ |
| targetAudience | sports fans ⓘ |
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: ESPN family of networks Description of subject: The ESPN family of networks is a group of American sports television channels and digital platforms owned by The Walt Disney Company that broadcast a wide range of live sporting events, news, and analysis.
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