Adult Swim
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Adult Swim is a late-night programming block known for its offbeat, adult-oriented animated and live-action shows, airing on the Cartoon Network channel.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adult Swim canonical | 40 |
| Adult Swim original programming | 2 |
| Adult Swim (programming block) | 1 |
| Adult Swim Games | 1 |
| Adult Swim late-night programming block | 1 |
| Adult Swim programming block | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T866031 — 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: Adult Swim Context triple: [Cartoon Network, hasBlock, Adult Swim]
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A.
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is an American cable television channel known for airing animated series and original cartoons for children and young audiences.
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B.
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television channel known for its stand-up specials, sketch shows, and satirical series such as The Daily Show and South Park.
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C.
FXX
FXX is an American cable television channel owned by FX Networks that primarily airs comedy series and adult-oriented entertainment.
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D.
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is a global cable and satellite television network owned by The Walt Disney Company, best known for its family-oriented programming, original series, and movies aimed primarily at children and teenagers.
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E.
Disney XD
Disney XD is a children’s and teen-oriented television channel and brand from The Walt Disney Company, known for its animated and live-action adventure and comedy 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: Adult Swim Target entity description: Adult Swim is a late-night programming block known for its offbeat, adult-oriented animated and live-action shows, airing on the Cartoon Network channel.
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A.
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is an American cable television channel known for airing animated series and original cartoons for children and young audiences.
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B.
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television channel known for its stand-up specials, sketch shows, and satirical series such as The Daily Show and South Park.
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C.
FXX
FXX is an American cable television channel owned by FX Networks that primarily airs comedy series and adult-oriented entertainment.
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D.
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is a global cable and satellite television network owned by The Walt Disney Company, best known for its family-oriented programming, original series, and movies aimed primarily at children and teenagers.
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E.
Disney XD
Disney XD is a children’s and teen-oriented television channel and brand from The Walt Disney Company, known for its animated and live-action adventure and comedy programming.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
brand
ⓘ
television programming block ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | cable television ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | Cartoon Network ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributionPlatform | cable television in the United States ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| flagshipShow |
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
ⓘ
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law ⓘ Metalocalypse ⓘ Rick and Morty ⓘ Robot Chicken ⓘ Space Ghost Coast to Coast ⓘ Squidbillies ⓘ The Eric Andre Show ⓘ The Venture Bros. ⓘ Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! ⓘ |
| hasBlock | Toonami ⓘ |
| hasBrandExtension |
Adult Swim
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Adult Swim Games
Adult Swim music releases ⓘ Adult Swim streaming apps ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
adult animation
ⓘ
anime programming block ⓘ comedy ⓘ live-action comedy ⓘ satire ⓘ sketch comedy ⓘ |
| hasProgrammingType |
animated series
ⓘ
anime ⓘ live-action series ⓘ short films ⓘ specials ⓘ |
| knownFor |
adult-oriented animation
ⓘ
experimental programming ⓘ offbeat humor ⓘ surreal comedy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2001-09-02 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Cartoon Network ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Warner Bros. Discovery ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Warner Bros. Discovery
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros. Discovery Networks
|
| partOf |
Cartoon Network
ⓘ
surface form:
Cartoon Network (United States)
|
| region | North America ⓘ |
| style |
absurdist humor
ⓘ
alternative comedy ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adults ⓘ |
| timeSlot | late night ⓘ |
| typicalContentRating |
TV-14
ⓘ
TV-MA ⓘ |
| website | https://www.adultswim.com ⓘ |
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: Adult Swim Description of subject: Adult Swim is a late-night programming block known for its offbeat, adult-oriented animated and live-action shows, airing on the Cartoon Network channel.
Referenced by (46)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Max
this entity surface form:
Adult Swim Games
this entity surface form:
Adult Swim (programming block)
this entity surface form:
Adult Swim original programming
this entity surface form:
Adult Swim original programming
this entity surface form:
Adult Swim late-night programming block