MLB Network
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MLB Network is an American television sports channel dedicated primarily to Major League Baseball coverage, including live games, analysis, and original programming.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MLB Network canonical | 41 |
| MLB Network Showcase | 2 |
| MLB Tonight | 2 |
| MLB Central | 1 |
| MLB Channel (working name) | 1 |
| MLB Network baseball coverage | 1 |
| MLB Network show "Studio 42 with Bob Costas" | 1 |
| MLB Now | 1 |
| New York Yankees game broadcasts | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T221861 — 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: MLB Network Context triple: [MLB Draft, broadcastOn, MLB Network]
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A.
MLB.TV
MLB.TV is Major League Baseball’s official online subscription service for live and on-demand streaming of out-of-market MLB games.
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B.
MiLB.TV streaming service
MiLB.TV is a subscription-based online streaming platform that provides live and on-demand video coverage of Minor League Baseball games.
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C.
Monumental Sports Network
Monumental Sports Network is a regional sports media platform that broadcasts and covers professional and collegiate teams in the Washington, D.C. area.
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D.
YES Network
YES Network is a regional sports television channel best known as the primary broadcaster of New York Yankees games and other New York–area sports programming.
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E.
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.
- 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: MLB Network Target entity description: MLB Network is an American television sports channel dedicated primarily to Major League Baseball coverage, including live games, analysis, and original programming.
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A.
MLB.TV
MLB.TV is Major League Baseball’s official online subscription service for live and on-demand streaming of out-of-market MLB games.
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B.
MiLB.TV streaming service
MiLB.TV is a subscription-based online streaming platform that provides live and on-demand video coverage of Minor League Baseball games.
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C.
Monumental Sports Network
Monumental Sports Network is a regional sports media platform that broadcasts and covers professional and collegiate teams in the Washington, D.C. area.
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D.
YES Network
YES Network is a regional sports television channel best known as the primary broadcaster of New York Yankees games and other New York–area sports programming.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cable television channel
ⓘ
satellite television channel ⓘ sports television network ⓘ |
| availableOn |
cable television systems in the United States
ⓘ
satellite television providers in the United States ⓘ streaming television services ⓘ |
| broadcastArea |
Canada
ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ Latin America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| employerOf |
Brian Kenny
ⓘ
Dan Plesac ⓘ Greg Amsinger ⓘ Harold Reynolds ⓘ Lauren Shehadi ⓘ |
| flagshipProgram |
MLB Network
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
MLB Tonight
|
| formerName |
MLB Network
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
MLB Channel (working name)
|
| formerPictureFormat | 480i SDTV ⓘ |
| genre |
baseball coverage
ⓘ
sports television ⓘ |
| hasSisterChannel |
MLB Network Radio
ⓘ
MLB Network Strike Zone ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Secaucus, New Jersey ⓘ |
| inception | 2009-01-01 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2009-01-01 ⓘ |
| logoUsedSince | 2016 ⓘ |
| notableProgram |
High Heat
ⓘ
Hot Stove ⓘ Intentional Talk ⓘ MLB Network self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
MLB Central
Quick Pitch ⓘ |
| owner | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Major League Baseball Advanced Media ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | 1080i HDTV ⓘ |
| primaryFocus | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| programmingIncludes |
documentaries
ⓘ
highlight shows ⓘ live Major League Baseball games ⓘ original programming ⓘ studio analysis shows ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
coverage of Baseball Hall of Fame elections
ⓘ
coverage of MLB Draft ⓘ coverage of MLB Spring Training ⓘ coverage of MLB postseason games ⓘ coverage of MLB regular season games ⓘ |
| website | https://www.mlbnetwork.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: MLB Network Description of subject: MLB Network is an American television sports channel dedicated primarily to Major League Baseball coverage, including live games, analysis, and original programming.
Referenced by (51)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
New York Yankees game broadcasts
this entity surface form:
MLB Tonight
this entity surface form:
MLB Central
this entity surface form:
MLB Channel (working name)
subject surface form:
All-Star Celebrity Softball Game
this entity surface form:
MLB Now
this entity surface form:
MLB Network baseball coverage
this entity surface form:
MLB Tonight
this entity surface form:
MLB Network Showcase
this entity surface form:
MLB Network Showcase
this entity surface form:
MLB Network show "Studio 42 with Bob Costas"