TBS
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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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| TBS canonical | 91 |
| TBS (TV network) | 1 |
| TBS (later American Dad! network) | 1 |
| TBS Productions | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T31157 — 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: [NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, televisionNetwork, TBS]
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A.
NYK
NYK is the standard abbreviation for the New York Knicks, a professional basketball team based in New York City that competes in the NBA.
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B.
KRLD-TV
KRLD-TV is a Dallas–Fort Worth television station historically known for its local news coverage and role in reporting major events such as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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C.
Osaka
Osaka is Japan's third-largest city and a major economic, cultural, and historical hub known for its vibrant street food, bustling nightlife, and role as a commercial center in the Kansai region.
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D.
Osaka Prefecture
Osaka Prefecture is a populous and economically vital region in Japan’s Kansai area, centered on the city of Osaka and known as a major hub of commerce, industry, and culture.
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E.
Kansai region
The Kansai region is a major cultural and economic area of western Japan that includes cities such as Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe and is known as a historic heartland of Japanese civilization.
- 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 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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A.
NBC
NBC is a major American broadcast television network known for its nationwide programming, including news, sports, and entertainment.
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B.
NYK
NYK is the standard abbreviation for the New York Knicks, a professional basketball team based in New York City that competes in the NBA.
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C.
Fox
Fox is a major American broadcast television network known for airing NFL games, including extensive coverage of NFC East matchups.
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D.
KRLD-TV
KRLD-TV is a Dallas–Fort Worth television station historically known for its local news coverage and role in reporting major events such as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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E.
Osaka
Osaka is Japan's third-largest city and a major economic, cultural, and historical hub known for its vibrant street food, bustling nightlife, and role as a commercial center in the Kansai region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cable television network
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television channel ⓘ television network ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Turner Broadcasting System ⓘ |
| availableOn |
IPTV
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cable television ⓘ satellite television ⓘ streaming television services ⓘ |
| broadcastArea |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| broadcasts |
Major League Baseball games
ⓘ
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament games
National Basketball Association games ⓘ college basketball games ⓘ comedy series ⓘ feature films ⓘ original comedy programming ⓘ syndicated sitcoms ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributionFormat | high-definition television ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
comedy programming
ⓘ
major sports events ⓘ movies ⓘ |
| formerName | Turner Broadcasting System ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy television
ⓘ
film broadcasting ⓘ sports broadcasting ⓘ |
| hasSisterChannel |
CNN
ⓘ
Cartoon Network ⓘ TNT ⓘ truTV ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Atlanta
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlanta, Georgia
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Warner Bros. Discovery
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surface form:
Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks Group
|
| ownedBy | Warner Bros. Discovery ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Warner Bros. Discovery
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks Group
|
| partOf | U.S. basic cable lineup ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | 16:9 ⓘ |
| serviceType |
basic cable channel
ⓘ
pay television ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
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 an American cable television network known for airing comedy programming, movies, and major sports events, including NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament games.
Referenced by (94)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
TBS (later American Dad! network)
subject surface form:
Smith family (American Dad!)
this entity surface form:
TBS (TV network)