Broadway Video
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Broadway Video is a New York–based television and film production company best known for producing "Saturday Night Live" and other comedy programming.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Broadway Video canonical | 27 |
| Broadway Video Enterprises | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T342114 — 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: Broadway Video Context triple: [Lorne Michaels, founded, Broadway Video]
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A.
Broadway
Broadway is a subway station in South Boston on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) system, providing access to the surrounding residential and commercial neighborhoods.
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B.
Broadway
Broadway is a major thoroughfare in New York City famous for its historic theaters and role as the heart of American commercial theater.
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C.
SW Broadway
SW Broadway is a major north–south thoroughfare in downtown Portland, Oregon, known for running through the city’s central business and cultural districts.
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D.
Broadway Limited
Broadway Limited was a famous luxury passenger train that operated between New York City and Chicago, serving as one of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s premier flagship services.
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E.
Babes on Broadway
Babes on Broadway is a 1941 MGM musical film starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show to help underprivileged children.
- 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: Broadway Video Target entity description: Broadway Video is a New York–based television and film production company best known for producing "Saturday Night Live" and other comedy programming.
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A.
Broadway
Broadway is a subway station in South Boston on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) system, providing access to the surrounding residential and commercial neighborhoods.
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B.
Broadway
Broadway is a major thoroughfare in New York City famous for its historic theaters and role as the heart of American commercial theater.
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C.
SW Broadway
SW Broadway is a major north–south thoroughfare in downtown Portland, Oregon, known for running through the city’s central business and cultural districts.
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D.
Broadway Limited
Broadway Limited was a famous luxury passenger train that operated between New York City and Chicago, serving as one of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s premier flagship services.
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E.
Babes on Broadway
Babes on Broadway is a 1941 MGM musical film starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show to help underprivileged children.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film production company
ⓘ
media company ⓘ television production company ⓘ |
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American sketch comedy
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NBC ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| businessModel | production company ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
streaming platforms
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television networks ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| focusesOn |
scripted comedy
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sketch comedy ⓘ variety programming ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Lorne Michaels ⓘ |
| foundedInDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| genreFocus | comedy ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
digital content division
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film production division ⓘ television production division ⓘ |
| hasOffice |
Los Angeles
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New York City ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Broadway Video
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Broadway Video Enterprises
|
| headquartersLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| industry |
entertainment
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film production ⓘ television production ⓘ |
| keyPerson | Lorne Michaels ⓘ |
| knownFor |
comedy programming
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late-night television ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| medium |
digital media
ⓘ
film ⓘ television ⓘ |
| notableSeriesType | late-night sketch comedy series ⓘ |
| notableWork | Saturday Night Live ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
digital media industry
ⓘ
film industry ⓘ television industry ⓘ |
| primaryMarket | United States television market ⓘ |
| produced | Saturday Night Live ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
adult audiences
ⓘ
comedy viewers ⓘ |
| typeOfCompany | privately held company ⓘ |
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: Broadway Video Description of subject: Broadway Video is a New York–based television and film production company best known for producing "Saturday Night Live" and other comedy programming.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Broadway Video Enterprises
subject surface form:
Lorne Michaels
subject surface form:
30 Rock Theme