The CW
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The CW is an American broadcast television network known for targeting younger audiences with series in genres like teen drama, superhero shows, and fantasy.
All labels observed (14)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T367297 — 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: The CW Context triple: [Jamie King, hasWorkedFor, The CW]
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A.
CBS
CBS is a major American broadcast television network known for airing a wide range of popular news, sports, and entertainment programming nationwide.
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B.
Warner Bros. Television
Warner Bros. Television is a major American television production and distribution studio known for creating numerous popular and critically acclaimed series across broadcast, cable, and streaming platforms.
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C.
Paramount Network
Paramount Network is an American cable television channel owned by Paramount Global, known for airing original scripted series, reality shows, and feature films.
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D.
NBC
NBC is a major American broadcast television network known for its nationwide programming, including news, sports, and entertainment.
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E.
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company is a major American television network known for its prime-time entertainment programming, including hit series, sports broadcasts, and news.
- 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: The CW Target entity description: The CW is an American broadcast television network known for targeting younger audiences with series in genres like teen drama, superhero shows, and fantasy.
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A.
CBS
CBS is a major American broadcast television network known for airing a wide range of popular news, sports, and entertainment programming nationwide.
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B.
Warner Bros. Television
Warner Bros. Television is a major American television production and distribution studio known for creating numerous popular and critically acclaimed series across broadcast, cable, and streaming platforms.
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C.
Paramount Network
Paramount Network is an American cable television channel owned by Paramount Global, known for airing original scripted series, reality shows, and feature films.
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D.
NBC
NBC is a major American broadcast television network known for its nationwide programming, including news, sports, and entertainment.
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E.
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company is a major American television network known for its prime-time entertainment programming, including hit series, sports broadcasts, and news.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American television network
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broadcast television network ⓘ television network ⓘ |
| abbreviationMeaning | CBS and Warner ⓘ |
| broadcastArea |
Canada
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| cityOfHeadquarters |
Burbank, California
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surface form:
Burbank
|
| countryOfHeadquarters |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributionFormat |
cable television
ⓘ
internet streaming ⓘ satellite television ⓘ terrestrial television ⓘ |
| formerName |
The CW
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The CW Television Network
|
| formerOwner |
Paramount Global
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Warner Bros. Discovery ⓘ |
| genreFocus |
fantasy television series
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science fiction television series ⓘ superhero television series ⓘ teen drama ⓘ |
| hasFlagshipStation |
KTLA
ⓘ
WPIX ⓘ |
| hasNotableFranchise | Arrowverse ⓘ |
| hasNotableSeries |
Arrow
ⓘ
Riverdale ⓘ Supernatural ⓘ The Flash (2014 TV series) ⓘ
surface form:
The Flash
The Vampire Diaries ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Burbank, California ⓘ |
| inception | 2006-09-18 ⓘ |
| languageOfBroadcast | English ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2006-09-18 ⓘ |
| majorityOwner | Nexstar Media Group ⓘ |
| marketPosition | fifth major broadcast television network in the United States ⓘ |
| owner | Nexstar Media Group ⓘ |
| parentCompanyAtLaunch |
CBS Corporation
ⓘ
Warner Bros. Entertainment ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | 1080i HDTV ⓘ |
| predecessor |
The CW
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The WB
UPN ⓘ |
| programmingType | network programming ⓘ |
| serviceType | free-to-air television network ⓘ |
| stateOfHeadquarters |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
|
| targetAudience |
teenagers
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young adults ⓘ |
| website | https://www.cwtv.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: The CW Description of subject: The CW is an American broadcast television network known for targeting younger audiences with series in genres like teen drama, superhero shows, and fantasy.
Referenced by (139)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The WB
this entity surface form:
The CW Television Network
subject surface form:
WWE SmackDown
this entity surface form:
The CW (2006–2008)
this entity surface form:
The CW Plus
this entity surface form:
The CW (U.S. TV network)
this entity surface form:
The CW Television Network
this entity surface form:
The CW (50% stake, via CBS Entertainment Group)
this entity surface form:
The CW Plus (partial ownership at various times via affiliates)
subject surface form:
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
this entity surface form:
The CW Daytime
this entity surface form:
The CW Network