TBS
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TBS is a major Japanese television network known for broadcasting a wide range of popular anime, dramas, and variety programs.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| TBS canonical | 14 |
| TBS Television | 6 |
| TBS Holdings, Inc. | 2 |
| TBS (Japan) | 1 |
| TBS (for TV series) | 1 |
| TBS Radio | 1 |
| TBS Radio, Inc. | 1 |
| TBS Television (JOTX-DTV) | 1 |
| TBS network | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9001413 — 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: [Puella Magi Madoka Magica, originalNetwork, TBS]
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A.
TBS
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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B.
TBS
TBS is the United States Marine Corps’ primary officer training and education institution where newly commissioned officers learn the fundamentals of leading Marines.
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C.
TBS
TBS is the three-letter IATA airport code for Tbilisi International Airport, serving the capital city of Georgia.
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D.
Tohoku Broadcasting (TBC)
Tohoku Broadcasting (TBC) is a regional Japanese television and radio broadcaster based in Sendai, serving the Tohoku area with news, sports, and entertainment programming.
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E.
Tokyo Broadcasting Station
Tokyo Broadcasting Station was an early Japanese radio broadcaster that served as a forerunner to the modern public broadcaster NHK.
- 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 a major Japanese television network known for broadcasting a wide range of popular anime, dramas, and variety programs.
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A.
TBS
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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B.
TBS
TBS is the United States Marine Corps’ primary officer training and education institution where newly commissioned officers learn the fundamentals of leading Marines.
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C.
TBS
TBS is the three-letter IATA airport code for Tbilisi International Airport, serving the capital city of Georgia.
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D.
Tohoku Broadcasting (TBC)
Tohoku Broadcasting (TBC) is a regional Japanese television and radio broadcaster based in Sendai, serving the Tohoku area with news, sports, and entertainment programming.
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E.
Tokyo Broadcasting Station
Tokyo Broadcasting Station was an early Japanese radio broadcaster that served as a forerunner to the modern public broadcaster NHK.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese company
ⓘ
broadcast television network ⓘ television network ⓘ |
| abbreviation | TBS ⓘ |
| affiliation | Japan News Network ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
TBS Television
ⓘ
linked to:
TBS
Tokyo Broadcasting System ⓘ |
| broadcastArea | Japan ⓘ |
| broadcastMedium |
cable television
ⓘ
satellite television ⓘ terrestrial television ⓘ |
| broadcasts |
Japanese drama series
ⓘ
anime television series ⓘ news bulletins ⓘ sports events ⓘ variety shows ⓘ |
| contentType |
anime
ⓘ
news program ⓘ sports program ⓘ television drama ⓘ variety show ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| formerName | Radio Tokyo Television ⓘ |
| foundedAs | Radio Tokyo Television ⓘ |
| fullName |
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Tokyo Broadcasting System
|
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.tbs.co.jp/ ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
BS-TBS
ⓘ
TBS Radio ⓘ
linked to:
TBS
|
| headquartersLocation | Minato, Tokyo, Japan ⓘ |
| industry |
mass media
ⓘ
television broadcasting ⓘ |
| languageOfBroadcast | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Tokyo ⓘ |
| networkType | terrestrial television network ⓘ |
| notableFor |
broadcasting Japanese television dramas
ⓘ
broadcasting popular anime series ⓘ broadcasting variety programs ⓘ |
| operatesInFormat | high-definition television ⓘ |
| ownershipType | publicly traded company ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
TBS Holdings, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
TBS
|
| programmingFocus |
general entertainment
ⓘ
news and information ⓘ |
| regionServed | Kantō region ⓘ |
| serviceType | commercial broadcaster ⓘ |
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 a major Japanese television network known for broadcasting a wide range of popular anime, dramas, and variety programs.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: TBS
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subject linked to:
anime series K-On!
subject linked to:
anime series K-On!
linked to: TBS
linked to: TBS
linked to: TBS
linked to: TBS
linked to: TBS
subject linked to:
Brown family
linked to: TBS
linked to: TBS
linked to: TBS
subject linked to:
Akasaka Blitz (former concert hall)
linked to: TBS
subject linked to:
Akasaka Blitz (former concert hall)
linked to: TBS