Lantern Entertainment
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Lantern Entertainment is an American film production and distribution company formed to acquire and continue the assets of the defunct Weinstein Company following its bankruptcy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lantern Entertainment canonical | 5 |
| helped create successor entity Lantern Entertainment to The Weinstein Company | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T625560 — 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: Lantern Entertainment Context triple: [The Weinstein Company, acquiredBy, Lantern Entertainment]
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A.
Searchlight Pictures
Searchlight Pictures is an American film production and distribution company known for critically acclaimed independent and specialty films, operating as a division of The Walt Disney Company.
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B.
Illumination Entertainment
Illumination Entertainment is an American animation studio best known for creating popular film franchises such as Despicable Me, Minions, and The Secret Life of Pets.
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C.
Temple Hill Entertainment
Temple Hill Entertainment is an American film and television production company best known for producing popular young adult franchises such as The Twilight Saga.
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D.
Blue Lion Entertainment
Blue Lion Entertainment is a film and television production company known for developing and producing screen content such as the project "The Insider."
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E.
Touchstone Pictures
Touchstone Pictures is an American film production label of The Walt Disney Company known for releasing more mature and adult-oriented movies than Disney’s main family-friendly brand.
- 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: Lantern Entertainment Target entity description: Lantern Entertainment is an American film production and distribution company formed to acquire and continue the assets of the defunct Weinstein Company following its bankruptcy.
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A.
Searchlight Pictures
Searchlight Pictures is an American film production and distribution company known for critically acclaimed independent and specialty films, operating as a division of The Walt Disney Company.
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B.
Illumination Entertainment
Illumination Entertainment is an American animation studio best known for creating popular film franchises such as Despicable Me, Minions, and The Secret Life of Pets.
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C.
Temple Hill Entertainment
Temple Hill Entertainment is an American film and television production company best known for producing popular young adult franchises such as The Twilight Saga.
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D.
Blue Lion Entertainment
Blue Lion Entertainment is a film and television production company known for developing and producing screen content such as the project "The Insider."
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E.
Touchstone Pictures
Touchstone Pictures is an American film production label of The Walt Disney Company known for releasing more mature and adult-oriented movies than Disney’s main family-friendly brand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American company
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film distribution company ⓘ film production company ⓘ |
| acquired |
certain film rights of The Weinstein Company
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development projects of The Weinstein Company ⓘ film library of The Weinstein Company ⓘ |
| acquiredFrom | The Weinstein Company ⓘ |
| basedOnEvent | bankruptcy of The Weinstein Company ⓘ |
| businessModel | independent film studio ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| focusesOn |
feature films
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home entertainment distribution ⓘ theatrical distribution ⓘ |
| formedAfter | bankruptcy proceedings of The Weinstein Company ⓘ |
| foundedFor | acquisition of The Weinstein Company assets ⓘ |
| hasBusinessOperation |
film distribution
ⓘ
film production ⓘ |
| hasKeyEvent | acquisition of TWC assets via bankruptcy sale ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | successor to certain assets of The Weinstein Company ⓘ |
| hasRegionServed |
North America
ⓘ
international markets ⓘ |
| hasType | privately held company ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Dallas, Texas ⓘ |
| industry |
entertainment industry
ⓘ
film industry ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| notableAsset |
The Weinstein Company
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surface form:
The Weinstein Company film catalog
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| operatesInSector | motion pictures ⓘ |
| owner | Lantern Capital Partners ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Lantern Capital Partners ⓘ |
| predecessor | The Weinstein Company ⓘ |
| purpose | continue assets of The Weinstein Company after bankruptcy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Lantern Entertainment Description of subject: Lantern Entertainment is an American film production and distribution company formed to acquire and continue the assets of the defunct Weinstein Company following its bankruptcy.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
helped create successor entity Lantern Entertainment to The Weinstein Company