WebTV for Windows
E182428
WebTV for Windows was a Microsoft software component that allowed Windows PCs to access and display WebTV (later MSN TV) internet television services through a computer.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WebTV | 4 |
| MSN TV for PC | 1 |
| WebTV for Windows canonical | 1 |
| WebTV internet television | 1 |
| Windows PCs to display WebTV | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1621421 — 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: WebTV for Windows Context triple: [Windows 98, includedComponent, WebTV for Windows]
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A.
Start TV
Start TV is an American digital broadcast television network that primarily airs classic, female-led procedural dramas from the 1980s through the early 2000s.
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B.
IPTV
IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) is a digital television broadcasting technology that delivers TV content over internet protocol networks instead of traditional terrestrial, satellite, or cable formats.
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C.
Plex
Plex is a media server and streaming platform that lets users organize, stream, and access their personal and online media libraries across various devices.
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D.
YouView
YouView is a UK-based hybrid television platform that combines Freeview digital terrestrial channels with on-demand and catch-up services from broadcasters such as the BBC.
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E.
KTCM
KTCM is the ICAO airport code for McChord Field, the U.S. Air Force installation that forms part of Joint Base Lewis–McChord in Washington State.
- 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: WebTV for Windows Target entity description: WebTV for Windows was a Microsoft software component that allowed Windows PCs to access and display WebTV (later MSN TV) internet television services through a computer.
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A.
Start TV
Start TV is an American digital broadcast television network that primarily airs classic, female-led procedural dramas from the 1980s through the early 2000s.
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B.
IPTV
IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) is a digital television broadcasting technology that delivers TV content over internet protocol networks instead of traditional terrestrial, satellite, or cable formats.
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C.
Plex
Plex is a media server and streaming platform that lets users organize, stream, and access their personal and online media libraries across various devices.
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D.
YouView
YouView is a UK-based hybrid television platform that combines Freeview digital terrestrial channels with on-demand and catch-up services from broadcasters such as the BBC.
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E.
KTCM
KTCM is the ICAO airport code for McChord Field, the U.S. Air Force installation that forms part of Joint Base Lewis–McChord in Washington State.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Microsoft software
ⓘ
software component ⓘ |
| brand | Microsoft ⓘ |
| category |
Windows-only software
ⓘ
discontinued software ⓘ |
| company |
Microsoft Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft
|
| computingPlatform | x86 ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| distribution | bundled with some Microsoft software ⓘ |
| enables |
Windows PCs to access WebTV
ⓘ
Windows PCs to display WebTV ⓘ
linked to:
WebTV for Windows
|
| function | client for WebTV internet television services ⓘ |
| genre |
internet television software
ⓘ
multimedia software ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software license ⓘ |
| mediaType | software ⓘ |
| networkProtocol | internet ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| platform | PC ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
MSN TV
ⓘ
WebTV ⓘ
linked to:
WebTV for Windows
|
| replacedBy |
MSN TV for PC
ⓘ
linked to:
WebTV for Windows
|
| requires | internet connection ⓘ |
| supportsService |
MSN TV internet television
ⓘ
WebTV internet television ⓘ
linked to:
WebTV for Windows
|
| targetUser | Windows PC users ⓘ |
| use |
access WebTV services
ⓘ
display WebTV content on a computer ⓘ |
| userInterface | graphical user interface ⓘ |
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: WebTV for Windows Description of subject: WebTV for Windows was a Microsoft software component that allowed Windows PCs to access and display WebTV (later MSN TV) internet television services through a computer.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: WebTV for Windows
linked to: WebTV for Windows
linked to: WebTV for Windows
linked to: WebTV for Windows
linked to: WebTV for Windows