ESPN3
E191786
ESPN3 is an online streaming sports network from ESPN that broadcasts a wide range of live and replayed sporting events over the internet.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ESPN3 canonical | 9 |
| WatchESPN | 4 |
| ESPN360.com | 2 |
| ESPN Goal Line | 1 |
| The Valley on ESPN | 1 |
| WatchESPN (historical brand) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1687851 — 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: ESPN3 Context triple: [North American Soccer League (2011–2017), televisionPartner, ESPN3]
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A.
ESPN2
ESPN2 is an American cable sports television channel owned by ESPN that features a wide range of live sporting events, talk shows, and sports-related programming.
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B.
ESPN.com
ESPN.com is the sports media giant’s primary website, offering news, scores, analysis, video, and live coverage across a wide range of sports.
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C.
ESPN Deportes
ESPN Deportes is a Spanish-language sports television network and media brand owned by ESPN that focuses on providing sports news, live events, and analysis for Spanish-speaking audiences.
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D.
ESPN
ESPN is a major American sports television network known for broadcasting a wide range of live sporting events, sports news, and analysis programs.
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E.
ESPNU
ESPNU is an American sports television channel focused primarily on college athletics, featuring live game broadcasts, analysis, and related programming.
- 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: ESPN3 Target entity description: ESPN3 is an online streaming sports network from ESPN that broadcasts a wide range of live and replayed sporting events over the internet.
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A.
ESPN2
ESPN2 is an American cable sports television channel owned by ESPN that features a wide range of live sporting events, talk shows, and sports-related programming.
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B.
ESPN.com
ESPN.com is the sports media giant’s primary website, offering news, scores, analysis, video, and live coverage across a wide range of sports.
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C.
ESPN Deportes
ESPN Deportes is a Spanish-language sports television network and media brand owned by ESPN that focuses on providing sports news, live events, and analysis for Spanish-speaking audiences.
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D.
ESPN
ESPN is a major American sports television network known for broadcasting a wide range of live sporting events, sports news, and analysis programs.
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E.
ESPNU
ESPNU is an American sports television channel focused primarily on college athletics, featuring live game broadcasts, analysis, and related programming.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
internet television channel
ⓘ
over-the-top streaming service ⓘ sports streaming service ⓘ |
| accessRequirement |
subscription to a participating pay-TV provider
ⓘ
subscription to certain broadband internet providers ⓘ |
| availableOnPlatform |
game consoles
ⓘ
mobile devices ⓘ streaming media players ⓘ web browsers ⓘ |
| availableVia |
ESPN app
ⓘ
WatchESPN ⓘ
linked to:
ESPN3
|
| brandOwner |
ESPN Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
ESPN
|
| broadcasts |
Olympic sports events
ⓘ
college basketball games ⓘ college football games ⓘ cricket matches ⓘ golf tournaments ⓘ motorsports events ⓘ rugby matches ⓘ soccer matches ⓘ tennis matches ⓘ |
| businessModel |
advertising-supported
ⓘ
subscription-authenticated ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distributionModel | TV-everywhere service ⓘ |
| focusesOn | sports programming ⓘ |
| formerName |
ESPN360.com
ⓘ
linked to:
ESPN3
|
| hasServiceType |
live streaming
ⓘ
video on demand ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2005 ⓘ |
| offersContentType |
live sports events
ⓘ
sports event replays ⓘ sports highlights ⓘ studio programming simulcasts ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
ESPN Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
ESPN
|
| ownedBy |
ESPN Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
ESPN
|
| parentOrganization |
Hearst Communications
ⓘ
The Walt Disney Company ⓘ |
| partOf |
ESPN digital network
ⓘ
linked to:
ESPN digital platforms
ESPN family of networks ⓘ |
| platform | internet ⓘ |
| rebrandedFrom |
ESPN360.com
ⓘ
linked to:
ESPN3
|
| regionRestriction | primarily available in the United States ⓘ |
| subjectTo | geographic blackout restrictions ⓘ |
| website | https://www.espn.com/watch/espn3 ⓘ |
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: ESPN3 Description of subject: ESPN3 is an online streaming sports network from ESPN that broadcasts a wide range of live and replayed sporting events over the internet.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: ESPN3
linked to: ESPN3
linked to: ESPN3
linked to: ESPN3
linked to: ESPN3
linked to: ESPN3
linked to: ESPN3
linked to: ESPN3
subject linked to:
NAIA World Series (college baseball)
subject linked to:
ESPN networks (various seasons)
linked to: ESPN3