SDDS
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SDDS (Sony Dynamic Digital Sound) is a multichannel digital cinema sound format developed by Sony to provide high-quality, immersive audio in movie theaters.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SDDS canonical | 3 |
| SDDS cinema sound | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2138000 — 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: SDDS Context triple: [The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, soundMix, SDDS]
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A.
DTS
DTS is a multichannel digital surround sound audio format widely used in home theater systems, cinema, and high-definition media.
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B.
DSB
DSB is the commonly used abbreviation for the World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Body, which oversees the resolution of trade disputes between member countries.
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C.
DSS
DSS is the abbreviated name of the Securitate, the notorious secret police service of Communist Romania.
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D.
DDF
DDF is the commonly used abbreviation for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican department responsible for promoting and safeguarding Catholic doctrine.
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E.
DSO
DSO is a British military decoration awarded to officers for distinguished service in combat, typically in leadership roles.
- 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: SDDS Target entity description: SDDS (Sony Dynamic Digital Sound) is a multichannel digital cinema sound format developed by Sony to provide high-quality, immersive audio in movie theaters.
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A.
DTS
DTS is a multichannel digital surround sound audio format widely used in home theater systems, cinema, and high-definition media.
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B.
DSB
DSB is the commonly used abbreviation for the World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Body, which oversees the resolution of trade disputes between member countries.
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C.
DSS
DSS is the abbreviated name of the Securitate, the notorious secret police service of Communist Romania.
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D.
DDF
DDF is the commonly used abbreviation for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican department responsible for promoting and safeguarding Catholic doctrine.
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E.
DSO
DSO is a British military decoration awarded to officers for distinguished service in combat, typically in leadership roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
digital cinema sound format
ⓘ
multichannel audio format ⓘ |
| audioChannels | 8-channel sound ⓘ |
| audioEncoding | digital audio ⓘ |
| category |
Sony audio technology
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cinema sound system ⓘ |
| channelLayout |
five screen channels
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stereo surrounds ⓘ subwoofer channel ⓘ |
| competesWith |
DTS
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Dolby Digital ⓘ |
| developer | Sony ⓘ |
| feature |
digital audio data on film print edges
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discrete multichannel audio ⓘ immersive surround sound ⓘ separate screen channels ⓘ |
| fullName | Sony Dynamic Digital Sound ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
Sony Pictures
ⓘ
linked to:
Sony Pictures Entertainment
|
| introducedInDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Sony Pictures Entertainment ⓘ |
| medium |
35 mm film
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70 mm film ⓘ |
| notableUse | Hollywood feature films ⓘ |
| primaryApplication | theatrical film exhibition ⓘ |
| purpose | cinema sound reproduction ⓘ |
| region | international ⓘ |
| status | largely discontinued ⓘ |
| supportsChannelConfiguration |
5.1-channel sound
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7.1-channel sound ⓘ |
| useCase | movie theaters ⓘ |
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: SDDS Description of subject: SDDS (Sony Dynamic Digital Sound) is a multichannel digital cinema sound format developed by Sony to provide high-quality, immersive audio in movie theaters.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: SDDS