Investigation Discovery
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Investigation Discovery is an American cable television network specializing in true crime documentaries and docudrama programming.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Investigation Discovery canonical | 5 |
| ID (Investigation Discovery) | 1 |
| Investigation Discovery (Canada) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2506595 — 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: Investigation Discovery Context triple: [Discovery, hasSisterChannel, Investigation Discovery]
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A.
Dateline NBC
Dateline NBC is a long-running American television newsmagazine program known for its in-depth investigative reports, true-crime stories, and human-interest features on the NBC network.
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B.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular American procedural drama series that follows forensic investigators as they use scientific techniques to solve crimes.
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C.
A&E Network
A&E Network is an American cable and satellite television channel known for its original programming, including documentaries, reality series, and high-quality scripted productions.
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D.
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is a global television network known for its documentaries and reality programming focused on science, technology, exploration, and the natural world.
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E.
Discovery, Inc.
Discovery, Inc. was a major American media company best known for its portfolio of nonfiction and lifestyle television networks such as Discovery Channel, TLC, and Animal Planet.
- 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: Investigation Discovery Target entity description: Investigation Discovery is an American cable television network specializing in true crime documentaries and docudrama programming.
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A.
Dateline NBC
Dateline NBC is a long-running American television newsmagazine program known for its in-depth investigative reports, true-crime stories, and human-interest features on the NBC network.
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B.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular American procedural drama series that follows forensic investigators as they use scientific techniques to solve crimes.
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C.
A&E Network
A&E Network is an American cable and satellite television channel known for its original programming, including documentaries, reality series, and high-quality scripted productions.
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D.
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is a global television network known for its documentaries and reality programming focused on science, technology, exploration, and the natural world.
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E.
Discovery, Inc.
Discovery, Inc. was a major American media company best known for its portfolio of nonfiction and lifestyle television networks such as Discovery Channel, TLC, and Animal Planet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cable television network
ⓘ
pay television network ⓘ television channel ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | ID ⓘ |
| availableIn |
United States cable systems
ⓘ
United States satellite providers ⓘ over-the-top streaming bundles ⓘ |
| broadcastArea |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| broadcastFormat | high-definition television ⓘ |
| contentTheme |
criminal investigations
ⓘ
law enforcement procedures ⓘ victim stories ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distributionPlatform |
cable television
ⓘ
satellite television ⓘ streaming television services ⓘ |
| formerOwner |
Discovery Communications
ⓘ
linked to:
Discovery, Inc.
|
| genre |
docudrama
ⓘ
documentary ⓘ true crime ⓘ |
| hasOnlinePresence |
official website
ⓘ
social media channels ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
New York City
ⓘ
Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ |
| inception | 2008 ⓘ |
| languageOfBroadcast | English ⓘ |
| marketPosition | specialty true crime network ⓘ |
| notableProgrammingType | long-running crime series ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Warner Bros. Discovery Networks
ⓘ
linked to:
Warner Bros. Discovery
|
| originalNetworkType | digital cable and satellite television network ⓘ |
| owner | Warner Bros. Discovery ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks Group
ⓘ
linked to:
Warner Bros. Discovery
|
| programmingFocus |
crime reenactment series
ⓘ
investigative journalism series ⓘ true crime documentaries ⓘ |
| regulatoryDomain | United States television industry ⓘ |
| shortName | ID ⓘ |
| subjectOf | true crime fandom communities ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adults ⓘ |
| typicalContent |
forensic investigations
ⓘ
missing persons cases ⓘ murder investigations ⓘ real-life crime stories ⓘ |
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: Investigation Discovery Description of subject: Investigation Discovery is an American cable television network specializing in true crime documentaries and docudrama programming.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Investigation Discovery
subject linked to:
Discovery+ (service)
linked to: Investigation Discovery