Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
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American company
film distributor
film production company
television distributor
television production company
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts was a short-lived American film and television production and distribution company formed in the late 1960s through the merger of Warner Bros. and Seven Arts Productions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Warner Bros.-Seven Arts canonical | 25 |
| Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Records | 1 |
| Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, Inc. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2273992 — 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: Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Context triple: [Bullitt, productionCompany, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts]
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A.
Warner Sogefilms
Warner Sogefilms is a Spanish film distribution company associated with releasing major domestic and international titles.
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B.
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Warner Bros. Entertainment is a major American film and television studio and media company known for producing blockbuster franchises and owning prominent entertainment brands such as DC Comics.
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C.
United Artists
United Artists is an American film and television entertainment studio historically known for giving filmmakers creative control and producing influential, artist-driven movies.
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D.
Zanuck/Brown Company
Zanuck/Brown Company was a prominent American film production company best known for producing blockbuster hits such as Steven Spielberg’s "Jaws."
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E.
Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures is a major American film production and distribution studio known for releasing numerous blockbuster movies across a wide range of genres.
- 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: Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Target entity description: Warner Bros.-Seven Arts was a short-lived American film and television production and distribution company formed in the late 1960s through the merger of Warner Bros. and Seven Arts Productions.
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A.
Warner Sogefilms
Warner Sogefilms is a Spanish film distribution company associated with releasing major domestic and international titles.
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B.
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Warner Bros. Entertainment is a major American film and television studio and media company known for producing blockbuster franchises and owning prominent entertainment brands such as DC Comics.
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C.
United Artists
United Artists is an American film and television entertainment studio historically known for giving filmmakers creative control and producing influential, artist-driven movies.
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D.
Zanuck/Brown Company
Zanuck/Brown Company was a prominent American film production company best known for producing blockbuster hits such as Steven Spielberg’s "Jaws."
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E.
Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures is a major American film production and distribution studio known for releasing numerous blockbuster movies across a wide range of genres.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American company
ⓘ
film distributor ⓘ film production company ⓘ television distributor ⓘ television production company ⓘ |
| businessModel |
production and distribution of motion pictures
ⓘ
production and distribution of television programming ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dissolved | 1970 ⓘ |
| distributionRights | Warner Bros. film library ⓘ |
| formedByMergerOf |
Seven Arts Productions
ⓘ
Warner Bros. ⓘ
linked to:
Warner Bros. Entertainment
|
| headquartersLocation | Burbank, California ⓘ |
| inception | 1967 ⓘ |
| industry |
film industry
ⓘ
television industry ⓘ |
| mergedInto |
Warner Bros. Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Warner Bros. Entertainment
|
| notableActivity | reorganized Warner Bros. operations under Kinney ownership ⓘ |
| notableExecutive |
Elliot Hyman
ⓘ
Kenneth Hyman ⓘ |
| operatedAs |
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, Inc.
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linked to:
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
|
| ownedBrand |
Reprise Records
ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Kinney National Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Kinney National Services
|
| predecessor |
Seven Arts Productions
ⓘ
Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| shortLived | true ⓘ |
| successor |
Warner Bros. Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Warner Bros. Entertainment
|
| timePeriod | late 1960s ⓘ |
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: Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Description of subject: Warner Bros.-Seven Arts was a short-lived American film and television production and distribution company formed in the late 1960s through the merger of Warner Bros. and Seven Arts Productions.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.