Time-Life
E371275
Time-Life was a major American media company best known for its influential magazines, books, and music collections, including the flagship Time magazine.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Time-Life canonical | 3 |
| Time-Life Music | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3600314 — 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: Time-Life Context triple: [Time-Life Building at Rockefeller Center, formerTenant, Time-Life]
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A.
To Life
"To Life" is a lively celebratory song from the musical *Fiddler on the Roof*, sung as a toast to good fortune and resilience amid hardship.
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B.
The Life
"The Life" is a song by Alicia Keys from her debut studio album "Songs in A Minor."
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C.
L.I.F.E
L.I.F.E is the debut studio album by Nigerian artist Burna Boy, widely recognized for helping establish his Afro-fusion sound and launching him to mainstream prominence.
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D.
This Life
"This Life" is a rock-influenced theme song best known for opening the television series *Sons of Anarchy*, capturing its outlaw biker tone and atmosphere.
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E.
This Life
"This Life" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2009 rock album "Working on a Dream."
- 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: Time-Life Target entity description: Time-Life was a major American media company best known for its influential magazines, books, and music collections, including the flagship Time magazine.
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A.
To Life
"To Life" is a lively celebratory song from the musical *Fiddler on the Roof*, sung as a toast to good fortune and resilience amid hardship.
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B.
The Life
"The Life" is a song by Alicia Keys from her debut studio album "Songs in A Minor."
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C.
L.I.F.E
L.I.F.E is the debut studio album by Nigerian artist Burna Boy, widely recognized for helping establish his Afro-fusion sound and launching him to mainstream prominence.
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D.
This Life
"This Life" is a rock-influenced theme song best known for opening the television series *Sons of Anarchy*, capturing its outlaw biker tone and atmosphere.
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E.
This Life
"This Life" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2009 rock album "Working on a Dream."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
media company
ⓘ
publishing company ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Henry Luce
ⓘ
Time Warner ⓘ Warner Communications ⓘ |
| businessModel |
continuity series
ⓘ
direct response marketing ⓘ subscription ⓘ |
| category |
American media companies
ⓘ
Book publishing companies of the United States ⓘ Magazine publishing companies of the United States ⓘ Record label brands ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distributionChannel |
direct marketing
ⓘ
mail-order ⓘ television advertising ⓘ |
| genreFocus |
history
ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ popular culture ⓘ |
| hasBrand |
Life
ⓘ
Time ⓘ |
| hasImprint | Time-Life Records ⓘ |
| hasPublication |
Life magazine
ⓘ
Time-Life Books series ⓘ
linked to:
Time-Life Books
|
| headquartersLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| industry |
media
ⓘ
music ⓘ publishing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Time magazine
ⓘ
books ⓘ magazines ⓘ music collections ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaFormat |
audio
ⓘ
print ⓘ television-advertised compilations ⓘ |
| notableSeries |
The Civil War
ⓘ
linked to:
American Civil War
The Great Ages of Man ⓘ The Old West ⓘ
linked to:
Old West
Time-Life Books ⓘ Time-Life Music ⓘ
linked to:
Time-Life
|
| parentCompany | Time Inc. ⓘ |
| productType |
book series
ⓘ
magazine ⓘ recorded music collections ⓘ |
| regionServed |
North America
ⓘ
international ⓘ |
| targetMarket | general audience ⓘ |
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: Time-Life Description of subject: Time-Life was a major American media company best known for its influential magazines, books, and music collections, including the flagship Time magazine.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Time-Life