MLB on NBC
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MLB on NBC was a long-running package of Major League Baseball game broadcasts on the NBC television network, known for airing marquee matchups and World Series coverage for much of the 20th century.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Major League Baseball on NBC | 2 |
| MLB on NBC canonical | 1 |
| Major League Baseball coverage on NBC | 1 |
| NBC Baseball Game of the Week | 1 |
| NBC lost regular-season MLB rights after the 1989 season | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3871597 — 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: MLB on NBC Context triple: [MLB on Fox, predecessor, MLB on NBC]
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A.
MLB on TBS
MLB on TBS is a long-running American television package that broadcasts Major League Baseball games nationally on the TBS cable network.
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B.
MLB Network
MLB Network is an American television sports channel dedicated primarily to Major League Baseball coverage, including live games, analysis, and original programming.
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C.
MLB on Fox
MLB on Fox is a long-running television broadcast package that airs Major League Baseball games, including regular season matchups and the World Series, on the Fox network in the United States.
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D.
MLB.TV
MLB.TV is Major League Baseball’s official online subscription service for live and on-demand streaming of out-of-market MLB games.
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E.
Major League Baseball on ABC
Major League Baseball on ABC is a television broadcast package featuring live MLB games and related coverage aired on the ABC network.
- 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: MLB on NBC Target entity description: MLB on NBC was a long-running package of Major League Baseball game broadcasts on the NBC television network, known for airing marquee matchups and World Series coverage for much of the 20th century.
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A.
MLB on TBS
MLB on TBS is a long-running American television package that broadcasts Major League Baseball games nationally on the TBS cable network.
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B.
MLB Network
MLB Network is an American television sports channel dedicated primarily to Major League Baseball coverage, including live games, analysis, and original programming.
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C.
MLB on Fox
MLB on Fox is a long-running television broadcast package that airs Major League Baseball games, including regular season matchups and the World Series, on the Fox network in the United States.
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D.
MLB.TV
MLB.TV is Major League Baseball’s official online subscription service for live and on-demand streaming of out-of-market MLB games.
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E.
Major League Baseball on ABC
Major League Baseball on ABC is a television broadcast package featuring live MLB games and related coverage aired on the ABC network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baseball on television
ⓘ
sports broadcasting package ⓘ sports television program ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Game of the Week
ⓘ
linked to:
NBC Game of the Week
NBC Baseball Game of the Week ⓘ
linked to:
MLB on NBC
NBC Game of the Week ⓘ |
| basedOn | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | NBC ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coverageArea |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| endTime |
1989
ⓘ
1995 ⓘ 2000 ⓘ |
| genre | sports ⓘ |
| hasBroadcastRightsFor |
League Championship Series
ⓘ
MLB All-Star Game ⓘ World Series ⓘ |
| inception | 1957 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| networkType | broadcast television network ⓘ |
| notableBroadcaster |
Bob Costas
ⓘ
Curt Gowdy ⓘ Joe Garagiola ⓘ Mickey Mantle ⓘ Tim McCarver ⓘ Tom Seaver ⓘ
linked to:
George Thomas Seaver
Tony Kubek ⓘ Vin Scully ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
NBC aired World Series games for much of the 20th century
ⓘ
NBC aired postseason MLB games in 1995 under The Baseball Network ⓘ NBC began regular Saturday Game of the Week telecasts in 1957 ⓘ NBC lost regular-season MLB rights after the 1989 season ⓘ
linked to:
MLB on NBC
NBC returned to MLB coverage as part of The Baseball Network in 1994–1995 ⓘ NBC shared MLB rights with ABC in The Baseball Network joint venture ⓘ |
| notableFor |
All-Star Game coverage
ⓘ
League Championship Series coverage ⓘ Saturday afternoon national MLB telecasts ⓘ World Series coverage ⓘ national Major League Baseball telecasts in the United States ⓘ prime-time World Series broadcasts ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | NBC ⓘ |
| partOf | NBC Sports ⓘ |
| pictureFormat |
NTSC
ⓘ
linked to:
NTSC color television standard
black-and-white ⓘ color ⓘ |
| productionCompany | NBC Sports ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| startTime | 1957 ⓘ |
| subject | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
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: MLB on NBC Description of subject: MLB on NBC was a long-running package of Major League Baseball game broadcasts on the NBC television network, known for airing marquee matchups and World Series coverage for much of the 20th century.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Garagiola
linked to: MLB on NBC
linked to: MLB on NBC
linked to: MLB on NBC
linked to: MLB on NBC
linked to: MLB on NBC