The Name of the Game
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The Name of the Game is an American television series from the late 1960s and early 1970s that followed the lives of magazine publishing executives through rotating lead characters and storylines.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Name of the Game canonical | 18 |
| The Name of the Game (TV series) | 4 |
| Name of the Game | 2 |
| Fame Is the Name of the Game | 1 |
| The Name of the Game (TV series, guest roles) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4984992 — 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: The Name of the Game Context triple: [Jill St. John, notableWork, The Name of the Game]
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A.
The Name of the Game
"The Name of the Game" is a 1977 pop song by Swedish group ABBA, known for its melodic complexity and introspective lyrics.
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B.
Caught in the Game
Caught in the Game is a 1983 hard rock album by American band Survivor, known for its melodic rock sound and powerful vocals.
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C.
This Ain't a Game
"This Ain't a Game" is the second studio album by American R&B singer Ray J, showcasing his early-2000s blend of contemporary R&B and hip hop.
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D.
Cold Game
Cold Game is a track featured on the hip-hop album "Doggumentary" by Snoop Dogg.
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E.
Three Can Play That Game
Three Can Play That Game is a romantic comedy film that continues the relationship and dating-game themes of the original movie Two Can Play That Game.
- 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: The Name of the Game Target entity description: The Name of the Game is an American television series from the late 1960s and early 1970s that followed the lives of magazine publishing executives through rotating lead characters and storylines.
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A.
The Name of the Game
"The Name of the Game" is a 1977 pop song by Swedish group ABBA, known for its melodic complexity and introspective lyrics.
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B.
Caught in the Game
Caught in the Game is a 1983 hard rock album by American band Survivor, known for its melodic rock sound and powerful vocals.
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C.
This Ain't a Game
"This Ain't a Game" is the second studio album by American R&B singer Ray J, showcasing his early-2000s blend of contemporary R&B and hip hop.
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D.
Cold Game
Cold Game is a track featured on the hip-hop album "Doggumentary" by Snoop Dogg.
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E.
Three Can Play That Game
Three Can Play That Game is a romantic comedy film that continues the relationship and dating-game themes of the original movie Two Can Play That Game.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American television series
ⓘ
drama television series ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Name of the Game
ⓘ
linked to:
The Name of the Game
|
| audioFormat | mono ⓘ |
| basedOn | the television film "Fame Is the Name of the Game" ⓘ |
| characterOccupation |
crime magazine editor
ⓘ
investigative reporter ⓘ magazine publisher ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| episodeLengthCategory | feature-length television episodes ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Leslie Stevens
ⓘ
Richard Irving ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
corporate power in media
ⓘ
investigative journalism ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1968 ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
journalism and media-related stories
ⓘ
lives of magazine publishing executives ⓘ |
| format | rotating lead characters ⓘ |
| genre |
anthology series
ⓘ
crime drama ⓘ drama ⓘ |
| hasEpisodeStructure | self-contained stories ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1971 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dan Farrell
ⓘ
Glenn Howard ⓘ Jeff Dillon ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the first rotating-lead TV series ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 76 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 3 ⓘ |
| originalChannelType | broadcast television network ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyAiredOnDay | Friday ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | NBC ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | color ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Gene Barry
ⓘ
Robert Stack ⓘ Tony Franciosa ⓘ
linked to:
Anthony Franciosa
|
| precededBy |
Fame Is the Name of the Game
ⓘ
linked to:
The Name of the Game
|
| producedIn |
early 1970s
ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ |
| producer | Richard Irving ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Television ⓘ |
| runtimePerEpisode | 90 minutes ⓘ |
| setInIndustry | magazine publishing ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
| timePeriodSetting |
early 1970s
ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ |
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: The Name of the Game Description of subject: The Name of the Game is an American television series from the late 1960s and early 1970s that followed the lives of magazine publishing executives through rotating lead characters and storylines.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Name of the Game
linked to: The Name of the Game
linked to: The Name of the Game
linked to: The Name of the Game
linked to: The Name of the Game
linked to: The Name of the Game
subject linked to:
Donna January in "The Boys"
linked to: The Name of the Game
linked to: The Name of the Game