Lionsgate
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Lionsgate is a major North American entertainment company and film studio known for producing and distributing a wide range of popular movies and television series.
All labels observed (20)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T499301 — 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: Lionsgate Context triple: [The Railway Man, productionCompany, Lionsgate]
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A.
New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema is a major American film production and distribution company known for franchises like The Lord of the Rings and A Nightmare on Elm Street.
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B.
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures is a historic American film studio that rose to prominence during Hollywood’s Golden Age and became one of the industry’s leading producers and distributors of motion pictures.
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C.
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures is a major American film production and distribution studio, one of Hollywood's oldest and most prominent, known for releasing a wide range of blockbuster and critically acclaimed movies.
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D.
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures is a major American film studio and distributor known for producing and releasing numerous influential Hollywood movies across multiple genres.
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E.
Buena Vista International
Buena Vista International is a global film distribution company historically associated with The Walt Disney Company, responsible for releasing many of its movies in international markets.
- 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: Lionsgate Target entity description: Lionsgate is a major North American entertainment company and film studio known for producing and distributing a wide range of popular movies and television series.
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A.
New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema is a major American film production and distribution company known for franchises like The Lord of the Rings and A Nightmare on Elm Street.
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B.
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures is a historic American film studio that rose to prominence during Hollywood’s Golden Age and became one of the industry’s leading producers and distributors of motion pictures.
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C.
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures is a major American film production and distribution studio, one of Hollywood's oldest and most prominent, known for releasing a wide range of blockbuster and critically acclaimed movies.
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D.
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures is a major American film studio and distributor known for producing and releasing numerous influential Hollywood movies across multiple genres.
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E.
Buena Vista International
Buena Vista International is a global film distribution company historically associated with The Walt Disney Company, responsible for releasing many of its movies in international markets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
entertainment company
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film studio ⓘ media conglomerate ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distributionChannel |
digital streaming
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home entertainment ⓘ television syndication ⓘ theatrical distribution ⓘ |
| formerName |
Lions Gate Entertainment
ⓘ
linked to:
Lionsgate
|
| foundedBy | Frank Giustra ⓘ |
| genreSpecialty |
action films
ⓘ
horror films ⓘ independent films ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Lionsgate Home Entertainment
ⓘ
linked to:
Lionsgate
Lionsgate Premiere ⓘ
linked to:
Lionsgate
|
| hasSubsidiary |
Lionsgate Films
ⓘ
linked to:
Lionsgate
Lionsgate Television ⓘ
linked to:
Lionsgate
Pantelion Films ⓘ Roadside Attractions ⓘ Starz ⓘ
linked to:
Starz Entertainment
Summit Entertainment ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Santa Monica, California, United States
ⓘ
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ⓘ
linked to:
Vancouver
|
| inception | 1997 ⓘ |
| industry |
entertainment
ⓘ
film distribution ⓘ film production ⓘ television distribution ⓘ television production ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableAcquisition |
acquisition of Starz in 2016
ⓘ
acquisition of Summit Entertainment in 2012 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
John Wick film series
ⓘ
Mad Men ⓘ Nashville (TV series) ⓘ Orange Is the New Black ⓘ Saw film series ⓘ
linked to:
Saw
The Expendables film series ⓘ
linked to:
The Expendables
The Hunger Games film series ⓘ
linked to:
The Hunger Games
Twilight film series ⓘ
linked to:
The Twilight Saga film series
Weeds (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Weeds
|
| region | North America ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol |
LGF.A
ⓘ
LGF.B ⓘ
linked to:
LGF.A
|
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: Lionsgate Description of subject: Lionsgate is a major North American entertainment company and film studio known for producing and distributing a wide range of popular movies and television series.
Referenced by (622)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Lionsgate
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film "Precious"
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The Spirit
subject linked to:
The Spirit
linked to: Lionsgate
subject linked to:
The Expendables
linked to: Lionsgate
linked to: Lionsgate
linked to: Lionsgate
linked to: Lionsgate
linked to: Lionsgate
linked to: Lionsgate
linked to: Lionsgate
linked to: Lionsgate
linked to: Lionsgate
linked to: Lionsgate