MBS
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MBS is a Japanese television network that has broadcast popular anime series such as Fullmetal Alchemist.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MBS canonical | 19 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9001230 — 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: MBS Context triple: [Fullmetal Alchemist, originalNetwork, MBS]
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A.
MBS
MBS is an abbreviation commonly used for the Mutual Broadcasting System, a historic American radio network that operated from the 1930s to the 1990s.
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B.
MBSJ
MBSJ is the municipal council responsible for local governance and city management in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
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C.
MBSY
MBSY is the ICAO airport code for the small airport serving Salt Cay in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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D.
MSB
MSB is the Turkish Ministry of National Defence, the government body responsible for overseeing Turkey’s armed forces and national defense policy.
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E.
MSB
MSB is a professional French basketball club based in Le Mans that competes in the country’s top-tier league and European competitions.
- 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: MBS Target entity description: MBS is a Japanese television network that has broadcast popular anime series such as Fullmetal Alchemist.
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A.
MBS
MBS is an abbreviation commonly used for the Mutual Broadcasting System, a historic American radio network that operated from the 1930s to the 1990s.
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B.
MBSJ
MBSJ is the municipal council responsible for local governance and city management in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
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C.
MBSY
MBSY is the ICAO airport code for the small airport serving Salt Cay in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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D.
MSB
MSB is the Turkish Ministry of National Defence, the government body responsible for overseeing Turkey’s armed forces and national defense policy.
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E.
MSB
MSB is a professional French basketball club based in Le Mans that competes in the country’s top-tier league and European competitions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
broadcasting company
ⓘ
television network ⓘ |
| abbreviation | MBS ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Japan News Network
ⓘ
Japan Radio Network ⓘ
linked to:
Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc.
|
| broadcastArea |
Kansai region of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Kansai region
|
| broadcasted |
Attack on Titan (anime)
ⓘ
linked to:
Attack on Titan
Blue Exorcist (anime) ⓘ
linked to:
Blue Exorcist
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion ⓘ
linked to:
Code Geass
D.Gray-man (anime) ⓘ Fullmetal Alchemist (2003 anime series) ⓘ
linked to:
Fullmetal Alchemist
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood ⓘ
linked to:
Fullmetal Alchemist
Haikyu!! (anime) ⓘ
linked to:
Haikyu!!
Jujutsu Kaisen (anime) ⓘ K-On! ⓘ
linked to:
K-On! franchise
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic ⓘ Mobile Suit Gundam 00 ⓘ
linked to:
Gundam 00
The Seven Deadly Sins (anime) ⓘ
linked to:
The Seven Deadly Sins
|
| broadcastStandard | digital terrestrial television ⓘ |
| callsign | JOOR-DTV ⓘ |
| city | Osaka ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| formerCallsign | JOOR-TV ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd.
ⓘ
linked to:
Mainichi Newspapers
|
| fullName | Mainichi Broadcasting System ⓘ |
| hasGenreFocus |
anime programming
ⓘ
entertainment programming ⓘ news programming ⓘ sports programming ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
radio
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| hasProgrammingBlock | Animeism ⓘ |
| hasSisterStation | MBS Radio ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Osaka, Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Osaka, Kansai, Japan
|
| industry |
radio broadcasting
ⓘ
television broadcasting ⓘ |
| languageOfBroadcast | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Japan Standard Time ⓘ |
| nativeName |
毎日放送
ⓘ
linked to:
Mainichi Broadcasting System
|
| networkType | commercial television network ⓘ |
| notableFor | broadcasting anime series ⓘ |
| owner |
Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Mainichi Broadcasting System
|
| parentCompany |
Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Mainichi Broadcasting System
|
| region | Kansai region ⓘ |
| specializesIn | late-night anime programming blocks ⓘ |
| website | https://www.mbs.jp/ ⓘ |
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: MBS Description of subject: MBS is a Japanese television network that has broadcast popular anime series such as Fullmetal Alchemist.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.