KXAN-TV
E820681
KXAN-TV is a television station serving the Austin, Texas market, known primarily as the local NBC affiliate.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9781315 — 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: KXAN-TV Context triple: [KTLA, sisterStation, KXAN-TV]
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A.
KPHX
KPHX is the ICAO airport code for Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, a major commercial airport serving the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area.
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B.
KXLA
KXLA is a television station based in Los Angeles, California, known for broadcasting a variety of multicultural and multilingual programming.
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C.
KTTV
KTTV is a Los Angeles-based television station, historically known as a major outlet for sports broadcasting and local news coverage.
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D.
KRLD-TV
KRLD-TV is a Dallas–Fort Worth television station historically known for its local news coverage and role in reporting major events such as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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E.
KFSN-TV
KFSN-TV is a local television station in Fresno, California, serving as the market’s ABC network affiliate.
- 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: KXAN-TV Target entity description: KXAN-TV is a television station serving the Austin, Texas market, known primarily as the local NBC affiliate.
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A.
KPHX
KPHX is the ICAO airport code for Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, a major commercial airport serving the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area.
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B.
KXLA
KXLA is a television station based in Los Angeles, California, known for broadcasting a variety of multicultural and multilingual programming.
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C.
KTTV
KTTV is a Los Angeles-based television station, historically known as a major outlet for sports broadcasting and local news coverage.
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D.
KRLD-TV
KRLD-TV is a Dallas–Fort Worth television station historically known for its local news coverage and role in reporting major events such as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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E.
KFSN-TV
KFSN-TV is a local television station in Fresno, California, serving as the market’s ABC network affiliate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NBC affiliate
ⓘ
television station ⓘ |
| affiliateOf |
NBC network
ⓘ
linked to:
NBC
|
| affiliationType | primary NBC affiliate ⓘ |
| branding |
KXAN
ⓘ
linked to:
KXAN-TV
KXAN NBC ⓘ
linked to:
KXAN-TV
|
| broadcastMedium | terrestrial television ⓘ |
| broadcastStandard | ATSC ⓘ |
| callsign | KXAN-TV ⓘ |
| cityOfLicense |
Austin, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
City of Austin
|
| contentType |
NBC network programming
ⓘ
local news ⓘ sports ⓘ weather ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryRegulator | Federal Communications Commission ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Texas ⓘ |
| digitalChannel | 21 ⓘ |
| dmaCode |
Austin DMA
ⓘ
linked to:
Austin metropolitan area
|
| facilityId | 35867 ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.kxan.com/ ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| licensee |
Nexstar Media Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Nexstar Media Group
|
| marketCoverage |
Austin metropolitan area
ⓘ
surrounding Central Texas communities ⓘ |
| marketRank | Austin television market ⓘ |
| marketType | Designated Market Area ⓘ |
| networkAffiliation | NBC ⓘ |
| owner | Nexstar Media Group ⓘ |
| platform |
cable television
ⓘ
online streaming ⓘ over-the-air television ⓘ satellite television ⓘ |
| primaryService | television broadcasting ⓘ |
| programmingFocus |
Central Texas investigative reporting
ⓘ
local news coverage of Austin ⓘ |
| regulatorAbbreviation |
FCC
ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Communications Commission
|
| servesMarket |
Austin, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
City of Austin
|
| serviceArea |
Central Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
central Texas
|
| sisterStation |
KBVO
ⓘ
KNVA ⓘ |
| stationType | full-power television station ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| transmissionType | digital television ⓘ |
| virtualChannel | 36 ⓘ |
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: KXAN-TV Description of subject: KXAN-TV is a television station serving the Austin, Texas market, known primarily as the local NBC affiliate.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.