Nanyang Public School
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Nanyang Public School was the original institution founded in Shanghai in the late 19th century that later evolved into Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nanyang Public School canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1910724 — 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: Nanyang Public School Context triple: [Shanghai Jiao Tong University, formerName, Nanyang Public School]
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A.
Penair School
Penair School is a coeducational secondary school and academy serving students in and around the city of Truro in Cornwall, England.
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B.
St Paul’s Girls’ School
St Paul’s Girls’ School is a prestigious independent day school for girls in London, renowned for its strong academic record and notable alumnae.
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C.
National Institute of Education
The National Institute of Education was a U.S. federal agency responsible for supporting and coordinating educational research and improvement nationwide.
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D.
Kadoorie Agricultural High School
Kadoorie Agricultural High School is a historic Israeli boarding school and agricultural training institution that educated many early leaders of the country.
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E.
Cheam School
Cheam School is a historic English preparatory school known for educating members of the British royal family, including Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
- 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: Nanyang Public School Target entity description: Nanyang Public School was the original institution founded in Shanghai in the late 19th century that later evolved into Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
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A.
Penair School
Penair School is a coeducational secondary school and academy serving students in and around the city of Truro in Cornwall, England.
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B.
St Paul’s Girls’ School
St Paul’s Girls’ School is a prestigious independent day school for girls in London, renowned for its strong academic record and notable alumnae.
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C.
National Institute of Education
The National Institute of Education was a U.S. federal agency responsible for supporting and coordinating educational research and improvement nationwide.
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D.
Kadoorie Agricultural High School
Kadoorie Agricultural High School is a historic Israeli boarding school and agricultural training institution that educated many early leaders of the country.
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E.
Cheam School
Cheam School is a historic English preparatory school known for educating members of the British royal family, including Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational institution
ⓘ
school ⓘ university precursor ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Qing dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese government (late Qing dynasty)
|
| city | Shanghai ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| educationLevel |
higher education
ⓘ
secondary education ⓘ |
| educationSystem | Chinese education system ⓘ |
| era | late 19th century ⓘ |
| establishedInPeriod | late Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| focus |
Western-style education
ⓘ
modern science and engineering education ⓘ |
| foundedAs | Nanyang Public School self-link ⓘ |
| foundingLocation | Shanghai ⓘ |
| hasType | public school ⓘ |
| historicalRole | early modern technical and higher education in China ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction |
Chinese
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| legacy | foundation of Shanghai Jiao Tong University ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Qing dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Qing Empire
Shanghai ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Asia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Nanyang (Southern Ocean) concept in late Qing China ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the original institution that evolved into Shanghai Jiao Tong University ⓘ |
| partOf | modernization of Chinese education ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | Shanghai Jiao Tong University ⓘ |
| region |
Jiangsu
ⓘ
surface form:
Jiangsu Province
|
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successor | Shanghai Jiao Tong University ⓘ |
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: Nanyang Public School Description of subject: Nanyang Public School was the original institution founded in Shanghai in the late 19th century that later evolved into Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.