Leaving Certificate
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The Leaving Certificate is Ireland’s final secondary school examination and qualification, typically taken by students at the end of their senior cycle and used for entry into higher education.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leaving Certificate canonical | 9 |
| Established Leaving Certificate | 1 |
| Leaving Cert | 1 |
| Leaving Certificate Applied | 1 |
| Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2350646 — 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: Leaving Certificate Context triple: [Presentation Brothers College, Cork, offersQualification, Leaving Certificate]
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A.
HSC
HSC is the abbreviation for the Harmonized System Committee, the international body responsible for overseeing and updating the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System used in global trade.
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B.
GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
GCE Advanced Level (A‑level) is a subject-based qualification typically taken by students in the UK and some other countries at the end of secondary education, often used for university entrance.
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C.
HSC in Northern Ireland
HSC in Northern Ireland is the publicly funded integrated health and social care system that provides medical and social services to residents of Northern Ireland.
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D.
CSE (Certificate of Secondary Education)
The Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE) was a former UK school-leaving qualification aimed at students of average ability, which was eventually superseded by the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE).
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E.
Erasmus Smith High School
Erasmus Smith High School was a prominent Irish secondary school in Dublin known for educating notable figures including poet W.B. Yeats.
- 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: Leaving Certificate Target entity description: The Leaving Certificate is Ireland’s final secondary school examination and qualification, typically taken by students at the end of their senior cycle and used for entry into higher education.
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A.
HSC
HSC is the abbreviation for the Harmonized System Committee, the international body responsible for overseeing and updating the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System used in global trade.
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B.
GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
GCE Advanced Level (A‑level) is a subject-based qualification typically taken by students in the UK and some other countries at the end of secondary education, often used for university entrance.
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C.
HSC in Northern Ireland
HSC in Northern Ireland is the publicly funded integrated health and social care system that provides medical and social services to residents of Northern Ireland.
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D.
CSE (Certificate of Secondary Education)
The Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE) was a former UK school-leaving qualification aimed at students of average ability, which was eventually superseded by the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE).
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E.
Erasmus Smith High School
Erasmus Smith High School was a prominent Irish secondary school in Dublin known for educating notable figures including poet W.B. Yeats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational qualification
ⓘ
school examination ⓘ secondary school leaving qualification ⓘ |
| administeredBy | State Examinations Commission ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Leaving Certificate
ⓘ
surface form:
Leaving Cert
|
| assessmentType |
oral examinations
ⓘ
practical examinations ⓘ project work ⓘ written examinations ⓘ |
| coreSubject |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ Mathematics ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| durationOfSeniorCycle | 2 years ⓘ |
| educationLevel | upper secondary education ⓘ |
| examinationPeriod | June ⓘ |
| follows |
Junior Cycle
ⓘ
surface form:
Junior Certificate
Junior Cycle ⓘ |
| governedBy | Department of Education (Ireland) ⓘ |
| gradingSystem |
F1–F2 for foundation level subjects
ⓘ
H1–H8 for higher level subjects ⓘ O1–O8 for ordinary level subjects ⓘ |
| hasProgrammeVariant |
Leaving Certificate
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Established Leaving Certificate
Leaving Certificate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Leaving Certificate Applied
Leaving Certificate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme
|
| introduced | 1924 ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| optionalYearBefore | Transition Year ⓘ |
| partOf | Irish education system ⓘ |
| pointsSystemManagedBy | Central Applications Office ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Group Certificate
ⓘ
Intermediate Certificate ⓘ |
| qualificationFrameworkLevel |
NFQ Level 4
ⓘ
NFQ Level 5 ⓘ |
| region | Republic of Ireland ⓘ |
| replacedByInNorthernIreland |
GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
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surface form:
A-levels
|
| resultsReleasedIn | August ⓘ |
| subjectChoice | students typically take 6 to 8 subjects ⓘ |
| typicalStudentAge |
17
ⓘ
18 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Institute of Technology admission
ⓘ
Technological University admission ⓘ entry to higher education in Ireland ⓘ university admission ⓘ |
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: Leaving Certificate Description of subject: The Leaving Certificate is Ireland’s final secondary school examination and qualification, typically taken by students at the end of their senior cycle and used for entry into higher education.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
St Patrick’s College, Ballina
this entity surface form:
Established Leaving Certificate
this entity surface form:
Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme
this entity surface form:
Leaving Certificate Applied
this entity surface form:
Leaving Cert