Edinburgh Academy
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Edinburgh Academy is a prestigious independent day school in Edinburgh, Scotland, known for its strong academic tradition and notable alumni.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edinburgh Academy canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4391940 — 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: Edinburgh Academy Context triple: [Nicky Campbell, educatedAt, Edinburgh Academy]
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A.
High School of Edinburgh
The High School of Edinburgh is a historic and prestigious secondary school in Edinburgh, Scotland, known for educating many prominent figures in Scottish public life.
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B.
Old Royal High School
The Old Royal High School is a prominent 19th-century neoclassical former school building in Edinburgh, Scotland, noted for its architectural significance and historic role in Scottish education and civic life.
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C.
Kilmarnock Academy
Kilmarnock Academy is a secondary school in Kilmarnock, Scotland, known for serving the local community with comprehensive education for young people.
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D.
Dumfries Academy
Dumfries Academy is a historic secondary school in Dumfries, Scotland, known for educating notable figures including author J. M. Barrie.
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E.
George Watson's College
George Watson's College is a prominent independent co-educational day school in Edinburgh, Scotland, known for its strong academic reputation and long history.
- 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: Edinburgh Academy Target entity description: Edinburgh Academy is a prestigious independent day school in Edinburgh, Scotland, known for its strong academic tradition and notable alumni.
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A.
High School of Edinburgh
The High School of Edinburgh is a historic and prestigious secondary school in Edinburgh, Scotland, known for educating many prominent figures in Scottish public life.
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B.
Old Royal High School
The Old Royal High School is a prominent 19th-century neoclassical former school building in Edinburgh, Scotland, noted for its architectural significance and historic role in Scottish education and civic life.
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C.
Kilmarnock Academy
Kilmarnock Academy is a secondary school in Kilmarnock, Scotland, known for serving the local community with comprehensive education for young people.
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D.
Dumfries Academy
Dumfries Academy is a historic secondary school in Dumfries, Scotland, known for educating notable figures including author J. M. Barrie.
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E.
George Watson's College
George Watson's College is a prominent independent co-educational day school in Edinburgh, Scotland, known for its strong academic reputation and long history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
day school
ⓘ
educational institution ⓘ independent school ⓘ |
| ageRange | 5–18 ⓘ |
| category |
Educational institutions established in 1824
ⓘ
Schools in Edinburgh ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educationSystem | Scottish education system ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Henry Cockburn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leonard Horner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1824 ⓘ |
| genderAdmission | co-educational ⓘ |
| governance | board of governors ⓘ |
| hasAlumni |
D. M. Barrie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gordon Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ James Clerk Maxwell NERFINISHED ⓘ John Watson Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ Magnus Magnusson NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Louis Stevenson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCampus |
Junior School
ⓘ
Senior School ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
library
ⓘ
performing arts spaces ⓘ science laboratories ⓘ sports fields ⓘ |
| hasHouseSystem | yes ⓘ |
| knownFor |
notable alumni
ⓘ
strong academic tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Edinburgh
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| offersLevel |
primary education
ⓘ
secondary education ⓘ |
| offersQualification |
Advanced Higher
ⓘ
Scottish Qualifications Certificate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Edinburgh council area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | non-denominational ⓘ |
| schoolType | independent day school ⓘ |
| sector | private education ⓘ |
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: Edinburgh Academy Description of subject: Edinburgh Academy is a prestigious independent day school in Edinburgh, Scotland, known for its strong academic tradition and notable alumni.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.