King Edward VII School, Johannesburg
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King Edward VII School in Johannesburg is a prestigious South African public boys' school known for its strong academic tradition and notable alumni.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| King Edward VII School, Johannesburg canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4793040 — 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: King Edward VII School, Johannesburg Context triple: [William Kentridge, educatedAt, King Edward VII School, Johannesburg]
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A.
Johannesburg Indian High School
Johannesburg Indian High School was a segregated secondary school in Johannesburg that educated many Indian South Africans, including anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada.
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B.
Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High School
Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High School is a prominent public girls’ secondary school in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, known for its strong academic performance and rich traditions.
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C.
Durban High School
Durban High School is a historic and prestigious all-boys secondary school in Durban, South Africa, known for its strong academic and sporting traditions.
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D.
Maritzburg College
Maritzburg College is a historic all-boys public school in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, renowned for its strong academic, sporting, and cultural traditions.
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E.
Lobamba Royal School
Lobamba Royal School is an educational institution in Eswatini known for educating members of the Swazi royal family, including King Mswati III.
- 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: King Edward VII School, Johannesburg Target entity description: King Edward VII School in Johannesburg is a prestigious South African public boys' school known for its strong academic tradition and notable alumni.
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A.
Johannesburg Indian High School
Johannesburg Indian High School was a segregated secondary school in Johannesburg that educated many Indian South Africans, including anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada.
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B.
Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High School
Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High School is a prominent public girls’ secondary school in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, known for its strong academic performance and rich traditions.
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C.
Durban High School
Durban High School is a historic and prestigious all-boys secondary school in Durban, South Africa, known for its strong academic and sporting traditions.
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D.
Maritzburg College
Maritzburg College is a historic all-boys public school in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, renowned for its strong academic, sporting, and cultural traditions.
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E.
Lobamba Royal School
Lobamba Royal School is an educational institution in Eswatini known for educating members of the Swazi royal family, including King Mswati III.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high school
ⓘ
public boys' school ⓘ secondary school ⓘ |
| alumniOf |
Adam Bacher
NERFINISHED
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Ali Bacher NERFINISHED ⓘ Bryan Habana NERFINISHED ⓘ Clive Rice NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyril Ramaphosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Donald Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ Gary Player NERFINISHED ⓘ Graeme Pollock NERFINISHED ⓘ Herbert Kitchin NERFINISHED ⓘ Herby Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugh Bladen NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Slovo NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe van Niekerk NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Clegg NERFINISHED ⓘ Molefi Kete Asante NERFINISHED ⓘ Neil McKenzie NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Brenner NERFINISHED ⓘ William Kentridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campusSetting | urban campus ⓘ |
| city | Johannesburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| formerName | Johannesburg High School for Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | early 20th century ⓘ |
| genderAdmission | boys ⓘ |
| governingAuthority | Gauteng Department of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDivision | King Edward VII Preparatory School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNickname | KES NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSchoolColours |
black
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| knownFor |
notable alumni
ⓘ
sporting tradition ⓘ strong academic tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| namedAfter | King Edward VII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offersGrade |
Grade 10
ⓘ
Grade 11 ⓘ Grade 12 ⓘ Grade 8 ⓘ Grade 9 ⓘ |
| offersSport |
athletics
ⓘ
cricket ⓘ hockey ⓘ rugby union ⓘ swimming ⓘ |
| province | Gauteng NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | non-denominational ⓘ |
| schoolType |
day and boarding school
ⓘ
public school ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: King Edward VII School, Johannesburg Description of subject: King Edward VII School in Johannesburg is a prestigious South African public boys' school known for its strong academic tradition and notable alumni.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.