French Baccalauréat
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The French Baccalauréat is France’s national secondary-school leaving qualification and university entrance diploma, known for its rigorous, broad-based academic curriculum and high-stakes final examinations.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| French Baccalauréat canonical | 5 |
| French baccalauréat | 3 |
| French Baccalauréat général | 1 |
| baccalauréat professionnel | 1 |
| baccalauréat technologique | 1 |
| le baccalauréat | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5168303 — 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: French Baccalauréat Context triple: [Institut Le Rosey, offersProgram, French Baccalauréat]
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A.
French grandes écoles
French grandes écoles are elite, highly selective higher education institutions in France that specialize in fields such as engineering, business, and public administration and often lead to top positions in government and industry.
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B.
Écoles françaises à l’étranger
Écoles françaises à l’étranger is a network of French state-run academic and cultural institutions abroad that support advanced research, training, and international collaboration in fields such as archaeology, history, and the humanities.
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C.
Lycée Bonaparte
Lycée Bonaparte is a prestigious French secondary school in Paris historically known for educating notable figures such as poet and Nobel laureate Sully Prudhomme.
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D.
Lycée Pasteur
Lycée Pasteur is a prestigious French secondary school in Neuilly-sur-Seine, known for its rigorous academics and notable alumni and faculty, including philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.
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E.
Lycée Hoche
Lycée Hoche is a prestigious French secondary school and preparatory institution located in Versailles, renowned for its strong academic performance and competitive entrance to top grandes écoles.
- 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: French Baccalauréat Target entity description: The French Baccalauréat is France’s national secondary-school leaving qualification and university entrance diploma, known for its rigorous, broad-based academic curriculum and high-stakes final examinations.
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A.
French grandes écoles
French grandes écoles are elite, highly selective higher education institutions in France that specialize in fields such as engineering, business, and public administration and often lead to top positions in government and industry.
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B.
Écoles françaises à l’étranger
Écoles françaises à l’étranger is a network of French state-run academic and cultural institutions abroad that support advanced research, training, and international collaboration in fields such as archaeology, history, and the humanities.
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C.
Lycée Bonaparte
Lycée Bonaparte is a prestigious French secondary school in Paris historically known for educating notable figures such as poet and Nobel laureate Sully Prudhomme.
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D.
Lycée Pasteur
Lycée Pasteur is a prestigious French secondary school in Neuilly-sur-Seine, known for its rigorous academics and notable alumni and faculty, including philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.
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E.
Lycée Hoche
Lycée Hoche is a prestigious French secondary school and preparatory institution located in Versailles, renowned for its strong academic performance and competitive entrance to top grandes écoles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
secondary-school leaving qualification
ⓘ
university entrance diploma ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
French Ministry of National Education
ⓘ
linked to:
Ministry of National Education of France
|
| alsoKnownAs |
le bac
ⓘ
le baccalauréat ⓘ
linked to:
French Baccalauréat
|
| assessmentType | high-stakes final examinations ⓘ |
| coreSubjects |
French language and literature
ⓘ
history-geography ⓘ modern foreign languages ⓘ philosophy ⓘ science and mathematics (in général stream) ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| curriculumScope | broad-based academic curriculum ⓘ |
| educationLevel | end of upper secondary education ⓘ |
| effectiveReformImplementation | from 2021 session ⓘ |
| examPeriod | June ⓘ |
| gradingScale | 0 to 20 ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
continuous assessment (contrôle continu)
ⓘ
oral examinations ⓘ written examinations ⓘ |
| hasStream |
général
ⓘ
professionnel ⓘ technologique ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
baccalauréat général
ⓘ
baccalauréat professionnel ⓘ
linked to:
French Baccalauréat
baccalauréat technologique ⓘ |
| honoursThreshold |
assez bien (12–13.99/20)
ⓘ
bien (14–15.99/20) ⓘ félicitations du jury (typically ≥18/20) ⓘ très bien (16–17.99/20) ⓘ |
| influenced | baccalaureate-style exams in other Francophone countries ⓘ |
| introduced | early 19th century ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Napoleon I (as imperial university examination) ⓘ |
| legalStatus | national state examination ⓘ |
| passMark | 10 out of 20 average ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | French ⓘ |
| purpose |
certification of completion of secondary education
ⓘ
university admission in France ⓘ |
| reformChange |
increased role of continuous assessment
ⓘ
introduction of specialty subjects (enseignements de spécialité) ⓘ reduction of final terminal exams weight ⓘ suppression of traditional S, ES, L series in général stream ⓘ |
| reformedIn | 2018 reform of the lycée and baccalauréat ⓘ |
| region |
French overseas departments and territories
ⓘ
linked to:
French overseas departments and regions
metropolitan France ⓘ
linked to:
Metropolitan France
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| requiredFor | automatic right to enroll in a French public university ⓘ |
| retakeOption | oral retake for averages between 8 and 9.99/20 ⓘ |
| typicalAgeOfCandidates | 17–18 years ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: French Baccalauréat Description of subject: The French Baccalauréat is France’s national secondary-school leaving qualification and university entrance diploma, known for its rigorous, broad-based academic curriculum and high-stakes final examinations.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
French preparatory classes (classes préparatoires)
linked to: French Baccalauréat
linked to: French Baccalauréat
linked to: French Baccalauréat
linked to: French Baccalauréat
linked to: French Baccalauréat
linked to: French Baccalauréat
subject linked to:
Lycée Guebre-Mariam, Addis Ababa
linked to: French Baccalauréat