Crossroads School
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Crossroads School is a progressive, arts-focused independent school in Santa Monica, California, known for educating numerous students who go on to careers in the entertainment industry.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crossroads School canonical | 7 |
| Crossroads School (Santa Monica) | 2 |
| Crossroads School (Santa Monica, California) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2369621 — 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: Crossroads School Context triple: [Sean Astin, educatedAt, Crossroads School]
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A.
South School
South School is a public elementary school serving early-grade students in the New Canaan, Connecticut community.
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B.
Highcrest Middle School
Highcrest Middle School is a public middle school serving students in the Wilmette, Illinois community.
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C.
Shaker Lane School
Shaker Lane School is a public elementary school serving early-grade students in the town of Littleton, Massachusetts.
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D.
Starpoint High School
Starpoint High School is a public secondary school in New York best known as the alma mater of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.
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E.
East School
East School is a public elementary school serving young students in the New Canaan, Connecticut community.
- 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: Crossroads School Target entity description: Crossroads School is a progressive, arts-focused independent school in Santa Monica, California, known for educating numerous students who go on to careers in the entertainment industry.
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A.
South School
South School is a public elementary school serving early-grade students in the New Canaan, Connecticut community.
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B.
Highcrest Middle School
Highcrest Middle School is a public middle school serving students in the Wilmette, Illinois community.
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C.
Shaker Lane School
Shaker Lane School is a public elementary school serving early-grade students in the town of Littleton, Massachusetts.
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D.
Starpoint High School
Starpoint High School is a public secondary school in New York best known as the alma mater of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.
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E.
East School
East School is a public elementary school serving young students in the New Canaan, Connecticut community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arts-focused school
ⓘ
college preparatory school ⓘ independent school ⓘ private school ⓘ progressive school ⓘ |
| accreditation |
California Association of Independent Schools
ⓘ
Western Association of Schools and Colleges ⓘ |
| campusType | urban campus ⓘ |
| city | Santa Monica ⓘ |
| coeducation | coeducational ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| emphasis |
arts education
ⓘ
college preparation ⓘ progressive education ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1971 ⓘ |
| founder |
Paul Cummins
ⓘ
Rhoda Makoff ⓘ |
| fundingType | tuition-based ⓘ |
| governance | independent ⓘ |
| grades | kindergarten through 12th grade ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
elementary school division
ⓘ
middle school division ⓘ upper school division ⓘ |
| hasFocus |
community engagement
ⓘ
creative expression ⓘ social responsibility ⓘ |
| knownFor |
notable alumni in film, television, and music
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progressive curriculum ⓘ strong arts programs ⓘ students who pursue careers in the entertainment industry ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Los Angeles County
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles County, California
Santa Monica, California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Santa Monica, California
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| mascot | Roadrunner ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
athletics program
ⓘ
college counseling ⓘ music program ⓘ performing arts program ⓘ visual arts program ⓘ |
| region | Westside of Los Angeles ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | nonsectarian ⓘ |
| schoolColors |
blue
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| schoolType | K–12 school ⓘ |
| sector | independent education sector ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
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: Crossroads School Description of subject: Crossroads School is a progressive, arts-focused independent school in Santa Monica, California, known for educating numerous students who go on to careers in the entertainment industry.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Crossroads School (Santa Monica)
this entity surface form:
Crossroads School (Santa Monica, California)
this entity surface form:
Crossroads School (Santa Monica)