Magdalen College School, Oxford
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Magdalen College School, Oxford is a historic and academically prestigious independent day school for boys (and co-educational in the sixth form) located in Oxford, England.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Magdalen College School, Oxford canonical | 3 |
| Magdalen College School | 2 |
| Magdalen College School site | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2406387 — 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: Magdalen College School, Oxford Context triple: [Sam Mendes, educatedAt, Magdalen College School, Oxford]
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A.
St Edward's School, Oxford
St Edward's School, Oxford is a prestigious co-educational independent boarding and day school in North Oxford, England, known for its strong academic and extracurricular traditions.
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B.
King’s College School, Cambridge
King’s College School, Cambridge is a historic independent preparatory school in Cambridge, England, closely associated with King’s College of the University of Cambridge and known for its strong academic and choral traditions.
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C.
Wellington College
Wellington College is a prestigious English public boarding school in Berkshire, known for its strong academic tradition and historic military associations.
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D.
Marlborough College
Marlborough College is a prestigious independent boarding and day school in Wiltshire, England, known for educating many notable figures in British public life.
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E.
The Leys School
The Leys School is a prestigious independent co-educational boarding and day school in Cambridge, England, known for its strong academic tradition and notable alumni.
- 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: Magdalen College School, Oxford Target entity description: Magdalen College School, Oxford is a historic and academically prestigious independent day school for boys (and co-educational in the sixth form) located in Oxford, England.
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A.
St Edward's School, Oxford
St Edward's School, Oxford is a prestigious co-educational independent boarding and day school in North Oxford, England, known for its strong academic and extracurricular traditions.
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B.
King’s College School, Cambridge
King’s College School, Cambridge is a historic independent preparatory school in Cambridge, England, closely associated with King’s College of the University of Cambridge and known for its strong academic and choral traditions.
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C.
Wellington College
Wellington College is a prestigious English public boarding school in Berkshire, known for its strong academic tradition and historic military associations.
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D.
Marlborough College
Marlborough College is a prestigious independent boarding and day school in Wiltshire, England, known for educating many notable figures in British public life.
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E.
The Leys School
The Leys School is a prestigious independent co-educational boarding and day school in Cambridge, England, known for its strong academic tradition and notable alumni.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
boys' school
ⓘ
charity ⓘ co-educational sixth form ⓘ day school ⓘ independent school ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | Magdalen College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ageRange | 7–18 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educationStage |
primary education
ⓘ
secondary education ⓘ sixth form ⓘ |
| foundedBy | William of Waynflete NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1480 ⓘ |
| genderAdmission | boys ⓘ |
| genderAdmissionSixthForm | co-educational ⓘ |
| governedBy | board of governors ⓘ |
| hasAlumni | Old Waynfletes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Junior School
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Senior School ⓘ Sixth Form ⓘ |
| hasHeadTitle | Master ⓘ |
| hasHouseSystem | true ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
academic excellence
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strong music program ⓘ strong rowing tradition ⓘ |
| isDaySchool | true ⓘ |
| isSelective | true ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
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Oxford ⓘ Oxfordshire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Cowley Place NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motto | Floreat Magdalena ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mary Magdalene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Magdalen Bridge
NERFINISHED
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Magdalen College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offersQualification |
A Level
ⓘ
GCSE ⓘ |
| overlooks | River Cherwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Church of England ⓘ |
| schoolColours |
black
ⓘ
blue ⓘ white ⓘ |
| schoolType | independent day school ⓘ |
| sharesHistoryWith | Magdalen College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Magdalen College School, Oxford Description of subject: Magdalen College School, Oxford is a historic and academically prestigious independent day school for boys (and co-educational in the sixth form) located in Oxford, England.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Magdalen College School
this entity surface form:
Magdalen College School site
this entity surface form:
Magdalen College School