Spence School
E52995
K–12 school
college preparatory school
day school
educational institution in New York City
girls' school
independent school
private school
The Spence School is an elite, private all-girls K–12 college preparatory school in New York City known for its rigorous academics and prominent alumnae.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spence School canonical | 5 |
| The Spence School | 2 |
| Brearley School | 1 |
| Spence Upper School | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T386942 — 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: Spence School Context triple: [Upper East Side, hasEducationalInstitution, Spence School]
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A.
Hotchkiss School
Hotchkiss School is a prestigious private boarding preparatory school in Lakeville, Connecticut, known for its rigorous academics and influential alumni.
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B.
Joel Barlow High School
Joel Barlow High School is a public secondary school serving students from the towns of Redding and Easton in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
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C.
Emanuel School
Emanuel School is an independent co-educational day school in London, England, known for its strong academic reputation and notable alumni including World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee.
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D.
Orville H. Platt High School
Orville H. Platt High School is a public high school serving students in the Meriden, Connecticut area.
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E.
Butler School
Butler School is a public elementary school serving young students in the town of Belmont, Massachusetts.
- 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: Spence School Target entity description: The Spence School is an elite, private all-girls K–12 college preparatory school in New York City known for its rigorous academics and prominent alumnae.
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A.
Hotchkiss School
Hotchkiss School is a prestigious private boarding preparatory school in Lakeville, Connecticut, known for its rigorous academics and influential alumni.
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B.
Joel Barlow High School
Joel Barlow High School is a public secondary school serving students from the towns of Redding and Easton in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
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C.
Emanuel School
Emanuel School is an independent co-educational day school in London, England, known for its strong academic reputation and notable alumni including World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee.
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D.
Orville H. Platt High School
Orville H. Platt High School is a public high school serving students in the Meriden, Connecticut area.
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E.
Butler School
Butler School is a public elementary school serving young students in the town of Belmont, Massachusetts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
K–12 school
ⓘ
college preparatory school ⓘ day school ⓘ educational institution in New York City ⓘ girls' school ⓘ independent school ⓘ private school ⓘ |
| admissionsPolicy | selective ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| campusType | urban campus ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| coeducationStatus | single-sex ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| foundedBy | Clara B. Spence ⓘ |
| genderAdmissionPolicy | girls only ⓘ |
| governance | board of trustees ⓘ |
| grades | K–12 ⓘ |
| hasAlumnae | notable graduates ⓘ |
| hasSchoolDivision |
Lower School
ⓘ
Middle School ⓘ Upper School ⓘ |
| knownFor |
elite college preparation
ⓘ
prominent alumnae ⓘ rigorous academics ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Upper East Side
ⓘ
surface form:
Upper East Side, Manhattan
|
| missionFocus |
academic excellence
ⓘ
preparation for higher education ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
advanced academic courses
ⓘ
arts education ⓘ athletics program ⓘ college counseling ⓘ |
| region | Northeastern United States ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | none ⓘ |
| schoolLevel |
elementary school
ⓘ
high school ⓘ kindergarten ⓘ middle school ⓘ |
| schoolSystem | independent school system ⓘ |
| schoolType |
college preparatory
ⓘ
nonsectarian ⓘ |
| sector | private ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| studentGender | female ⓘ |
| targetAgeRange | children and adolescents ⓘ |
| tuitionType | tuition-based ⓘ |
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: Spence School Description of subject: The Spence School is an elite, private all-girls K–12 college preparatory school in New York City known for its rigorous academics and prominent alumnae.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Brearley School
this entity surface form:
The Spence School
this entity surface form:
The Spence School
this entity surface form:
Spence Upper School