Law School Admission Test
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The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is a standardized exam used primarily in the United States and Canada to assess reading comprehension, logical reasoning, and analytical thinking skills for law school applicants.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Law School Admission Test canonical | 6 |
| LSAT | 5 |
| LSAT Writing | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T461031 — 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: Law School Admission Test Context triple: [Juris Doctor, typicalAdmissionRequirement, Law School Admission Test]
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A.
Test of English as a Foreign Language
The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is a standardized exam that measures the English language proficiency of non-native speakers for academic and professional purposes, especially for admission to universities in English-speaking countries.
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B.
GRE
The GRE (Graduate Record Examination) is a standardized test widely used for admission to graduate and business school programs, assessing verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and analytical writing skills.
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C.
GMAT
The GMAT is a standardized, computer-adaptive exam used worldwide to assess analytical, quantitative, verbal, and writing skills for admission to graduate business programs.
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D.
SAT
The SAT is a standardized college admissions test widely used in the United States to assess high school students' readiness for undergraduate study.
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E.
Juris Doctor
The Juris Doctor (J.D.) is a professional graduate law degree that qualifies recipients to sit for the bar exam and practice law in the United States.
- 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: Law School Admission Test Target entity description: The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is a standardized exam used primarily in the United States and Canada to assess reading comprehension, logical reasoning, and analytical thinking skills for law school applicants.
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A.
Test of English as a Foreign Language
The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is a standardized exam that measures the English language proficiency of non-native speakers for academic and professional purposes, especially for admission to universities in English-speaking countries.
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B.
GRE
The GRE (Graduate Record Examination) is a standardized test widely used for admission to graduate and business school programs, assessing verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and analytical writing skills.
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C.
GMAT
The GMAT is a standardized, computer-adaptive exam used worldwide to assess analytical, quantitative, verbal, and writing skills for admission to graduate business programs.
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D.
SAT
The SAT is a standardized college admissions test widely used in the United States to assess high school students' readiness for undergraduate study.
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E.
Juris Doctor
The Juris Doctor (J.D.) is a professional graduate law degree that qualifies recipients to sit for the bar exam and practice law in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
law school admission test
ⓘ
standardized test ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Law School Admission Test
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
LSAT
|
| administeredBy | Law School Admission Council ⓘ |
| alternativeTo | GRE for some law schools ⓘ |
| assesses |
analytical reasoning
ⓘ
critical thinking ⓘ logical reasoning ⓘ reading comprehension ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deliveryMode | digital ⓘ |
| feeRequired | yes ⓘ |
| field | legal education ⓘ |
| frequency | multiple times per year ⓘ |
| governingBody | Law School Admission Council ⓘ |
| hasPrerequisite | none ⓘ |
| introduced | 1948 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableChange |
removal of scored logic games section (Analytical Reasoning) announced
ⓘ
transition to digital format ⓘ |
| primaryUse | law school admissions ⓘ |
| proctoring |
in-person test centers
ⓘ
remote proctoring ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| registrationRequired | yes ⓘ |
| requiredFor | Juris Doctor programs at many law schools ⓘ |
| scoreRange | 120–180 ⓘ |
| scoreType | scaled score ⓘ |
| scoreUse |
admissions decisions
ⓘ
scholarship consideration ⓘ |
| section |
Analytical Reasoning
ⓘ
Logical Reasoning ⓘ Reading Comprehension ⓘ Writing Sample ⓘ unscored experimental section ⓘ |
| targetAudience | prospective law students ⓘ |
| testFormat |
multiple choice questions
ⓘ
unscored writing sample ⓘ |
| testLength | approximately 3 hours ⓘ |
| testType | aptitude test ⓘ |
| usedBy |
American Bar Association–approved law schools
ⓘ
Canadian law schools ⓘ |
| website | https://www.lsac.org/lsat ⓘ |
| writingSampleRequired | yes ⓘ |
| writingSampleScored | no ⓘ |
| writingSampleSentTo | law schools ⓘ |
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: Law School Admission Test Description of subject: The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is a standardized exam used primarily in the United States and Canada to assess reading comprehension, logical reasoning, and analytical thinking skills for law school applicants.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
LSAT
Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law
→
admissionRequirement
→
Law School Admission Test
ⓘ
Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law
→
admissionRequirement
→
Law School Admission Test
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
LSAT
this entity surface form:
LSAT
this entity surface form:
LSAT
this entity surface form:
LSAT Writing
this entity surface form:
LSAT Writing
subject surface form:
Logical Reasoning (LSAT)
this entity surface form:
LSAT