Springfield Elementary School
E737445
Springfield Elementary School is the fictional, chronically underfunded grade school in The Simpsons where characters like Lisa and Bart Simpson attend classes under the inept leadership of Principal Skinner and teacher Edna Krabappel.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Springfield Elementary School canonical | 9 |
| "Springfield Elementary School" name sign | 1 |
| Springfield Elementary teachers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8479491 — 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: Springfield Elementary School Context triple: [Lisa Simpson, education, Springfield Elementary School]
-
A.
Springer Elementary School
Springer Elementary School is a public elementary school in Los Altos, California, serving early-grade students in the local community.
-
B.
Williams Elementary School
Williams Elementary School is a public primary school that serves young students within the Newton Public Schools district in Newton, Massachusetts.
-
C.
West Elementary School
West Elementary School is a public primary school in the Wamego, Kansas area, serving early-grade students within the Wamego USD 320 school district.
-
D.
Riverside Elementary School
Riverside Elementary School is a public primary school serving young students in the Rockville Centre community of New York.
-
E.
Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School is a public elementary school serving early-grade students in Edison Township, New Jersey, as part of the Edison Township Public Schools district.
- 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: Springfield Elementary School Target entity description: Springfield Elementary School is the fictional, chronically underfunded grade school in The Simpsons where characters like Lisa and Bart Simpson attend classes under the inept leadership of Principal Skinner and teacher Edna Krabappel.
-
A.
Springer Elementary School
Springer Elementary School is a public elementary school in Los Altos, California, serving early-grade students in the local community.
-
B.
Williams Elementary School
Williams Elementary School is a public primary school that serves young students within the Newton Public Schools district in Newton, Massachusetts.
-
C.
West Elementary School
West Elementary School is a public primary school in the Wamego, Kansas area, serving early-grade students within the Wamego USD 320 school district.
-
D.
Riverside Elementary School
Riverside Elementary School is a public primary school serving young students in the Rockville Centre community of New York.
-
E.
Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School is a public elementary school serving early-grade students in Edison Township, New Jersey, as part of the Edison Township Public Schools district.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational institution in fiction
ⓘ
fictional school ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Simpsons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryInUniverse | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorUniverse | Matt Groening NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educationLevel | elementary school ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | nonexistent in real world ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceWork | The Simpsons (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fundingSourceInUniverse | Springfield municipal budget ⓘ |
| genreContext | animated sitcom ⓘ |
| governingBodyInUniverse | Springfield School Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
auditorium
ⓘ
cafeteria ⓘ classrooms ⓘ gymnasium ⓘ music room ⓘ playground ⓘ school bus parking area ⓘ |
| knownFor |
chronic underfunding
ⓘ
dilapidated facilities ⓘ poor educational standards ⓘ |
| languageOfInstructionInUniverse | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalCity | Springfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
school inspections by Superintendent Chalmers
ⓘ
standardized test scandals ⓘ teacher strikes ⓘ |
| principal | Seymour Skinner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recurringTheme |
budget cuts
ⓘ
bureaucratic incompetence ⓘ standardized testing satire ⓘ teacher dissatisfaction ⓘ |
| staffMember |
Groundskeeper Willie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lunchlady Doris NERFINISHED ⓘ Otto Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ Superintendent Chalmers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| student |
Bart Simpson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Database ⓘ Janey Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ Lisa Simpson NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ Milhouse Van Houten NERFINISHED ⓘ Nelson Muntz NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Wiggum NERFINISHED ⓘ Sherri and Terri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teacher |
Dewey Largo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edna Krabappel NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth Hoover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalGrades | kindergarten to grade 6 ⓘ |
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: Springfield Elementary School Description of subject: Springfield Elementary School is the fictional, chronically underfunded grade school in The Simpsons where characters like Lisa and Bart Simpson attend classes under the inept leadership of Principal Skinner and teacher Edna Krabappel.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
"Springfield Elementary School" name sign
subject surface form:
Lisa the Simpson
this entity surface form:
Springfield Elementary teachers