Ridgemont High School
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Ridgemont High School is the fictional Southern California high school that serves as the central backdrop for the teen comedy film "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ridgemont High School canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10355333 — 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: Ridgemont High School Context triple: [Fast Times at Ridgemont High, setting, Ridgemont High School]
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A.
Hillcrest High School
Hillcrest High School is a New York City public high school best known as the alma mater of comedian and actor Ray Romano.
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B.
Hillcrest High School
Hillcrest High School is a public secondary school in Illinois that serves students in the Bremen High School District 228.
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C.
Ravenwood High School
Ravenwood High School is a public secondary school serving students in the Brentwood area of Williamson County, Tennessee, known for its strong academics and extracurricular programs.
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D.
Hillcrest Academy
Hillcrest Academy is an educational institution, likely a primary or secondary school, associated with or attended by John Tate.
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E.
Ridge High School
Ridge High School is a public secondary school serving students in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Township, New Jersey, known for strong academics and a wide range of extracurricular programs.
- 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: Ridgemont High School Target entity description: Ridgemont High School is the fictional Southern California high school that serves as the central backdrop for the teen comedy film "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."
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A.
Hillcrest High School
Hillcrest High School is a New York City public high school best known as the alma mater of comedian and actor Ray Romano.
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B.
Hillcrest High School
Hillcrest High School is a public secondary school in Illinois that serves students in the Bremen High School District 228.
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C.
Ravenwood High School
Ravenwood High School is a public secondary school serving students in the Brentwood area of Williamson County, Tennessee, known for its strong academics and extracurricular programs.
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D.
Hillcrest Academy
Hillcrest Academy is an educational institution, likely a primary or secondary school, associated with or attended by John Tate.
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E.
Ridge High School
Ridge High School is a public secondary school serving students in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Township, New Jersey, known for strong academics and a wide range of extracurricular programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional high school
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fictional location ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
coming-of-age film
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teen comedy film ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Fast Times at Ridgemont High NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkType | film ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
coming of age
ⓘ
high school experience ⓘ surf and mall culture ⓘ teenage life ⓘ youth culture ⓘ |
| associatedWithWorkCreator | Cameron Crowe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithWorkDirector | Amy Heckerling GENERATED ⓘ |
| basedOnRealWorldLocation |
Santa Monica High School
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Van Nuys High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depictedTimePeriod | early 1980s ⓘ |
| describedAs | Southern California high school ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Fast Times at Ridgemont High universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFictionalActivity |
classroom instruction
ⓘ
detention ⓘ football games ⓘ hallway socializing ⓘ pep rallies ⓘ |
| hasFictionalFacility |
cafeteria
ⓘ
classrooms ⓘ football field ⓘ hallways ⓘ locker area ⓘ parking lot ⓘ |
| hasFictionalStaff | Mr. Vargas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFictionalStudent |
Brad Hamilton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jeff Spicoli NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Ratner NERFINISHED ⓘ Stacy Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFictionalTeacher | Mr. Hand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| mediumOfOrigin | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
central backdrop of the story
ⓘ
primary social environment for main characters ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | typical American public high school ⓘ |
| regionOfFictionalSetting | Southern California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingFor | Fast Times at Ridgemont High NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfFictionalSetting | California 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: Ridgemont High School Description of subject: Ridgemont High School is the fictional Southern California high school that serves as the central backdrop for the teen comedy film "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.