Palo Alto High School

E104438

actor actress educational institution professional basketball player public high school secondary school singer writer

Palo Alto High School is a public high school in Palo Alto, California, known for its strong academics, competitive athletics, and notable alumni including NBA player Jeremy Lin.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Palo Alto High School canonical	10
Palo Alto High School mascot "The Tree"	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T855038 — 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: Palo Alto High School
Context triple: [Jeremy Lin, highSchool, Palo Alto High School]

A. Menlo-Atherton High School
Menlo-Atherton High School is a public high school in the San Francisco Bay Area known for its academic rigor, diverse student body, and strong athletics and arts programs.
B. Menlo School
Menlo School is a prestigious independent college-preparatory school in Menlo Park, California, known for its rigorous academics and strong extracurricular programs.
C. Encinal High School
Encinal High School is a public high school in Alameda, California, known for its strong athletics programs and notable alumni including MLB star Jimmy Rollins.
D. Orville H. Platt High School
Orville H. Platt High School is a public high school serving students in the Meriden, Connecticut area.
E. Newton High School
Newton High School was the original name of what is now known as Newton North High School, a public secondary school in Newton, 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: Palo Alto High School
Target entity description: Palo Alto High School is a public high school in Palo Alto, California, known for its strong academics, competitive athletics, and notable alumni including NBA player Jeremy Lin.

A. Menlo-Atherton High School
Menlo-Atherton High School is a public high school in the San Francisco Bay Area known for its academic rigor, diverse student body, and strong athletics and arts programs.
B. Menlo School
Menlo School is a prestigious independent college-preparatory school in Menlo Park, California, known for its rigorous academics and strong extracurricular programs.
C. Encinal High School
Encinal High School is a public high school in Alameda, California, known for its strong athletics programs and notable alumni including MLB star Jimmy Rollins.
D. Orville H. Platt High School
Orville H. Platt High School is a public high school serving students in the Meriden, Connecticut area.
E. Newton High School
Newton High School was the original name of what is now known as Newton North High School, a public secondary school in Newton, Massachusetts.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actor ⓘ actress ⓘ educational institution ⓘ professional basketball player ⓘ public high school ⓘ secondary school ⓘ singer ⓘ writer ⓘ
admissionPolicy	public, non-selective ⓘ
campusType	suburban campus ⓘ
cityServed	Palo Alto ⓘ linked to: Palo Alto, California
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
countryServed	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
foundedBy	Palo Alto Unified School District ⓘ
fundingType	public ⓘ
governance	publicly funded ⓘ
governingBody	Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education ⓘ linked to: Palo Alto Unified School District
grades	9–12 ⓘ
hasAlumnus	James Franco ⓘ Jeremy Lin ⓘ Joan Baez ⓘ Ken Kesey ⓘ Reese Witherspoon ⓘ
hasProgram	advanced placement courses ⓘ athletics program ⓘ broadcast journalism ⓘ student newspaper ⓘ yearbook ⓘ
hasSport	basketball ⓘ football ⓘ swimming ⓘ track and field ⓘ
knownFor	competitive athletics ⓘ notable alumni ⓘ strong academics ⓘ student journalism programs ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	English ⓘ
locatedIn	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States Palo Alto, California ⓘ Santa Clara County, California ⓘ linked to: Santa Clara County
mascot	Viking ⓘ
near	Stanford University ⓘ
nickname	Paly ⓘ
playedInLeague	National Basketball Association ⓘ
region	San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
schoolColors	green ⓘ white ⓘ
schoolDistrict	Palo Alto Unified School District ⓘ
stateServed	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
type	coeducational school ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jeremy Lin → highSchool → Palo Alto High School ⓘ

Palo Alto, California → isHomeTo → Palo Alto High School ⓘ

James Franco → educatedAt → Palo Alto High School ⓘ

El Palo Alto → isNamesakeOf → Palo Alto High School ⓘ

subject linked to: El Palo Alto (historic redwood tree in Palo Alto)

Palo Alto Unified School District → hasHighSchool → Palo Alto High School ⓘ

Esther Wojcicki → employer → Palo Alto High School ⓘ

El Palo Alto tree → isNamesakeOf → Palo Alto High School mascot "The Tree" ⓘ

linked to: Palo Alto High School

City of Palo Alto → isHomeTo → Palo Alto High School ⓘ

Paly → officialName → Palo Alto High School ⓘ

Joc Pederson → highSchool → Palo Alto High School ⓘ

David William Schultz → educatedAt → Palo Alto High School ⓘ

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