Bolton School
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Bolton School is a prestigious independent day school in Bolton, Greater Manchester, known for its long history and notable alumni.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2138113 — 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: Bolton School Context triple: [Ian McKellen, educatedAt, Bolton School]
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A.
West School
West School is a public elementary school serving students in the New Canaan, Connecticut community.
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B.
Holton Park Girls' Grammar School
Holton Park Girls' Grammar School was a former girls' grammar school in Oxfordshire, England, best known as part of the early education of future UK Prime Minister Theresa May.
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C.
Pocklington School
Pocklington School is an independent day and boarding school in Yorkshire, England, known for educating notable figures such as abolitionist William Wilberforce.
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D.
Paton School
Paton School is a public elementary school serving students in the town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
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E.
Bow Memorial School
Bow Memorial School is the public middle school serving students in the town of Bow, New Hampshire.
- 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: Bolton School Target entity description: Bolton School is a prestigious independent day school in Bolton, Greater Manchester, known for its long history and notable alumni.
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A.
West School
West School is a public elementary school serving students in the New Canaan, Connecticut community.
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B.
Holton Park Girls' Grammar School
Holton Park Girls' Grammar School was a former girls' grammar school in Oxfordshire, England, best known as part of the early education of future UK Prime Minister Theresa May.
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C.
Pocklington School
Pocklington School is an independent day and boarding school in Yorkshire, England, known for educating notable figures such as abolitionist William Wilberforce.
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D.
Paton School
Paton School is a public elementary school serving students in the town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
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E.
Bow Memorial School
Bow Memorial School is the public middle school serving students in the town of Bow, New Hampshire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
charitable organization
ⓘ
day school ⓘ independent school ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genderAdmission | single-sex education ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Board of Governors of Bolton School
ⓘ
linked to:
Bolton School
|
| hasAgeRange | 3–18 years ⓘ |
| hasAlumniOrganization |
Old Boltonians’ Association
ⓘ
linked to:
Bolton School
|
| hasCampusType | urban campus ⓘ |
| hasCharityStatus | registered charity in England and Wales ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Bolton School Boys’ Division
ⓘ
linked to:
Bolton School
Bolton School Girls’ Division ⓘ
linked to:
Bolton School
Bolton School Infant School ⓘ
linked to:
Bolton School
Bolton School Junior School ⓘ
linked to:
Bolton School
Bolton School Nursery ⓘ
linked to:
Bolton School
|
| hasFacilities |
library
ⓘ
music department ⓘ science laboratories ⓘ sports fields ⓘ swimming pool ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| hasHouseSystem | true ⓘ |
| hasInspectionBody | Independent Schools Inspectorate ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Mutare vel timere sperno ⓘ |
| hasMottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| hasNotableAlumni |
Baroness Trish Morris
ⓘ
Jonas Armstrong ⓘ Mark Radcliffe ⓘ Nigel Short ⓘ Sir Arthur Rostron ⓘ Sir Ernest Ryder ⓘ Sir Geoffrey Jackson ⓘ Sir Harry Kroto ⓘ
linked to:
Harry Kroto
Sir Ian McKellen ⓘ
linked to:
Ian McKellen
Sir John Reith’s family connections ⓘ Sir Philip Craven ⓘ Sir William Edge ⓘ |
| hasReputation | prestigious independent school in the North West of England ⓘ |
| hasType | selective school ⓘ |
| isCoordinatedWith |
Bolton School Foundation
ⓘ
linked to:
Bolton School
|
| isFeePaying | true ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bolton
ⓘ
England ⓘ Greater Manchester ⓘ |
| offersEducationLevel |
primary education
ⓘ
secondary education ⓘ sixth form education ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | non-denominational ⓘ |
| schoolCategory | independent day school ⓘ |
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: Bolton School Description of subject: Bolton School is a prestigious independent day school in Bolton, Greater Manchester, known for its long history and notable alumni.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
McKellen
linked to: Bolton School
linked to: Bolton School
linked to: Bolton School
linked to: Bolton School
linked to: Bolton School
linked to: Bolton School
linked to: Bolton School
linked to: Bolton School