PSAT/NMSQT
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The PSAT/NMSQT is a standardized, preliminary version of the SAT taken by high school students in the United States that also serves as the qualifying test for the National Merit Scholarship Program.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PSAT/NMSQT canonical | 7 |
| PSAT 10 | 1 |
| PSAT 8/9 | 1 |
| Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T189106 — 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: PSAT/NMSQT Context triple: [TI-84 Plus, isApprovedForUseOn, PSAT/NMSQT]
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A.
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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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.
Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System
The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System is the statewide standardized testing program used to measure student achievement and school performance in Massachusetts public schools.
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E.
PISA
PISA is an international assessment program that evaluates the educational performance of 15-year-old students in reading, mathematics, and science across participating countries.
- 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: PSAT/NMSQT Target entity description: The PSAT/NMSQT is a standardized, preliminary version of the SAT taken by high school students in the United States that also serves as the qualifying test for the National Merit Scholarship Program.
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A.
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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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.
Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System
The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System is the statewide standardized testing program used to measure student achievement and school performance in Massachusetts public schools.
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E.
PISA
PISA is an international assessment program that evaluates the educational performance of 15-year-old students in reading, mathematics, and science across participating countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
college admissions test
ⓘ
scholarship qualifying test ⓘ standardized test ⓘ |
| abbreviation | PSAT/NMSQT ⓘ |
| administeredBy | College Board ⓘ |
| ageGroup | secondary education students ⓘ |
| coSponsoredBy | National Merit Scholarship Corporation ⓘ |
| countryOfUse |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| deliveryMode | in-school administration ⓘ |
| evidenceBasedReadingAndWritingScoreRange | 160–760 ⓘ |
| feePayer |
school or district
ⓘ
student ⓘ |
| firstAdministered | 1971 ⓘ |
| fullName |
Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test
ⓘ
linked to:
PSAT/NMSQT
|
| governingOrganization | College Board ⓘ |
| hasSubsection |
Math (calculator)
ⓘ
Math (no calculator) ⓘ Reading ⓘ Writing and Language ⓘ |
| intendedUse | practice for SAT without score reporting to colleges ⓘ |
| mathScoreRange | 160–760 ⓘ |
| noPenaltyForGuessing | true ⓘ |
| offered | once per year ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| purpose |
practice for the SAT
ⓘ
qualifying test for the National Merit Scholarship Program ⓘ |
| qualifiesForProgram |
National Merit Scholarship Program
ⓘ
linked to:
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
|
| registrationMethod | through high schools ⓘ |
| relatedExam |
PSAT 10
ⓘ
linked to:
PSAT/NMSQT
PSAT 8/9 ⓘ
linked to:
PSAT/NMSQT
SAT ⓘ |
| scaleScoreRange | 320–1520 ⓘ |
| sections |
Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
ⓘ
Math ⓘ |
| sectionScoreRange | 160–760 ⓘ |
| selectionIndexDefinition | sum of three test scores multiplied by 2 ⓘ |
| selectionIndexRange | 48–228 ⓘ |
| targetPopulation | high school students ⓘ |
| testDurationMinutes | approximately 165 ⓘ |
| testFormat |
multiple choice
ⓘ
standardized paper-based test ⓘ |
| testType | criterion-referenced test ⓘ |
| typicalAdministrationMonth | October ⓘ |
| typicalGradeLevels |
10th grade
ⓘ
11th grade ⓘ |
| usedFor |
National Merit Scholarship eligibility
ⓘ
college readiness assessment ⓘ identifying academically talented students ⓘ |
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: PSAT/NMSQT Description of subject: The PSAT/NMSQT is a standardized, preliminary version of the SAT taken by high school students in the United States that also serves as the qualifying test for the National Merit Scholarship Program.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
TI-84 Plus graphing calculator
linked to: PSAT/NMSQT
linked to: PSAT/NMSQT
linked to: PSAT/NMSQT