The Bronx High School of Science

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educational institution magnet school public high school secondary school specialized high school

The Bronx High School of Science is a prestigious specialized public high school in New York City renowned for its rigorous STEM curriculum and many distinguished alumni in science and other fields.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bronx High School of Science	14
The Bronx High School of Science canonical	8

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T258305 — 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: The Bronx High School of Science
Context triple: [Neil deGrasse Tyson, educatedAt, The Bronx High School of Science]

A. Ardsley High School
Ardsley High School is a public high school in Ardsley, New York, known in part for having been attended by Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.
B. Five Towns College
Five Towns College is a private college on Long Island known for its programs in music, media, and the performing arts.
C. Groton School
Groton School is an elite private Episcopal boarding school in Groton, Massachusetts, known for educating many prominent American political and social leaders.
D. Marist College
Marist College is a private liberal arts college located along the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, New York, known for its strong programs in communications, business, and study abroad.
E. Harvard School for Boys
Harvard School for Boys was a private preparatory school in New York City known for educating students from prominent families, including future actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
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: The Bronx High School of Science
Target entity description: The Bronx High School of Science is a prestigious specialized public high school in New York City renowned for its rigorous STEM curriculum and many distinguished alumni in science and other fields.

A. Ardsley High School
Ardsley High School is a public high school in Ardsley, New York, known in part for having been attended by Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.
B. Five Towns College
Five Towns College is a private college on Long Island known for its programs in music, media, and the performing arts.
C. Groton School
Groton School is an elite private Episcopal boarding school in Groton, Massachusetts, known for educating many prominent American political and social leaders.
D. Marist College
Marist College is a private liberal arts college located along the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, New York, known for its strong programs in communications, business, and study abroad.
E. Harvard School for Boys
Harvard School for Boys was a private preparatory school in New York City known for educating students from prominent families, including future actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	educational institution ⓘ magnet school ⓘ public high school ⓘ secondary school ⓘ specialized high school ⓘ
admissionPolicy	exam-based admission ⓘ
campusType	urban campus ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
foundedBy	New York City Board of Education ⓘ linked to: New York City Department of Education
fundingType	publicly funded ⓘ
genderAdmission	coeducational ⓘ
governingBody	New York City Department of Education ⓘ
grades	9–12 ⓘ
hasAlumnus	Arno Penzias ⓘ Eliot Spitzer ⓘ H. David Politzer ⓘ Harold Varmus ⓘ Jerome Karle ⓘ John C. Mather ⓘ Jon Favreau (filmmaker) ⓘ linked to: Jon Favreau Neil deGrasse Tyson ⓘ Richard Axel ⓘ Roald Hoffmann ⓘ Sheldon Glashow ⓘ Steven Weinberg ⓘ William Safire ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	competitive admissions ⓘ high academic standards ⓘ prestigious reputation ⓘ rigorous curriculum ⓘ selective enrollment ⓘ strong emphasis on science and mathematics ⓘ
hasMascot	Wolverine ⓘ
hasMotto	“The place to be for the future of science” ⓘ
hasNewspaper	The Science Survey ⓘ
hasSchoolColors	green ⓘ white ⓘ
hasYearbook	The Observatory ⓘ
inception	1938 ⓘ
isPartOf	New York City specialized high schools ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	English ⓘ
locatedIn	New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ linked to: New York The Bronx ⓘ
movedToCurrentCampus	1959 ⓘ
notableFor	Intel Science Talent Search finalists ⓘ Nobel laureate alumni ⓘ Regeneron Science Talent Search finalists ⓘ distinguished alumni in academia ⓘ distinguished alumni in business ⓘ distinguished alumni in politics ⓘ distinguished alumni in science ⓘ distinguished alumni in technology ⓘ
offersProgram	Advanced Placement courses ⓘ research programs ⓘ science competitions preparation ⓘ
schoolType	college preparatory school ⓘ public ⓘ
specialization	STEM ⓘ engineering ⓘ mathematics ⓘ science ⓘ technology ⓘ

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