With child prodigies often in sports, music, arts it easy to see and recognize the talent. But 'smart' as a word out of context on its own is vague, subjective

With child prodigies often in sports, music, arts it easy to see and recognize the talent. But 'smart' as a word out of context on its own is vague, subjective and can say many things. How do we distinguish between 'smart' and those who may simply have a high opinion of themselves or are being pushed by parents with extra training, and the pressure itself on children of unrealistic expectations. If you leave it vague you risk creating a whole victimhood mentality of individuals who think they are entitled but the world, schools, teachers etc has somehow conspired to deny them. I think its important to be explicit in these discussion about terms like 'smart', their context and what is being referred to.