Wallenberg Medal
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The Wallenberg Medal is a humanitarian award honoring individuals who demonstrate extraordinary courage and commitment in defending human rights and protecting the persecuted.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wallenberg Medal canonical | 8 |
| Raoul Wallenberg Award | 1 |
| Wallenberg Medal awarding | 1 |
| Wallenberg Medal ceremony | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T862442 — 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: Wallenberg Medal Context triple: [Kailash Satyarthi, awardReceived, Wallenberg Medal]
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Göran Gustafsson Prize
The Göran Gustafsson Prize is a prestigious Swedish scientific award recognizing outstanding research in fields such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, molecular biology, and engineering.
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Stockholm Water Prize
The Stockholm Water Prize is a prestigious international award often likened to the "Nobel Prize for water," honoring outstanding achievements in water-related science, policy, and management.
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Oskar Klein Medal
The Oskar Klein Medal is a prestigious physics award recognizing outstanding contributions to theoretical physics and cosmology.
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Herzberg Medal
The Herzberg Medal is a prestigious Canadian scientific award recognizing outstanding early-career research achievements, particularly in the natural sciences.
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E.
Gregori Aminoff Prize
The Gregori Aminoff Prize is a prestigious Swedish scientific award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of crystallography.
- 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: Wallenberg Medal Target entity description: The Wallenberg Medal is a humanitarian award honoring individuals who demonstrate extraordinary courage and commitment in defending human rights and protecting the persecuted.
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A.
Göran Gustafsson Prize
The Göran Gustafsson Prize is a prestigious Swedish scientific award recognizing outstanding research in fields such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, molecular biology, and engineering.
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B.
Stockholm Water Prize
The Stockholm Water Prize is a prestigious international award often likened to the "Nobel Prize for water," honoring outstanding achievements in water-related science, policy, and management.
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C.
Oskar Klein Medal
The Oskar Klein Medal is a prestigious physics award recognizing outstanding contributions to theoretical physics and cosmology.
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D.
Herzberg Medal
The Herzberg Medal is a prestigious Canadian scientific award recognizing outstanding early-career research achievements, particularly in the natural sciences.
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E.
Gregori Aminoff Prize
The Gregori Aminoff Prize is a prestigious Swedish scientific award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of crystallography.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human rights award
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humanitarian award ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
commitment to human rights
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extraordinary courage ⓘ protecting the persecuted ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| field |
human rights
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social justice ⓘ |
| follows | Raoul Wallenberg’s humanitarian legacy ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasPart | Wallenberg Lecture ⓘ |
| hasRecipient |
Abraham D. Sofaer
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Albie Sachs ⓘ Aron D. Tiranoff ⓘ Bryan Stevenson ⓘ Denis Mukwege ⓘ Desmond Tutu ⓘ Elie Wiesel ⓘ Fionnuala Ní Aoláin ⓘ Gao Yaojie ⓘ Hans Blix ⓘ Helen Bamber ⓘ Helen Suzman ⓘ Ibrahim Ag Alhabib ⓘ Jan Karski ⓘ Judith Heumann ⓘ Louise Arbour ⓘ María Elena Moyano ⓘ Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ Paul Rusesabagina ⓘ Raif Badawi ⓘ Razia Jan ⓘ Ruth Messinger ⓘ Tom Lantos ⓘ William D. Ford ⓘ |
| inception | 1990 ⓘ |
| location |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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linked to:
Ann Arbor
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| namedAfter | Raoul Wallenberg ⓘ |
| namedForRole | Raoul Wallenberg’s efforts to save Jews during the Holocaust ⓘ |
| organizer |
University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
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linked to:
University of Michigan
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| presentedBy |
University of Michigan
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University of Michigan Wallenberg Endowment ⓘ |
| purpose |
to honor individuals who demonstrate extraordinary courage in defending human rights
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to honor individuals who protect the persecuted ⓘ |
| sponsor | University of Michigan donors ⓘ |
| website | https://wallenberg.umich.edu/ ⓘ |
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Subject: Wallenberg Medal Description of subject: The Wallenberg Medal is a humanitarian award honoring individuals who demonstrate extraordinary courage and commitment in defending human rights and protecting the persecuted.
Referenced by (11)
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