Carnegie Medal
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The Carnegie Medal is a prestigious British literary award given annually to an outstanding book for children or young adults.
All labels observed (14)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1353882 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carnegie Medal Context triple: [Terry Pratchett, awardReceived, Carnegie Medal]
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A.
Whitbread Children's Book of the Year
The Whitbread Children's Book of the Year was a prestigious UK literary award, part of the Whitbread (later Costa) Book Awards, recognizing outstanding children's literature.
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B.
Whitbread Novel Award
The Whitbread Novel Award was a major British literary prize, later renamed the Costa Book Award for Novel, recognizing outstanding works of fiction by authors based in the UK and Ireland.
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Whitbread Book of the Year
The Whitbread Book of the Year is a major British literary prize, now known as the Costa Book of the Year, awarded annually to an outstanding book across multiple categories.
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Royal Society of Literature Award
The Royal Society of Literature Award is a prestigious British literary honor presented by the Royal Society of Literature in recognition of outstanding works of writing.
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E.
Booker Prize
The Booker Prize is a prestigious annual literary award recognizing outstanding original novels written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland.
- 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: Carnegie Medal Target entity description: The Carnegie Medal is a prestigious British literary award given annually to an outstanding book for children or young adults.
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A.
Whitbread Children's Book of the Year
The Whitbread Children's Book of the Year was a prestigious UK literary award, part of the Whitbread (later Costa) Book Awards, recognizing outstanding children's literature.
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B.
Whitbread Novel Award
The Whitbread Novel Award was a major British literary prize, later renamed the Costa Book Award for Novel, recognizing outstanding works of fiction by authors based in the UK and Ireland.
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C.
Whitbread Book of the Year
The Whitbread Book of the Year is a major British literary prize, now known as the Costa Book of the Year, awarded annually to an outstanding book across multiple categories.
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D.
Royal Society of Literature Award
The Royal Society of Literature Award is a prestigious British literary honor presented by the Royal Society of Literature in recognition of outstanding works of writing.
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E.
Booker Prize
The Booker Prize is a prestigious annual literary award recognizing outstanding original novels written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's book award
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literary award ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in the UK ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
outstanding book for children
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outstanding book for young adults ⓘ |
| awardedSince | 1937 ⓘ |
| awardedTo | authors ⓘ |
| awardType | medal ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| eligibility |
book first published in the United Kingdom
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book written in English ⓘ |
| field |
children's literature
ⓘ
literature ⓘ young adult literature ⓘ |
| formerName |
Carnegie Medal in Literature
ⓘ
linked to:
Carnegie Medal
|
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
ⓘ
young adult literature ⓘ |
| hasAwardCategory |
Carnegie Medal for Writing
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linked to:
Carnegie Medal
|
| hasCompanionAward |
Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration
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linked to:
Kate Greenaway Medal
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| hasMediaType | book ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/ ⓘ |
| inception | 1936 ⓘ |
| languageRequirement | English ⓘ |
| location | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Andrew Carnegie ⓘ |
| namedForNationality | Scottish-American ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | philanthropist ⓘ |
| notableWinner |
Aidan Chambers
ⓘ
Alan Garner ⓘ C. S. Lewis ⓘ Neil Gaiman ⓘ Patrick Ness ⓘ Philip Pullman ⓘ Siobhan Dowd ⓘ Terry Pratchett ⓘ |
| organisedBy | CILIP Youth Libraries Group ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals ⓘ |
| prestige | one of the most prestigious children's book awards in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| region | British ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Kate Greenaway Medal
ⓘ
Yoto Carnegie Awards ⓘ
linked to:
Carnegie Medal
|
| scope | national ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria | literary merit ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | judged by librarians ⓘ |
| sponsor | CILIP ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
ⓘ
young adults ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Carnegie Medal Description of subject: The Carnegie Medal is a prestigious British literary award given annually to an outstanding book for children or young adults.
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Richard Adams
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Sally Gardner (children's writer)
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Cottrell-Boyce
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Frank
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Maggot Moon (for which she won the Carnegie Medal)
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Maggot Moon (for which she won the Carnegie Medal)
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"Maggot Moon" won the Carnegie Medal
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"Maggot Moon" won the Costa Children's Book Award