Okawa Prize
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The Okawa Prize is a prestigious international award recognizing outstanding contributions to information and telecommunications technologies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Okawa Prize canonical | 3 |
| Okawa Research Grant | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2315532 — 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: Okawa Prize Context triple: [Raj Reddy, awardReceived, Okawa Prize]
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A.
Kyoto Prize
The Kyoto Prize is a prestigious international award from Japan that honors individuals worldwide for outstanding contributions to science, technology, arts, and philosophy.
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B.
Toppan Prize
The Toppan Prize is a prestigious academic award at Harvard University recognizing outstanding doctoral dissertations in the social sciences.
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C.
Keio Medical Science Prize
The Keio Medical Science Prize is a prestigious international award presented by Keio University to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of medical and life sciences.
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D.
Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy
The Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy is one of Japan’s most prestigious academic honors, awarded by the Japan Academy for outstanding scholarly achievements across the sciences and humanities.
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E.
Japan Prize
The Japan Prize is a prestigious international award that honors significant contributions to science and technology that promote peace and prosperity for humanity.
- 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: Okawa Prize Target entity description: The Okawa Prize is a prestigious international award recognizing outstanding contributions to information and telecommunications technologies.
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A.
Kyoto Prize
The Kyoto Prize is a prestigious international award from Japan that honors individuals worldwide for outstanding contributions to science, technology, arts, and philosophy.
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B.
Toppan Prize
The Toppan Prize is a prestigious academic award at Harvard University recognizing outstanding doctoral dissertations in the social sciences.
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C.
Keio Medical Science Prize
The Keio Medical Science Prize is a prestigious international award presented by Keio University to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of medical and life sciences.
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D.
Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy
The Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy is one of Japan’s most prestigious academic honors, awarded by the Japan Academy for outstanding scholarly achievements across the sciences and humanities.
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E.
Japan Prize
The Japan Prize is a prestigious international award that honors significant contributions to science and technology that promote peace and prosperity for humanity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international award
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science and technology award ⓘ |
| awardCategory | information and telecommunications ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
outstanding technological innovation in ICT
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pioneering research in information and communications ⓘ significant contributions to the progress of information society ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| domainOfContribution | information and telecommunications technologies ⓘ |
| eligibleRecipients |
engineers
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individual researchers ⓘ scientists ⓘ |
| field |
information and communication technology
ⓘ
information technology ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
award ceremony
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commemorative plaque ⓘ monetary award ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
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Japanese ⓘ |
| inception | 1996 ⓘ |
| isPartOf | activities of the Okawa Foundation for Information and Telecommunications ⓘ |
| locationOfCeremony | Tokyo ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Kazuo Okawa ⓘ |
| officialWebsite | https://www.okawa-foundation.or.jp/en/activities/prize/ ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Okawa Foundation for Information and Telecommunications ⓘ |
| purpose | to recognize outstanding contributions to information and telecommunications technologies ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | committee evaluation ⓘ |
| sponsor | Okawa Foundation for Information and Telecommunications ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Okawa Prize Description of subject: The Okawa Prize is a prestigious international award recognizing outstanding contributions to information and telecommunications technologies.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Okawa Prize