Lasker Basic Award
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The Lasker Basic Award is a prestigious biomedical research prize recognizing fundamental discoveries that open new areas of basic medical science.
All labels observed (1)
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| Lasker Basic Award canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T507256 — 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: Lasker Basic Award Context triple: [Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, hasAbbreviation, Lasker Basic Award]
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A.
Rufus Oldenburger Medal
The Rufus Oldenburger Medal is a prestigious engineering award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of automatic control.
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B.
Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award
The Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award is a prestigious mathematics prize historically awarded for outstanding contributions to mathematical research, notably received by Emmy Noether.
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C.
Benoni
Benoni is a large town in South Africa’s Gauteng province, situated on the East Rand within the Greater Johannesburg metropolitan area and known historically for its gold mining and lakes.
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D.
Frisch Medal
The Frisch Medal is a prestigious biennial award in econometrics given for outstanding applied or theoretical research published in the journal Econometrica.
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E.
AIME Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal
The AIME Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal is a prestigious professional award recognizing outstanding contributions and leadership in the mining, metallurgical, and petroleum industries.
- 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: Lasker Basic Award Target entity description: The Lasker Basic Award is a prestigious biomedical research prize recognizing fundamental discoveries that open new areas of basic medical science.
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A.
Rufus Oldenburger Medal
The Rufus Oldenburger Medal is a prestigious engineering award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of automatic control.
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B.
Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award
The Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award is a prestigious mathematics prize historically awarded for outstanding contributions to mathematical research, notably received by Emmy Noether.
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C.
Benoni
Benoni is a large town in South Africa’s Gauteng province, situated on the East Rand within the Greater Johannesburg metropolitan area and known historically for its gold mining and lakes.
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D.
Frisch Medal
The Frisch Medal is a prestigious biennial award in econometrics given for outstanding applied or theoretical research published in the journal Econometrica.
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E.
AIME Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal
The AIME Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal is a prestigious professional award recognizing outstanding contributions and leadership in the mining, metallurgical, and petroleum industries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biomedical research award
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science prize ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award ⓘ |
| awardFor |
discoveries that open new areas of biomedical science
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fundamental discoveries in basic medical science ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| describedAs | one of the most prestigious American biomedical research awards ⓘ |
| eligibility |
individual scientists
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research teams ⓘ |
| field |
biomedical science
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medical research ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
citation
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inscribed statuette ⓘ monetary prize ⓘ |
| inception | 1946 ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Albert Lasker ⓘ |
| notableLaureate |
Aaron Ciechanover
ⓘ
Avram Hershko ⓘ Francis Crick ⓘ James D. Watson ⓘ
linked to:
James Watson
Jeffrey C. Hall ⓘ Max Delbrück ⓘ Michael Rosbash ⓘ Michael W. Young ⓘ Paul Greengard ⓘ Sydney Brenner ⓘ |
| partOf |
Lasker Awards
ⓘ
linked to:
Lasker Award
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| presentedBy | Lasker Foundation ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| scope | basic medical research ⓘ |
| sponsor | Lasker Foundation ⓘ |
| website | https://laskerfoundation.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lasker Basic Award Description of subject: The Lasker Basic Award is a prestigious biomedical research prize recognizing fundamental discoveries that open new areas of basic medical science.
Referenced by (1)
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