Quadriga award
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The Quadriga award was a German prize given annually to individuals or groups for their visionary leadership and contributions to political, economic, and cultural change.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quadriga award canonical | 5 |
| Quadriga Award (revoked) 2011 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T508429 — 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: Quadriga award Context triple: [Jimmy Wales, awardReceived, Quadriga award]
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A.
Golden Pan Award
The Golden Pan Award is a British publishing honor given to authors whose books have sold over one million copies, recognizing major commercial success in the UK.
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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.
Crystal Award
The Crystal Award is a World Economic Forum honor presented to artists and cultural leaders whose work has made a significant impact on improving the state of the world.
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D.
NETPAC Award
The NETPAC Award is a prize presented at the Toronto International Film Festival to recognize the best Asian film in the festival’s selection, as chosen by a jury from the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema.
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E.
Camera d’Or
The Caméra d’Or is a prestigious Cannes Film Festival prize awarded to the best first feature film presented across the festival’s selections.
- 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: Quadriga award Target entity description: The Quadriga award was a German prize given annually to individuals or groups for their visionary leadership and contributions to political, economic, and cultural change.
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A.
Golden Pan Award
The Golden Pan Award is a British publishing honor given to authors whose books have sold over one million copies, recognizing major commercial success in the UK.
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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.
Crystal Award
The Crystal Award is a World Economic Forum honor presented to artists and cultural leaders whose work has made a significant impact on improving the state of the world.
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D.
NETPAC Award
The NETPAC Award is a prize presented at the Toronto International Film Festival to recognize the best Asian film in the festival’s selection, as chosen by a jury from the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema.
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E.
Camera d’Or
The Caméra d’Or is a prestigious Cannes Film Festival prize awarded to the best first feature film presented across the festival’s selections.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German award
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award ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Day of German Unity
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linked to:
German Unity Day
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| awardedFor |
contributions to cultural change
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contributions to economic change ⓘ contributions to political change ⓘ visionary leadership ⓘ |
| awardType | civil decoration ⓘ |
| ceremonyDate | German Unity Day ⓘ |
| ceremonyDay | 3 October ⓘ |
| controversy | 2011 Putin nomination controversy ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 2003 ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre |
civic award
ⓘ
cultural award ⓘ economic award ⓘ political award ⓘ |
| hasPart | bronze statue of the Quadriga ⓘ |
| inception | 2003 ⓘ |
| lastAwarded | 2010 ⓘ |
| location | Berlin ⓘ |
| motto | “Vorbild für Deutschland” ⓘ |
| mottoInEnglish | “Role model for Germany” ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Quadriga on the Brandenburg Gate
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linked to:
Brandenburg Gate
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| notableLaureate |
Angela Merkel
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Helmut Kohl ⓘ José Manuel Barroso ⓘ Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ⓘ Shimon Peres ⓘ Václav Havel ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Werkstatt Deutschland ⓘ |
| reasonForSuspension | controversy over planned award to Vladimir Putin ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | jury decision ⓘ |
| status | suspended ⓘ |
| suspensionYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| websiteStatus | inactive ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Quadriga award Description of subject: The Quadriga award was a German prize given annually to individuals or groups for their visionary leadership and contributions to political, economic, and cultural change.
Referenced by (6)
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linked to: Quadriga award