Rafto Prize
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The Rafto Prize is a Norwegian human rights award given annually to individuals or organizations for their work in promoting human rights and democracy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rafto Prize canonical | 6 |
| Rafto Prize for Human Rights | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T862050 — 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: Rafto Prize Context triple: [Nnimmo Bassey, awardReceived, Rafto Prize]
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A.
Ingvar Lindqvist Prize
The Ingvar Lindqvist Prize is a Swedish science education award recognizing outstanding teachers in subjects such as physics, chemistry, mathematics, and natural sciences.
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B.
Olof Palme Prize
The Olof Palme Prize is an international human rights award given annually to individuals or organizations that have made outstanding contributions to peace, disarmament, and the fight against racism and social injustice.
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C.
Nordic Prize
The Nordic Prize is a prestigious literary award presented by the Swedish Academy to honor outstanding authors from the Nordic countries.
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D.
Per Anger Prize
The Per Anger Prize is a Swedish government human rights award given annually to individuals or groups who have made significant contributions to democracy and the defense of human rights.
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E.
Tegnér Prize
The Tegnér Prize is a Swedish literary award named after poet Esaias Tegnér, given in recognition of notable achievements in Swedish literature.
- 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: Rafto Prize Target entity description: The Rafto Prize is a Norwegian human rights award given annually to individuals or organizations for their work in promoting human rights and democracy.
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A.
Ingvar Lindqvist Prize
The Ingvar Lindqvist Prize is a Swedish science education award recognizing outstanding teachers in subjects such as physics, chemistry, mathematics, and natural sciences.
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B.
Olof Palme Prize
The Olof Palme Prize is an international human rights award given annually to individuals or organizations that have made outstanding contributions to peace, disarmament, and the fight against racism and social injustice.
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C.
Nordic Prize
The Nordic Prize is a prestigious literary award presented by the Swedish Academy to honor outstanding authors from the Nordic countries.
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D.
Per Anger Prize
The Per Anger Prize is a Swedish government human rights award given annually to individuals or groups who have made significant contributions to democracy and the defense of human rights.
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E.
Tegnér Prize
The Tegnér Prize is a Swedish literary award named after poet Esaias Tegnér, given in recognition of notable achievements in Swedish literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human rights award ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
promotion of democracy
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promotion of human rights ⓘ |
| basedIn | Bergen ⓘ |
| ceremonyVenue | University of Bergen ⓘ |
| commemorates | Thorolf Rafto’s human rights engagement ⓘ |
| country | Norway ⓘ |
| domain | international human rights ⓘ |
| eligibility |
individuals
ⓘ
movements ⓘ organizations ⓘ |
| field |
democracy promotion
ⓘ
human rights ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
civil and political rights
ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ rights of human rights defenders ⓘ rights of minorities ⓘ social and economic rights ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
Rafto Prize
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Rafto Prize for Human Rights
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| hasCategory |
Norwegian award
ⓘ
human rights prize ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
monetary award
ⓘ
public recognition ⓘ support for human rights work ⓘ |
| hasCurrency | Norwegian krone ⓘ |
| hasFirstRecipient |
Yelena Bonner
ⓘ
surface form:
Jelena Bonner
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| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Norwegian ⓘ |
| hasMediaCoverage |
Norwegian media
ⓘ
international media ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Human Rights Work Across Borders ⓘ |
| hasType | non-governmental award ⓘ |
| inception | 1987 ⓘ |
| isNonProfit | true ⓘ |
| location |
Bergen
ⓘ
Norway ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thorolf Rafto ⓘ |
| organizer | Rafto Foundation for Human Rights ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Rafto Foundation for Human Rights ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Nobel Peace Prize ⓘ |
| scope | global ⓘ |
| selectionProcess |
decision by Rafto Foundation board
ⓘ
international nominations ⓘ |
| typicalAwardMonth | November ⓘ |
| website | https://www.rafto.no ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rafto Prize Description of subject: The Rafto Prize is a Norwegian human rights award given annually to individuals or organizations for their work in promoting human rights and democracy.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Rafto Prize for Human Rights
subject surface form:
Shirin Ebadi