ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders Award
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The ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Award is a prestigious honor given by the American Society of Civil Engineers to recognize exceptional lifetime achievements and leadership in civil engineering.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders Award canonical | 2 |
| ASCE Honors and Awards Program | 1 |
| ASCE OPAL Award | 1 |
| ASCE awards and honors | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2687134 — 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: ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders Award Context triple: [Leslie E. Robertson, awardReceived, ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders Award]
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A.
ASCE Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize
The ASCE Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize is a prestigious American Society of Civil Engineers award recognizing outstanding mid-career contributions to civil engineering research.
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B.
National Academy of Engineering Founders Award
The National Academy of Engineering Founders Award is a prestigious honor recognizing extraordinary contributions to engineering leadership, education, and practice that advance the welfare of society.
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C.
ASME Kate Gleason Award
The ASME Kate Gleason Award is an American Society of Mechanical Engineers honor recognizing outstanding achievements by women in the field of mechanical engineering.
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D.
AIA Twenty-five Year Award
The AIA Twenty-five Year Award is a prestigious architectural honor recognizing buildings of enduring significance that have stood the test of time for at least 25 years.
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E.
American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Architecture
The American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Architecture is a prestigious national design award recognizing outstanding architectural achievement and excellence in the United States.
- 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: ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders Award Target entity description: The ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Award is a prestigious honor given by the American Society of Civil Engineers to recognize exceptional lifetime achievements and leadership in civil engineering.
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A.
ASCE Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize
The ASCE Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize is a prestigious American Society of Civil Engineers award recognizing outstanding mid-career contributions to civil engineering research.
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B.
National Academy of Engineering Founders Award
The National Academy of Engineering Founders Award is a prestigious honor recognizing extraordinary contributions to engineering leadership, education, and practice that advance the welfare of society.
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C.
ASME Kate Gleason Award
The ASME Kate Gleason Award is an American Society of Mechanical Engineers honor recognizing outstanding achievements by women in the field of mechanical engineering.
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D.
AIA Twenty-five Year Award
The AIA Twenty-five Year Award is a prestigious architectural honor recognizing buildings of enduring significance that have stood the test of time for at least 25 years.
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E.
American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Architecture
The American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Architecture is a prestigious national design award recognizing outstanding architectural achievement and excellence in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil engineering award
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lifetime achievement award ⓘ professional honor ⓘ |
| administeredBy | American Society of Civil Engineers ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders Award
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surface form:
ASCE Honors and Awards Program
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| awardFor |
contributions to the civil engineering profession
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leadership in civil engineering ⓘ lifetime achievement ⓘ |
| awardingBodyField | civil engineering ⓘ |
| awardingBodyType | professional society ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| eligibilityCriterion |
demonstrated leadership in the civil engineering profession
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distinguished career in civil engineering ⓘ significant contributions to society through civil engineering ⓘ |
| field |
civil engineering
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engineering leadership ⓘ |
| fullName | ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders Award self-link ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | OPAL ⓘ |
| hasFocus |
outstanding leaders in civil engineering
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outstanding projects in civil engineering ⓘ |
| hasRecipientType |
civil engineering leader
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individual civil engineer ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders Award
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surface form:
ASCE awards and honors
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| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | prestige within the civil engineering community ⓘ |
| presentedBy | American Society of Civil Engineers ⓘ |
| professionalDomain |
construction
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geotechnical engineering ⓘ infrastructure ⓘ structural engineering ⓘ transportation engineering ⓘ water resources engineering ⓘ |
| purpose |
to honor outstanding leadership in civil engineering
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to recognize exceptional lifetime achievements in civil engineering ⓘ |
| recognitionType |
leadership recognition
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lifetime career recognition ⓘ |
| sector | professional engineering ⓘ |
| shortName |
ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders Award
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
ASCE OPAL Award
OPAL Award ⓘ |
| sponsor | American Society of Civil Engineers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders Award Description of subject: The ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Award is a prestigious honor given by the American Society of Civil Engineers to recognize exceptional lifetime achievements and leadership in civil engineering.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders Award
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ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders Award
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ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders Award
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shortName
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ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders Award
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ASCE OPAL Award
ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders Award
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associatedWith
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ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders Award
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this entity surface form:
ASCE Honors and Awards Program
ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders Award
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isPartOf
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ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders Award
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this entity surface form:
ASCE awards and honors