Merriam Award from the American Political Science Association
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The Merriam Award from the American Political Science Association is a prestigious honor recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of political science, particularly in the areas of research, teaching, and public service.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Merriam Award from the American Political Science Association canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T31025 — 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: Merriam Award from the American Political Science Association Context triple: [Gary King, awardReceived, Merriam Award from the American Political Science Association]
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A.
Gosnell Prize for Excellence in Political Methodology
The Gosnell Prize for Excellence in Political Methodology is a prestigious academic award recognizing outstanding scholarly contributions to the development and application of quantitative methods in political science.
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B.
American Bar Association Medal
The American Bar Association Medal is the highest honor bestowed by the American Bar Association, recognizing exceptionally distinguished service to the cause of American jurisprudence.
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C.
IEEE John von Neumann Medal
The IEEE John von Neumann Medal is a prestigious technical award presented by the IEEE for outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology.
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D.
National Medal of Science
The National Medal of Science is a prestigious United States presidential award that honors individuals for outstanding contributions to scientific knowledge and advancement.
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E.
John von Neumann Theory Prize
The John von Neumann Theory Prize is a prestigious award in operations research and the management sciences, recognizing fundamental and sustained contributions to theory in these fields.
- 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: Merriam Award from the American Political Science Association Target entity description: The Merriam Award from the American Political Science Association is a prestigious honor recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of political science, particularly in the areas of research, teaching, and public service.
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A.
Gosnell Prize for Excellence in Political Methodology
The Gosnell Prize for Excellence in Political Methodology is a prestigious academic award recognizing outstanding scholarly contributions to the development and application of quantitative methods in political science.
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B.
American Bar Association Medal
The American Bar Association Medal is the highest honor bestowed by the American Bar Association, recognizing exceptionally distinguished service to the cause of American jurisprudence.
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C.
IEEE John von Neumann Medal
The IEEE John von Neumann Medal is a prestigious technical award presented by the IEEE for outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology.
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D.
National Medal of Science
The National Medal of Science is a prestigious United States presidential award that honors individuals for outstanding contributions to scientific knowledge and advancement.
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E.
John von Neumann Theory Prize
The John von Neumann Theory Prize is a prestigious award in operations research and the management sciences, recognizing fundamental and sustained contributions to theory in these fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic award
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political science award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Charles E. Merriam Award ⓘ |
| associatedOrganization | APSA Council ⓘ |
| awardFor |
contributions in public service related to political science
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contributions in research in political science ⓘ contributions in teaching in political science ⓘ outstanding contributions to political science ⓘ |
| awardGivenBy | American Political Science Association ⓘ |
| category | APSA career awards ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| discipline | social sciences ⓘ |
| domain | American politics scholarship ⓘ |
| eligibility |
members of the American Political Science Association
ⓘ
senior scholars in political science ⓘ |
| field | political science ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | professional association award ⓘ |
| hasPart | citation presented at APSA annual meeting ⓘ |
| inception | 1960s ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charles E. Merriam ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | political scientist ⓘ |
| namedForPerson |
Charles E. Merriam
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surface form:
Charles Edward Merriam
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| notableRecipient |
David Easton
ⓘ
Elinor Ostrom ⓘ Gabriel A. Almond ⓘ Heinz Eulau ⓘ James Q. Wilson ⓘ Robert A. Dahl ⓘ Samuel P. Huntington ⓘ Sidney Verba ⓘ |
| presentedBy | American Political Science Association ⓘ |
| purpose |
to honor a career of scholarship, teaching, and public service in political science
ⓘ
to recognize distinguished contributions to the discipline of political science ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria |
contributions to the profession of political science
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scholarly impact on the discipline of political science ⓘ service to the public or public affairs ⓘ |
| sponsor | American Political Science Association ⓘ |
| targetAudience | political scientists ⓘ |
| typicalEvent | presentation at APSA Annual Meeting awards ceremony ⓘ |
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: Merriam Award from the American Political Science Association Description of subject: The Merriam Award from the American Political Science Association is a prestigious honor recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of political science, particularly in the areas of research, teaching, and public service.
Referenced by (1)
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