Time Person of the Year
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Time Person of the Year is an annual recognition by Time magazine given to an individual, group, or concept that has had the most significant impact on world events during the year.
All labels observed (15)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1877 — 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: Time Person of the Year Context triple: [Franklin D. Roosevelt, honor, Time Person of the Year]
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A.
Hoover Medal
The Hoover Medal is an American engineering award that honors outstanding civic and humanitarian service by engineers.
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B.
Public Welfare Medal
The Public Welfare Medal is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences for distinguished contributions in the application of science to the public good.
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C.
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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D.
Edison Medal
The Edison Medal is a prestigious electrical engineering award presented by the IEEE for outstanding contributions to the field of electrical science and engineering.
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E.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is a prestigious U.S. honorary society and independent policy research center that brings together leaders from academia, the arts, business, and public affairs to address complex global challenges.
- 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: Time Person of the Year Target entity description: Time Person of the Year is an annual recognition by Time magazine given to an individual, group, or concept that has had the most significant impact on world events during the year.
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A.
Hoover Medal
The Hoover Medal is an American engineering award that honors outstanding civic and humanitarian service by engineers.
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B.
Public Welfare Medal
The Public Welfare Medal is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences for distinguished contributions in the application of science to the public good.
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C.
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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D.
Edison Medal
The Edison Medal is a prestigious electrical engineering award presented by the IEEE for outstanding contributions to the field of electrical science and engineering.
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E.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is a prestigious U.S. honorary society and independent policy research center that brings together leaders from academia, the arts, business, and public affairs to address complex global challenges.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Time magazine feature
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annual award ⓘ editorial designation ⓘ magazine cover story ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Time Person of the Year
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surface form:
Man of the Year
Time Person of the Year ⓘ
surface form:
Woman of the Year
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstRecipient | Charles Lindbergh ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre |
journalism
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news magazine feature ⓘ |
| hasControversy |
public misunderstanding that it is an honor or popularity contest
ⓘ
selection of dictators and authoritarian leaders ⓘ |
| hasEdition | special year-end issue ⓘ |
| hasPart |
cover photograph
ⓘ
feature article ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfRecipient |
abstract concept
ⓘ
group of people ⓘ individual person ⓘ non-human entity ⓘ |
| inception | 1927 ⓘ |
| isAbout | person or entity with greatest influence in a given year ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
online publication
ⓘ
print magazine ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
Adolf Hitler
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American Women ⓘ Angela Merkel ⓘ Barack Obama ⓘ Donald Trump ⓘ President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Greta Thunberg ⓘ John F. Kennedy ⓘ Joseph Stalin ⓘ Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ Pope Francis ⓘ Richard Nixon ⓘ Ronald Reagan ⓘ The American Soldier ⓘ The Computer ⓘ The Endangered Earth ⓘ The Protester ⓘ Vladimir Putin ⓘ Volodymyr Zelenskyy ⓘ Winston Churchill ⓘ You ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
Time
ⓘ
Time magazine ⓘ |
| publisher | Time Inc. ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria |
influence can be positive or negative
ⓘ
most significant impact on world events during the year ⓘ |
| selectionMadeBy | Time editors ⓘ |
| topic |
global influence
ⓘ
world events ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Time Person of the Year Description of subject: Time Person of the Year is an annual recognition by Time magazine given to an individual, group, or concept that has had the most significant impact on world events during the year.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
this entity surface form:
Man of the Year
this entity surface form:
Woman of the Year
this entity surface form:
Time Person of the Year 1930
this entity surface form:
Time Person of the Year 2019 cover
this entity surface form:
Time Person of the Year 2019
this entity surface form:
Time Person of the Year 2022
this entity surface form:
Time Person of the Year 2003
this entity surface form:
Time magazine Person of the Year 2006
subject surface form:
Andrew S. Grove
this entity surface form:
Time Person of the Year 1929
this entity surface form:
Time magazine Person of the Year 2017 (as part of "The Silence Breakers")
this entity surface form:
Time Person of the Year (co-honoree, 2002)
this entity surface form:
Time magazine 2002 Person of the Year cover story
this entity surface form:
Time Person of the Year (1991, shared as part of "The Men of the Year")
subject surface form:
Greta Thunberg
this entity surface form:
Time Person of the Year 2019
subject surface form:
András Gróf
this entity surface form:
Time Person of the Year (as one of Men of the Year 1997)