Molson Prize
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The Molson Prize is a prestigious Canadian award recognizing outstanding contributions to the arts, humanities, or social sciences.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize | 2 |
| Molson Prize canonical | 2 |
| Canada Council Molson Prize | 1 |
| Prix Molson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7353216 — 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: Molson Prize Context triple: [Ian Hacking, awardReceived, Molson Prize]
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A.
Killam Prize
The Killam Prize is one of Canada's most prestigious academic awards, recognizing outstanding lifetime achievement in research across the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences, and engineering.
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B.
Rollo Davidson Prize
The Rollo Davidson Prize is an annual award recognizing outstanding early-career researchers in probability theory and related fields.
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C.
Galbraith Prize
The Galbraith Prize is a literary award recognizing outstanding achievement in poetry.
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D.
Sam Adams Award
The Sam Adams Award is an honor given by former U.S. intelligence officers to individuals who demonstrate exceptional integrity and courage in whistleblowing or speaking truth to power.
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E.
Booker–McConnell Prize
The Booker–McConnell Prize was the original name of the prestigious British literary award now known as the Booker Prize, given annually for outstanding novels written in English.
- 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: Molson Prize Target entity description: The Molson Prize is a prestigious Canadian award recognizing outstanding contributions to the arts, humanities, or social sciences.
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A.
Killam Prize
The Killam Prize is one of Canada's most prestigious academic awards, recognizing outstanding lifetime achievement in research across the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences, and engineering.
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B.
Rollo Davidson Prize
The Rollo Davidson Prize is an annual award recognizing outstanding early-career researchers in probability theory and related fields.
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C.
Galbraith Prize
The Galbraith Prize is a literary award recognizing outstanding achievement in poetry.
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D.
Sam Adams Award
The Sam Adams Award is an honor given by former U.S. intelligence officers to individuals who demonstrate exceptional integrity and courage in whistleblowing or speaking truth to power.
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E.
Booker–McConnell Prize
The Booker–McConnell Prize was the original name of the prestigious British literary award now known as the Booker Prize, given annually for outstanding novels written in English.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Canadian award ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Canada Council for the Arts ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
outstanding contributions to the arts
ⓘ
outstanding contributions to the humanities ⓘ outstanding contributions to the social sciences ⓘ |
| awardingBodyType | national arts council ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| eligibility |
Canadian citizens
ⓘ
permanent residents of Canada ⓘ |
| field |
arts
ⓘ
humanities ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Canadian literary and arts awards
ⓘ
Humanities awards ⓘ Social sciences awards ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://canadacouncil.ca ⓘ |
| inception | 1964 ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| monetaryValue | significant cash prize ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Molson family ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
Charles Taylor (philosopher)
ⓘ
linked to:
Charles Taylor
Margaret Atwood ⓘ Marshall McLuhan ⓘ Mordecai Richler ⓘ Northrop Frye ⓘ Robert Lepage ⓘ |
| numberOfAwardsPerYear | 2 ⓘ |
| officialNameInFrench |
Prix Molson
ⓘ
linked to:
Molson Prize
|
| selectionProcess |
nomination-based
ⓘ
peer assessment ⓘ |
| sponsor | Molson Foundation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Molson Prize Description of subject: The Molson Prize is a prestigious Canadian award recognizing outstanding contributions to the arts, humanities, or social sciences.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Molson Prize