Order of Merit of the Czech Republic
E785551
The Order of Merit of the Czech Republic is a high state decoration awarded by the Czech Republic to individuals for outstanding services to the nation in fields such as politics, culture, science, and the arts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Order of Merit of the Czech Republic canonical | 1 |
| Řád za zásluhy České republiky | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9214899 — 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: Order of Merit of the Czech Republic Context triple: [Josef Koudelka, awardReceived, Order of Merit of the Czech Republic]
-
A.
Milan Rastislav Štefánik Order
The Milan Rastislav Štefánik Order is a high Slovak state decoration awarded for extraordinary acts of bravery, resistance, or service to the nation, particularly in military or security contexts.
-
B.
Gold Medal of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences
The Gold Medal of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences was a prestigious scientific honor awarded by the former Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences to recognize outstanding contributions to research and scholarship.
-
C.
Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony
The Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony is the highest state decoration of Saxony, awarded to individuals for outstanding contributions to the state and its society.
-
D.
Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
The Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland is a high Polish state decoration awarded to foreigners and Poles living abroad for distinguished contributions to international cooperation and Poland’s relations with other countries.
-
E.
State Prize for Architecture of Czechoslovakia
The State Prize for Architecture of Czechoslovakia was a prestigious national award recognizing outstanding achievements in architectural design and urban planning in former Czechoslovakia.
- 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: Order of Merit of the Czech Republic Target entity description: The Order of Merit of the Czech Republic is a high state decoration awarded by the Czech Republic to individuals for outstanding services to the nation in fields such as politics, culture, science, and the arts.
-
A.
Milan Rastislav Štefánik Order
The Milan Rastislav Štefánik Order is a high Slovak state decoration awarded for extraordinary acts of bravery, resistance, or service to the nation, particularly in military or security contexts.
-
B.
Gold Medal of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences
The Gold Medal of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences was a prestigious scientific honor awarded by the former Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences to recognize outstanding contributions to research and scholarship.
-
C.
Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony
The Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony is the highest state decoration of Saxony, awarded to individuals for outstanding contributions to the state and its society.
-
D.
Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
The Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland is a high Polish state decoration awarded to foreigners and Poles living abroad for distinguished contributions to international cooperation and Poland’s relations with other countries.
-
E.
State Prize for Architecture of Czechoslovakia
The State Prize for Architecture of Czechoslovakia was a prestigious national award recognizing outstanding achievements in architectural design and urban planning in former Czechoslovakia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil decoration
ⓘ
state order ⓘ |
| awardedBy | President of the Czech Republic ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
merits in culture
ⓘ
merits in politics ⓘ merits in science ⓘ merits in the arts ⓘ merits in the defense and security of the state ⓘ merits in the development of the state ⓘ merits in the promotion of the Czech Republic abroad ⓘ outstanding services to the Czech Republic ⓘ |
| awardingAuthority | Office of the President of the Republic ⓘ |
| country | Czech Republic ⓘ |
| eligibility |
Czech citizens
ⓘ
foreign nationals ⓘ |
| field | orders, decorations and medals of the Czech Republic ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
badge
ⓘ
ribbon ⓘ star ⓘ |
| hasGrade |
1st Class
ⓘ
2nd Class ⓘ 3rd Class ⓘ |
| hasRecipient |
Emil Zátopek
ⓘ
Jiří Bělohlávek ⓘ Madeleine Albright ⓘ Václav Havel ⓘ Věra Čáslavská ⓘ
linked to:
Vera Čáslavská
|
| higherAward | Order of the White Lion ⓘ |
| inception | 1994 ⓘ |
| inscriptionLanguage | Czech ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Act on State Decorations of the Czech Republic ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Řád za zásluhy České republiky
ⓘ
linked to:
Order of Merit of the Czech Republic
|
| posthumousAward | true ⓘ |
| postNominalLetters | OMČR (informal English abbreviation) ⓘ |
| presentedBy | President of the Czech Republic at Prague Castle ⓘ |
| purpose | to recognize outstanding services to the state ⓘ |
| rank | one of the highest state decorations of the Czech Republic ⓘ |
| ribbonColor | blue with white and red stripes ⓘ |
| status | currently awarded ⓘ |
| symbolizes | recognition of long-term or extraordinary contributions to the Czech state ⓘ |
| typicalAwardDate | 28 October ⓘ |
| typicalAwardDateContext | Czech Statehood Day ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Order of Merit of the Czech Republic Description of subject: The Order of Merit of the Czech Republic is a high state decoration awarded by the Czech Republic to individuals for outstanding services to the nation in fields such as politics, culture, science, and the arts.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Order of Merit of the Czech Republic