Nansen Refugee Award
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The Nansen Refugee Award is a prestigious humanitarian honor presented by the United Nations to individuals, groups, or organizations for outstanding service to refugees, displaced, or stateless people.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nansen Refugee Award canonical | 9 |
| UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award | 2 |
| Nansen Refugee Award ceremony | 1 |
| Nansen Refugee Award medal | 1 |
| United Nations prize | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6427 — 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: Nansen Refugee Award Context triple: [Eleanor Roosevelt, awardReceived, Nansen Refugee Award]
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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.
Yurii Rubinsky Memorial Award
The Yurii Rubinsky Memorial Award is a recognition in the field of digital media and hypertext, honoring individuals who have made significant contributions to the development and promotion of open, accessible electronic publishing.
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C.
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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D.
Carnegie Hero Fund
The Carnegie Hero Fund is a philanthropic organization that recognizes and financially supports individuals who perform extraordinary acts of civilian heroism.
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E.
Japan Prize
The Japan Prize is a prestigious international award that honors significant contributions to science and technology that promote peace and prosperity for humanity.
- 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: Nansen Refugee Award Target entity description: The Nansen Refugee Award is a prestigious humanitarian honor presented by the United Nations to individuals, groups, or organizations for outstanding service to refugees, displaced, or stateless people.
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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.
Yurii Rubinsky Memorial Award
The Yurii Rubinsky Memorial Award is a recognition in the field of digital media and hypertext, honoring individuals who have made significant contributions to the development and promotion of open, accessible electronic publishing.
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C.
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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D.
Carnegie Hero Fund
The Carnegie Hero Fund is a philanthropic organization that recognizes and financially supports individuals who perform extraordinary acts of civilian heroism.
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E.
Japan Prize
The Japan Prize is a prestigious international award that honors significant contributions to science and technology that promote peace and prosperity for humanity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNHCR award
ⓘ
humanitarian award ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
UNHCR
ⓘ
surface form:
UNHCR Division of External Relations
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| alsoKnownAs | Nansen Medal ⓘ |
| awardFor |
outstanding work on behalf of displaced people
ⓘ
outstanding work on behalf of refugees ⓘ outstanding work on behalf of stateless people ⓘ |
| awardingBodyType | United Nations agency ⓘ |
| category |
Nansen Refugee Award
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
United Nations prize
human rights award ⓘ refugee-related award ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| eligibleRecipients |
groups
ⓘ
individuals ⓘ organizations ⓘ |
| field |
human rights
ⓘ
humanitarianism ⓘ refugee protection ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Nansen Refugee Award
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Nansen Refugee Award ceremony
Nansen Refugee Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Nansen Refugee Award medal
Nansen Refugee Award monetary prize ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Arabic
ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| hasMotto | for outstanding service to the cause of refugees ⓘ |
| inception | 1954 ⓘ |
| locationOfCeremony |
Geneva
ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ |
| namedAfterOccupation |
Norwegian explorer
ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ humanitarian ⓘ |
| notableFor | recognizing exceptional dedication to refugees ⓘ |
| organizer |
UNHCR
ⓘ
surface form:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
|
| presentedBy |
UNHCR
ⓘ
UNHCR ⓘ
surface form:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
|
| purpose |
to recognize outstanding service to displaced people
ⓘ
to recognize outstanding service to refugees ⓘ to recognize outstanding service to stateless people ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
ⓘ
Nansen passport ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
| sponsor | UNHCR partners and donors ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nansen Refugee Award Description of subject: The Nansen Refugee Award is a prestigious humanitarian honor presented by the United Nations to individuals, groups, or organizations for outstanding service to refugees, displaced, or stateless people.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nansen Refugee Award ceremony
this entity surface form:
Nansen Refugee Award medal
this entity surface form:
United Nations prize
subject surface form:
René Cassin
this entity surface form:
UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award
this entity surface form:
UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award
subject surface form:
Graça Machel