Doob Prize
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The Doob Prize is a prestigious mathematical award presented by the American Mathematical Society for outstanding research contributions in probability and related fields.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Doob Prize canonical | 2 |
| AMS Doob Prize | 1 |
| Joseph L. Doob Prize | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3081091 — 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: Doob Prize Context triple: [Cédric Villani, awardReceived, Doob Prize]
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A.
Cremer–Passy Prize
The Cremer–Passy Prize is a distinguished award presented by the Inter-Parliamentary Union to honor exceptional contributions to parliamentary diplomacy and the promotion of peace and democracy.
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B.
Bellman Prize
The Bellman Prize is a prestigious Swedish literary award, named after poet Carl Michael Bellman, that honors outstanding achievements in poetry.
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C.
Sonning Prize
The Sonning Prize is a prestigious Danish award given for outstanding contributions to European culture.
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D.
Draper Prize
The Draper Prize is a prestigious international engineering award presented by the National Academy of Engineering to honor outstanding achievements that have significantly benefited society.
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E.
Gordon Prize
The Gordon Prize is a prestigious engineering education award presented by the U.S. National Academy of Engineering to recognize outstanding innovation in engineering and technology education.
- 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: Doob Prize Target entity description: The Doob Prize is a prestigious mathematical award presented by the American Mathematical Society for outstanding research contributions in probability and related fields.
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A.
Cremer–Passy Prize
The Cremer–Passy Prize is a distinguished award presented by the Inter-Parliamentary Union to honor exceptional contributions to parliamentary diplomacy and the promotion of peace and democracy.
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B.
Bellman Prize
The Bellman Prize is a prestigious Swedish literary award, named after poet Carl Michael Bellman, that honors outstanding achievements in poetry.
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C.
Sonning Prize
The Sonning Prize is a prestigious Danish award given for outstanding contributions to European culture.
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D.
Draper Prize
The Draper Prize is a prestigious international engineering award presented by the National Academy of Engineering to honor outstanding achievements that have significantly benefited society.
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E.
Gordon Prize
The Gordon Prize is a prestigious engineering education award presented by the U.S. National Academy of Engineering to recognize outstanding innovation in engineering and technology education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mathematics award
ⓘ
research prize ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
outstanding research contributions in probability
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outstanding research contributions in related fields ⓘ |
| awardType | monetary prize ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| discipline | mathematical sciences ⓘ |
| eligibility | researchers in probability and related fields ⓘ |
| field |
mathematics
ⓘ
probability theory ⓘ stochastic processes ⓘ |
| frequency | every three years ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
Doob Prize
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
AMS Doob Prize
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| hasFirstAwardedYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| honors | Joseph L. Doob’s contributions to probability theory ⓘ |
| inception | 2003 ⓘ |
| isInternational | true ⓘ |
| isPartOf | American Mathematical Society prizes and awards ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Joseph L. Doob ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation |
mathematician
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probabilist ⓘ |
| presentedBy | American Mathematical Society ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | committee decision ⓘ |
| sponsor | American Mathematical Society ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Doob Prize Description of subject: The Doob Prize is a prestigious mathematical award presented by the American Mathematical Society for outstanding research contributions in probability and related fields.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Joseph L. Doob Prize
this entity surface form:
AMS Doob Prize