Kober Medal of the Association of American Physicians
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The Kober Medal of the Association of American Physicians is a prestigious honor awarded by the Association of American Physicians to recognize outstanding contributions to academic medicine and biomedical research.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Flexner Medal | 1 |
| Kober Medal of the Association of American Physicians canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T257997 — 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: Kober Medal of the Association of American Physicians Context triple: [George W. Thorn, awardReceived, Kober Medal of the Association of American Physicians]
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A.
Borden Award of the Association of American Medical Colleges
The Borden Award of the Association of American Medical Colleges is a prestigious medical research honor recognizing outstanding contributions to biomedical science and academic medicine.
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B.
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize is a prestigious Columbia University award recognizing outstanding basic research in biology and biochemistry that often precedes a Nobel Prize.
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C.
Gibbs Medal
The Gibbs Medal is a prestigious American chemistry award, historically given for outstanding contributions to the field and counted among the honors received by Linus Pauling.
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D.
Hoover Medal
The Hoover Medal is an American engineering award that honors outstanding civic and humanitarian service by engineers.
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E.
Peabody Institutional Award
The Peabody Institutional Award is a special honor presented by the Peabody Awards to recognize outstanding, long-term contributions to broadcasting and digital media by an organization or institution.
- 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: Kober Medal of the Association of American Physicians Target entity description: The Kober Medal of the Association of American Physicians is a prestigious honor awarded by the Association of American Physicians to recognize outstanding contributions to academic medicine and biomedical research.
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A.
Borden Award of the Association of American Medical Colleges
The Borden Award of the Association of American Medical Colleges is a prestigious medical research honor recognizing outstanding contributions to biomedical science and academic medicine.
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B.
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize is a prestigious Columbia University award recognizing outstanding basic research in biology and biochemistry that often precedes a Nobel Prize.
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C.
Gibbs Medal
The Gibbs Medal is a prestigious American chemistry award, historically given for outstanding contributions to the field and counted among the honors received by Linus Pauling.
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D.
Hoover Medal
The Hoover Medal is an American engineering award that honors outstanding civic and humanitarian service by engineers.
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E.
Peabody Institutional Award
The Peabody Institutional Award is a special honor presented by the Peabody Awards to recognize outstanding, long-term contributions to broadcasting and digital media by an organization or institution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic honor
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biomedical research award ⓘ medical award ⓘ scientific award ⓘ |
| awardFor |
outstanding contributions to academic medicine
ⓘ
outstanding contributions to biomedical research ⓘ |
| awardGivenBy | Association of American Physicians ⓘ |
| awardingBodyType | professional medical society ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| discipline |
biomedical sciences
ⓘ
medicine ⓘ |
| eligibility |
biomedical researchers
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medical scientists ⓘ physicians ⓘ |
| field |
academic medicine
ⓘ
biomedical research ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasAwardTitle | Kober Medal ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| inception | 1925 ⓘ |
| isPartOf | honors and awards of the Association of American Physicians ⓘ |
| namedAfter | George M. Kober ⓘ |
| namedForNationality | American ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | physician ⓘ |
| notableFor |
recognizing leadership in biomedical research
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recognizing lifetime achievement in academic medicine ⓘ |
| presentedAt | annual meeting of the Association of American Physicians ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Association of American Physicians ⓘ |
| sponsor | Association of American Physicians ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kober Medal of the Association of American Physicians Description of subject: The Kober Medal of the Association of American Physicians is a prestigious honor awarded by the Association of American Physicians to recognize outstanding contributions to academic medicine and biomedical research.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Flexner Medal