Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute
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The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute is a body of medical professors in Sweden responsible for selecting the laureates for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T77723 — 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: Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute Context triple: [Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, presentedBy, Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute]
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Stockholm Concert Hall
The Stockholm Concert Hall is a renowned Swedish venue in central Stockholm, best known for hosting the annual Nobel Prize ceremonies and major classical music performances.
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Kavli Medal and Lecture
The Kavli Medal and Lecture is a prestigious Royal Society award recognizing outstanding research in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology.
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Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters is a prestigious learned society in Norway that promotes scientific scholarship and oversees major international honors in mathematics and other fields.
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Prussian Academy of Sciences
The Prussian Academy of Sciences was a prestigious Berlin-based learned society and research institution that became one of Europe’s leading centers for scientific and philosophical scholarship in the 18th to early 20th centuries.
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Swedish Academy scandal
The Swedish Academy scandal was a major 2017–2018 crisis involving allegations of sexual misconduct, corruption, and leaks within the body that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature, leading to resignations and the unprecedented postponement of the 2018 prize.
- 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: Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute Target entity description: The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute is a body of medical professors in Sweden responsible for selecting the laureates for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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A.
Stockholm Concert Hall
The Stockholm Concert Hall is a renowned Swedish venue in central Stockholm, best known for hosting the annual Nobel Prize ceremonies and major classical music performances.
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B.
Kavli Medal and Lecture
The Kavli Medal and Lecture is a prestigious Royal Society award recognizing outstanding research in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology.
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C.
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters is a prestigious learned society in Norway that promotes scientific scholarship and oversees major international honors in mathematics and other fields.
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D.
Prussian Academy of Sciences
The Prussian Academy of Sciences was a prestigious Berlin-based learned society and research institution that became one of Europe’s leading centers for scientific and philosophical scholarship in the 18th to early 20th centuries.
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E.
Swedish Academy scandal
The Swedish Academy scandal was a major 2017–2018 crisis involving allegations of sexual misconduct, corruption, and leaks within the body that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature, leading to resignations and the unprecedented postponement of the 2018 prize.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Swedish organization
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award selection committee ⓘ scientific organization ⓘ |
| affiliation | Karolinska Institute ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Karolinska Institute
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surface form:
Karolinska Institute Faculty of Medicine
Nobel Foundation ⓘ |
| awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Solna Municipality
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surface form:
Karolinska University Hospital, Solna
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| composedOf | professors of the Karolinska Institute ⓘ |
| country | Sweden ⓘ |
| decisionProcess | votes on Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureates ⓘ |
| establishedAs | separate private organization linked to Karolinska Institute ⓘ |
| field |
medical sciences
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medicine ⓘ physiology ⓘ |
| founded | 1977 ⓘ |
| governedBy | its own statutes ⓘ |
| governs | procedures for nomination and evaluation for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.nobelprizemedicine.org/ ⓘ |
| headquarters |
Solna Municipality
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surface form:
Solna, Stockholm County, Sweden
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| language | Swedish ⓘ |
| legalStatus | private organization under Swedish law ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Karolinska Institute
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Solna Municipality ⓘ
surface form:
Solna
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| meetsAt |
Karolinska Institute
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surface form:
Karolinska Institute, Solna campus
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| memberCount | 50 ⓘ |
| memberOf | Karolinska Institute ⓘ |
| membership | elected professors of Karolinska Institute ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Alfred Nobel ⓘ |
| notableAward | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| oversees | Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| partOf | Nobel Prize award system ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Faculty of Medicine of the Karolinska Institute (as Nobel committee body)
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| purpose | to ensure independent and expert selection of Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| regionServed | international ⓘ |
| relatedOrganization |
Norwegian Nobel Committee
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Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ⓘ Swedish Academy ⓘ |
| responsibleFor | selection of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureates ⓘ |
| role |
appoints Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine
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selects Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| selectionBodyFor | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria | outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine ⓘ |
| selectionFrequency | annual ⓘ |
| selectionScope | global research in physiology or medicine ⓘ |
| typeOfMembership | life tenure (with retirement age limitations in practice) ⓘ |
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Subject: Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute Description of subject: The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute is a body of medical professors in Sweden responsible for selecting the laureates for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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selectionBody
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Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute
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Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute
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predecessor
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Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute
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this entity surface form:
Faculty of Medicine of the Karolinska Institute (as Nobel committee body)
this entity surface form:
Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet
Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine
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appointedBy
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Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute
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this entity surface form:
Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet
subject surface form:
Faculty of Medicine at Karolinska Institute
this entity surface form:
Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute
subject surface form:
Karolinska Institutet
this entity surface form:
Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet
Nobel Prize committees in sciences
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parentOrganization
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Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Jack W. Szostak
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awardedBy
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Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1989 with Harold E. Varmus
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presentedBy
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Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute
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subject surface form:
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1989
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1979 (to its inventors)
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awardedBy
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Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute
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subject surface form:
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1979