Kyoto Prize

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international award science and culture award

The Kyoto Prize is a prestigious international award from Japan that honors individuals worldwide for outstanding contributions to science, technology, arts, and philosophy.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kyoto Prize canonical	11
Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy	9
Kyoto Prize medal	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T799211 — 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: Kyoto Prize
Context triple: [Donald E. Knuth, awardReceived, Kyoto Prize]

A. Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences
The Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences is a prestigious international award from Japan that honors outstanding contributions to fundamental scientific research across fields such as life sciences, earth sciences, and mathematical sciences.
B. 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.
C. Keio Medical Science Prize
The Keio Medical Science Prize is a prestigious international award presented by Keio University to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of medical and life sciences.
D. Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy
The Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy is one of Japan’s most prestigious academic honors, awarded by the Japan Academy for outstanding scholarly achievements across the sciences and humanities.
E. Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology
The Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology is a prestigious international award honoring individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the scientific and technological fields that underpin modern society.
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: Kyoto Prize
Target entity description: The Kyoto Prize is a prestigious international award from Japan that honors individuals worldwide for outstanding contributions to science, technology, arts, and philosophy.

A. Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences
The Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences is a prestigious international award from Japan that honors outstanding contributions to fundamental scientific research across fields such as life sciences, earth sciences, and mathematical sciences.
B. 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.
C. Keio Medical Science Prize
The Keio Medical Science Prize is a prestigious international award presented by Keio University to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of medical and life sciences.
D. Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy
The Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy is one of Japan’s most prestigious academic honors, awarded by the Japan Academy for outstanding scholarly achievements across the sciences and humanities.
E. Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology
The Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology is a prestigious international award honoring individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the scientific and technological fields that underpin modern society.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international award ⓘ science and culture award ⓘ
administeredBy	Inamori Foundation ⓘ surface form: Inamori Foundation Board of Directors
awardedBy	Kyoto Prize Selection Committee ⓘ
awardedFor	global contributions to arts ⓘ global contributions to philosophy ⓘ global contributions to science ⓘ global contributions to technology ⓘ
awardedIn	Japan ⓘ
category	Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology ⓘ Kyoto Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences ⓘ
ceremonyMonth	November ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Japan ⓘ
field	advanced technology ⓘ arts and philosophy ⓘ basic sciences ⓘ
firstAwarded	1985 ⓘ
foundedBy	Kazuo Inamori ⓘ
founderOccupation	entrepreneur ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ
foundingPurpose	to contribute to the progress of civilization ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
hasMediaType	laureate lectures ⓘ medal design ⓘ
hasMotto	for the betterment of humanity ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Kyoto ⓘ
inception	1984 ⓘ
includes	diploma ⓘ medal ⓘ
locationOfCeremony	Kyoto ⓘ
monetaryAward	significant cash prize ⓘ
namedAfter	Kyoto ⓘ
numberOfCategories	3 ⓘ
officialWebsite	https://www.kyotoprize.org/ ⓘ
presentedBy	Inamori Foundation ⓘ
purpose	to honor individuals for outstanding contributions to science, technology, arts, and philosophy ⓘ
recognizes	creative contributions to culture ⓘ lifetime achievements ⓘ pioneering research ⓘ
regionServed	worldwide ⓘ
relatedTo	Nobel Prize ⓘ
scope	international ⓘ
selectionCriteria	outstanding contributions to the scientific, cultural, and spiritual betterment of humankind ⓘ
sponsor	Inamori Foundation ⓘ
status	one of the most prestigious international awards from Japan ⓘ

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Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Donald E. Knuth → awardReceived → Kyoto Prize ⓘ

John McCarthy → awardReceived → Kyoto Prize ⓘ

Martha Nussbaum → awardReceived → Kyoto Prize ⓘ