Academy Award for Best Animated Feature

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Academy Award category film award

The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is a prestigious Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in feature-length animated filmmaking.

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Label	Occurrences
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature canonical	83
Best Animated Feature	5
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (as part of the film "Up")	1
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (for "Brave")	1
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (for "Frozen", shared as co-director)	1
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (for Brave, as producer)	1
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (for Brave, shared)	1
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (for Coco, as co-writer)	1
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (for Encanto, as part of the filmmaking team)	1
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (for Happy Feet, as production company)	1
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (for Shrek 2001 film)	1
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (for Zootopia, as part of the filmmaking team)	1
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for "Soul"	1
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Finding Nemo	1
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	1
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for WALL·E	1
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature nomination for Kubo and the Two Strings	1
AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedFeature	1
Best Animated Feature Film	1
Oscar for Best Animated Feature	1
Rules for Animated Feature Film Award	1
Up won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T120320 — 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: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
Context triple: [Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, awardsPresented, Academy Award for Best Animated Feature]

A. Academy Award
The Academy Award is a prestigious film industry honor presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements.
B. Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama is a major annual film honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievement in dramatic feature filmmaking.
C. Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
The Academy Award for Best Visual Effects is a prestigious Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in visual effects work in feature films.
D. Academy Award for Best Director
The Academy Award for Best Director is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor outstanding achievement in film directing.
E. Golden Globe Award for Best Director
The Golden Globe Award for Best Director is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievement in film directing.
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: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
Target entity description: The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is a prestigious Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in feature-length animated filmmaking.

A. Academy Award
The Academy Award is a prestigious film industry honor presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements.
B. Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama is a major annual film honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievement in dramatic feature filmmaking.
C. Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
The Academy Award for Best Visual Effects is a prestigious Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in visual effects work in feature films.
D. Academy Award for Best Director
The Academy Award for Best Director is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor outstanding achievement in film directing.
E. Golden Globe Award for Best Director
The Golden Globe Award for Best Director is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievement in film directing.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Academy Award category ⓘ film award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ surface form: Oscar for Best Animated Feature
animationRequirement	at least 75% of running time must be animated ⓘ
awardFor	outstanding achievement in feature-length animated films ⓘ
awardFrequency	annual ⓘ
ceremony	Academy Award ⓘ surface form: Academy Awards
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dialogRequirement	significant number of major characters must be animated ⓘ
eligibility	feature-length animated films ⓘ
firstAwarded	2002 ⓘ
firstWinner	Shrek ⓘ
firstWinnerStudio	DreamWorks Animation ⓘ
firstWinnerYear	2002 ⓘ
frequentWinnerStudio	Pixar Animation Studios ⓘ Walt Disney Animation Studios ⓘ
governingBody	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ surface form: Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
hasSubmissionsFrom	international film industry ⓘ
inception	2001 ⓘ
introducedAt	74th Academy Awards ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mediaType	film ⓘ
minimumRunningTime	40 minutes ⓘ
notableWinner	Coco ⓘ Encanto ⓘ Finding Nemo ⓘ Frozen ⓘ Inside Out ⓘ Ratatouille ⓘ Soul ⓘ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ⓘ The Incredibles ⓘ Toy Story 3 ⓘ Up ⓘ WALL-E ⓘ
partOf	Academy Award ⓘ surface form: Academy Awards of Merit
presentedBy	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
prestige	considered the most prestigious award for animated feature films ⓘ
reasonForCreation	to recognize excellence in feature-length animation as the field expanded ⓘ
relatedCategory	Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film Annie Award ⓘ surface form: Annie Award for Best Animated Feature
selectionCriteria	artistic merit ⓘ overall contribution to the art of animation ⓘ technical excellence ⓘ
selectionProcess	nominations determined by members of the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch of AMPAS ⓘ
status	active ⓘ
typicalNomineeCount	5 nominees ⓘ
votingProcess	final winners voted on by all active and life members of AMPAS ⓘ
website	https://www.oscars.org ⓘ

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Despicable Me 2 → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Kennedy Miller Mitchell → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (for Happy Feet, as production company)

Brenda Chapman → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Jennifer Lee → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (for "Frozen", shared as co-director)

Peter Del Vecho → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Kung Fu Panda 2 → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Jared Bush → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (for Zootopia, as part of the filmmaking team)

Jared Bush → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (for Encanto, as part of the filmmaking team)

Clark Spencer → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Clark Spencer → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Rich Moore → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Rich Moore → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Dana Murray → notableAwardNomination → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for "Soul"

Sony Pictures Imageworks → notableAward → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Jonas Rivera → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Paradise Falls → awardContext → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Up won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature

Mark Andrews → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (for "Brave")

Kelly Macdonald as Merida → workWonAward → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

this entity surface form: AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedFeature

Ash Brannon → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Brad Lewis → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

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Andrew Stanton → notableAward → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Andrew Stanton → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Finding Nemo

Andrew Stanton → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for WALL·E

Byron Howard → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Byron Howard → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Travis Knight → notableAward → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature nomination for Kubo and the Two Strings

Josh Cooley → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Katherine Sarafian → notableAward → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (for Brave, as producer)

Katherine Sarafian → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

subject surface form: Brave

Puss in Boots → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

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Shark Tale → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Steve Purcell → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (for Brave, shared)

Happy Feet → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Rodney Rothman → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

The Boss Baby → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Lee Unkrich → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature → relatedAward → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Enrico Casarosa → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Darla K. Anderson → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Matthew Aldrich → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (for Coco, as co-writer)

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Dean DeBlois → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Yvett Merino → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Roy Conli → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Bolt → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Spirited Away → hasAward → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

Kevin Nolting → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (as part of the film "Up")

Ralph Breaks the Internet → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ

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