Academy Award nomination for Best Actor
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The Academy Award nomination for Best Actor is a prestigious recognition by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honoring an outstanding leading performance by a male actor in a film.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Academy Award nomination for Best Actor Context triple: [Tom Courtenay, awardReceived, Academy Award nomination for Best Actor]
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A.
Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor
The Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor is a prestigious recognition by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association honoring an outstanding leading male performance in film or television for a given year.
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B.
Academy Award for Best Actor
The Academy Award for Best Actor is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor an outstanding leading performance by a male actor in a film.
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C.
National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
The National Board of Review Award for Best Actor is an annual American film honor recognizing the most outstanding lead performance by an actor as selected by the National Board of Review.
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D.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor an outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role in a film.
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E.
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Best Actor in a Leading Role is a major BAFTA film award recognizing the most outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role in a given year.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Academy Award nomination for Best Actor Target entity description: The Academy Award nomination for Best Actor is a prestigious recognition by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honoring an outstanding leading performance by a male actor in a film.
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A.
Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor
The Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor is a prestigious recognition by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association honoring an outstanding leading male performance in film or television for a given year.
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B.
Academy Award for Best Actor
The Academy Award for Best Actor is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor an outstanding leading performance by a male actor in a film.
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C.
National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
The National Board of Review Award for Best Actor is an annual American film honor recognizing the most outstanding lead performance by an actor as selected by the National Board of Review.
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D.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor an outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role in a film.
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E.
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Best Actor in a Leading Role is a major BAFTA film award recognizing the most outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role in a given year.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
award nomination
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film award nomination ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Academy Awards ceremony ⓘ |
| awardCategoryType | performance ⓘ |
| awardedFor | outstanding leading performance by a male actor in a film ⓘ |
| awardLevel | individual performance ⓘ |
| categoryOf | Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| domain | motion pictures ⓘ |
| eligibilityCriterion |
performance in a feature-length film
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performance released within the awards year ⓘ |
| evaluationCriterion |
artistic merit of performance
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impact of performance on the film ⓘ |
| field |
acting
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cinema ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasNominee | various male film actors ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | Academy Award winner for Best Actor ⓘ |
| hasStage |
final award decision
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nomination announcement ⓘ |
| inception | 1929 Academy Awards era ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| notableFor | prestige in the film industry ⓘ |
| organizer | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| partOf |
Academy Award
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surface form:
Academy Awards
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| positionInFilm | leading role ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| prestigeLevel | high ⓘ |
| recognitionType | professional achievement ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Academy Award for Best Actress
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ |
| requires | eligible performance credited as leading role ⓘ |
| resultType | nomination ⓘ |
| scope | international films released in the United States ⓘ |
| selectionBody | actors branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | ballot voting ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | voting by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| shortName | Best Actor nomination ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
| symbolizes | peer recognition for acting excellence ⓘ |
| timePeriod | given for performances in the previous calendar year ⓘ |
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Subject: Academy Award nomination for Best Actor Description of subject: The Academy Award nomination for Best Actor is a prestigious recognition by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honoring an outstanding leading performance by a male actor in a film.
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