Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
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The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by male actors in comedic or musical films.
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How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Context triple: [Matt Damon, awardReceived, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]
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A.
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a prestigious annual film honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by actresses in comedic or musical films.
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B.
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture is a major film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding supporting performances by male actors in motion pictures.
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C.
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by male actors in dramatic films.
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D.
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture is a major film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding supporting performances by actresses in motion pictures.
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E.
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama is a major annual film honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by actresses in dramatic feature films.
- 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)
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Target entity: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Target entity description: The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by male actors in comedic or musical films.
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A.
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a prestigious annual film honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by actresses in comedic or musical films.
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B.
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture is a major film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding supporting performances by male actors in motion pictures.
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C.
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by male actors in dramatic films.
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D.
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture is a major film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding supporting performances by actresses in motion pictures.
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E.
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama is a major annual film honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by actresses in dramatic feature films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Golden Globe Award category
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film award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
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surface form:
Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
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| awardCeremonyLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
outstanding performance in a leading role in a comedy film
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outstanding performance in a leading role in a musical film ⓘ |
| awardFor | best performance by an actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy ⓘ |
| categoryOf | motion picture awards ⓘ |
| categoryType | acting award ⓘ |
| ceremonyBroadcastOn | television ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| eligibility | male actors in leading roles in musical or comedy motion pictures ⓘ |
| field | cinema ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | early 1950s ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreFocus |
comedy films
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musical films ⓘ |
| hasAwardedSince | 1950s ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasParentOrganization | Hollywood Foreign Press Association ⓘ |
| hasTrophy | Golden Globe statuette ⓘ |
| inception | 1951 ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| medium | motion picture ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
Colin Farrell
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Jack Lemmon ⓘ Jim Carrey ⓘ Robin Williams ⓘ Ryan Gosling ⓘ |
| organizer | Hollywood Foreign Press Association ⓘ |
| partOf |
Golden Globe Award
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surface form:
Golden Globe Awards for film
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| performanceType | lead role ⓘ |
| presentedAt |
Golden Globe Award
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surface form:
Golden Globe Awards
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| presentedBy | Hollywood Foreign Press Association ⓘ |
| relatedAward |
Academy Award for Best Actor
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Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
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| scope | international films released in the United States ⓘ |
| selectionCriterion |
artistic merit of performance
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critical acclaim ⓘ impact of performance on film ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | voting by Hollywood Foreign Press Association members ⓘ |
| separatedFrom |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
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surface form:
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture
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| separationYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | previous calendar year ⓘ |
| typicalAnnouncementTime | January ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Description of subject: The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by male actors in comedic or musical films.
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