International Emmy Award for Best Documentary

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International Emmy Award category television award

The International Emmy Award for Best Documentary is a prestigious global television honor recognizing outstanding documentary programs produced and initially aired outside the United States.

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Label	Occurrences
International Emmy Award for Best Documentary canonical	1
International Emmy Award for Best Documentary (for The Ascent of Money, team)	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T395387 — 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: International Emmy Award for Best Documentary
Context triple: [International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, notableAward, International Emmy Award for Best Documentary]

A. Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
The Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature is a prestigious Oscar category honoring the most outstanding feature-length nonfiction films released each year.
B. Royal Television Society Award
The Royal Television Society Award is a prestigious British accolade recognizing excellence and innovation in television production and broadcasting.
C. International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a global organization that recognizes excellence in television programming produced and initially aired outside the United States.
D. Peabody Award
The Peabody Award is a prestigious American honor recognizing excellence and integrity in broadcast and digital storytelling across radio, television, and online media.
E. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Structured Reality Program
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Structured Reality Program is a major television accolade presented by the Television Academy to honor excellence in formatted, recurring reality series.
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: International Emmy Award for Best Documentary
Target entity description: The International Emmy Award for Best Documentary is a prestigious global television honor recognizing outstanding documentary programs produced and initially aired outside the United States.

A. Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
The Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature is a prestigious Oscar category honoring the most outstanding feature-length nonfiction films released each year.
B. Royal Television Society Award
The Royal Television Society Award is a prestigious British accolade recognizing excellence and innovation in television production and broadcasting.
C. International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a global organization that recognizes excellence in television programming produced and initially aired outside the United States.
D. Peabody Award
The Peabody Award is a prestigious American honor recognizing excellence and integrity in broadcast and digital storytelling across radio, television, and online media.
E. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Structured Reality Program
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Structured Reality Program is a major television accolade presented by the Television Academy to honor excellence in formatted, recurring reality series.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	International Emmy Award category ⓘ television award ⓘ
associatedWith	documentary filmmaking ⓘ television industry ⓘ
awardedFor	excellence in documentary production ⓘ outstanding documentary program ⓘ
awardFor	documentary television program ⓘ
awardFrequency	annual ⓘ
awardStatus	active ⓘ
categoryType	program category ⓘ
ceremonyLocation	New York City ⓘ
countryOfScope	international ⓘ
distributionRequirement	must be originally produced for television ⓘ must have initial broadcast outside the United States ⓘ
eligibleWorksOrigin	outside the United States ⓘ
field	television documentary production ⓘ
genre	documentary ⓘ
hasAwardingBodyAbbreviation	IATAS ⓘ
hasCeremony	International Emmy Awards Gala ⓘ surface form: International Emmy Awards ceremony
hasLanguageRequirement	no specific language requirement ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.iemmys.tv ⓘ
hasParentOrganization	International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ⓘ surface form: International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
inception	1967 ⓘ
medium	television ⓘ
notableFor	recognizing non-US documentary television ⓘ
organizer	International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ⓘ surface form: International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
partOf	International Emmy Award ⓘ surface form: International Emmy Awards
presentedBy	International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ⓘ surface form: International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
recognitionType	peer recognition ⓘ
selectionProcess	judged by international jury panels ⓘ

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International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences → notableAward → International Emmy Award for Best Documentary ⓘ

Niall Ferguson → awardReceived → International Emmy Award for Best Documentary ⓘ

this entity surface form: International Emmy Award for Best Documentary (for The Ascent of Money, team)

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