Academy Awards for The Silence of the Lambs
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The Academy Awards for *The Silence of the Lambs* recognize the film’s major Oscar wins, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay, which cemented its status as a landmark psychological horror-thriller.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Academy Awards for The Silence of the Lambs Context triple: [Hannibal Lecter film series, notableAward, Academy Awards for The Silence of the Lambs]
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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.
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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.
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Academy Award for Best Actress
The Academy Award for Best Actress is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor the most outstanding lead performance by an actress in a film.
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Academy Award for Best Picture
The Academy Award for Best Picture is the film industry's most prestigious Oscar, honoring the overall best feature-length motion picture of the year.
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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.
- 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: Academy Awards for The Silence of the Lambs Target entity description: The Academy Awards for *The Silence of the Lambs* recognize the film’s major Oscar wins, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay, which cemented its status as a landmark psychological horror-thriller.
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A.
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.
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B.
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.
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C.
Academy Award for Best Actress
The Academy Award for Best Actress is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor the most outstanding lead performance by an actress in a film.
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D.
Academy Award for Best Picture
The Academy Award for Best Picture is the film industry's most prestigious Oscar, honoring the overall best feature-length motion picture of the year.
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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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Academy Awards recognition
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film award achievement set ⓘ |
| actorRecipientOfBestActor | Anthony Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| actressRecipientOfBestActress | Jodie Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToWork | The Silence of the Lambs (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardedBy | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardForYearOfFilm | 1991 ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| bigFiveCategoriesIncluded |
Best Actor
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Best Actress ⓘ Best Director ⓘ Best Picture ⓘ Best Screenplay ⓘ |
| bigFiveSweep | true ⓘ |
| categoryWon |
Academy Award for Best Actor
NERFINISHED
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Academy Award for Best Actress NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Director NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ceremonyCity | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ceremonyHost | Billy Crystal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ceremonyState | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ceremonyVenue | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| directorRecipientOfBestDirector | Jonathan Demme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfHonoredFilm |
crime film
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psychological horror ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| impact | cemented the film's status as a landmark psychological horror-thriller ⓘ |
| languageOfHonoredFilm | English ⓘ |
| notableCeremony | 64th Academy Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| novelAuthor | Thomas Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfOscarsWon | 5 ⓘ |
| oneOfFewBigFiveWinners | true ⓘ |
| otherBigFiveWinnerExample |
It Happened One Night
NERFINISHED
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | history of the Academy Awards ⓘ |
| producerRecipientOfBestPicture |
Edward Saxon
NERFINISHED
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Kenneth Utt NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Bozman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizesAchievementIn |
acting
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directing ⓘ overall production ⓘ screenwriting ⓘ |
| roleForBestActorWin | Dr. Hannibal Lecter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleForBestActressWin | Clarice Starling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenplayBasedOn | The Silence of the Lambs (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance | one of the few horror-related films to win Best Picture ⓘ |
| studioOfHonoredFilm | Orion Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writerRecipientOfBestAdaptedScreenplay | Ted Tally NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Academy Awards for The Silence of the Lambs Description of subject: The Academy Awards for *The Silence of the Lambs* recognize the film’s major Oscar wins, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay, which cemented its status as a landmark psychological horror-thriller.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Academy Award for Best Picture for The Silence of the Lambs
subject surface form:
Orion Pictures
this entity surface form:
Academy Award for Best Picture for The Silence of the Lambs (as production company)