Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash
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The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for *Whiplash* is the Oscar that recognized J.K. Simmons’s acclaimed performance as the intense jazz instructor Terence Fletcher in the 2014 film *Whiplash*.
All labels observed (1)
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| Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10199688 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash Context triple: [Jonathan Kimble Simmons, awardReceivedFor, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash]
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Nocturnal Animals
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Nocturnal Animals" is the Oscar nomination recognizing Michael Shannon's acclaimed supporting performance in Tom Ford's 2016 psychological thriller film.
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is the Oscar nomination recognizing Max von Sydow’s acclaimed supporting performance in the 2011 drama film "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close."
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C.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Wolf of Wall Street
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Wolf of Wall Street is the Oscar nomination recognizing a male actor’s supporting performance in Martin Scorsese’s 2013 financial crime film.
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Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Silver Linings Playbook
The Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Silver Linings Playbook is the Oscar nomination recognizing Bradley Cooper’s acclaimed performance as the bipolar former teacher Pat Solitano in the 2012 romantic comedy-drama film "Silver Linings Playbook."
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E.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for A History of Violence
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for A History of Violence is the Oscar nomination William Hurt received for his acclaimed supporting performance in David Cronenberg’s 2005 crime thriller.
- 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 for Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash Target entity description: The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for *Whiplash* is the Oscar that recognized J.K. Simmons’s acclaimed performance as the intense jazz instructor Terence Fletcher in the 2014 film *Whiplash*.
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A.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Nocturnal Animals
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Nocturnal Animals" is the Oscar nomination recognizing Michael Shannon's acclaimed supporting performance in Tom Ford's 2016 psychological thriller film.
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B.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is the Oscar nomination recognizing Max von Sydow’s acclaimed supporting performance in the 2011 drama film "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close."
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C.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Wolf of Wall Street
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Wolf of Wall Street is the Oscar nomination recognizing a male actor’s supporting performance in Martin Scorsese’s 2013 financial crime film.
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D.
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Silver Linings Playbook
The Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Silver Linings Playbook is the Oscar nomination recognizing Bradley Cooper’s acclaimed performance as the bipolar former teacher Pat Solitano in the 2012 romantic comedy-drama film "Silver Linings Playbook."
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E.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for A History of Violence
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for A History of Violence is the Oscar nomination William Hurt received for his acclaimed supporting performance in David Cronenberg’s 2005 crime thriller.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Academy Award ⓘ |
| actorName | J. K. Simmons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | 2014 film awards season ⓘ |
| awardCategory | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| ceremonyDate | 2015-02-22 ⓘ |
| ceremonyNumber | 87th Academy Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterName | Terence Fletcher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterProfession | jazz instructor ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| filmCountryOfOrigin | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmDirector | Damien Chazelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmLanguage | English ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
drama film
ⓘ
music film ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| notableFor | portrayal of an intense jazz instructor ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Academy Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| presentedFor | Best Supporting Actor performance in Whiplash ⓘ |
| recognizes |
acting performance
ⓘ
supporting performance by a male actor ⓘ |
| region | Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleType | supporting role ⓘ |
| winner | J. K. Simmons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winnerCharacter | Terence Fletcher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winnerWork | Whiplash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash Description of subject: The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for *Whiplash* is the Oscar that recognized J.K. Simmons’s acclaimed performance as the intense jazz instructor Terence Fletcher in the 2014 film *Whiplash*.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.