Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (posthumous, Heath Ledger)
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The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (posthumous, Heath Ledger) honors Heath Ledger’s acclaimed, posthumously recognized performance as the Joker in the 2008 superhero film "The Dark Knight."
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| Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (posthumous, Heath Ledger) canonical | 1 |
| Heath Ledger won Academy Award for playing The Joker | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15926636 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (posthumous, Heath Ledger) Context triple: [The Joker (The Dark Knight), portrayalAward, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (posthumous, Heath Ledger)]
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Academy Award for Best Actor (Joaquin Phoenix)
The Academy Award for Best Actor (Joaquin Phoenix) is the Oscar he received for his acclaimed leading performance in the 2019 film "Joker."
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Birdman
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Birdman is the Oscar nomination recognizing Edward Norton's acclaimed supporting performance in the 2014 black comedy-drama film "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)."
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Brad Pitt)
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Brad Pitt) recognizes Brad Pitt’s Oscar-winning performance as Cliff Booth in Quentin Tarantino’s film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash
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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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Manchester by the Sea
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Manchester by the Sea is the Oscar nomination recognizing an outstanding supporting performance in the 2016 drama film "Manchester by the Sea."
- 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 (posthumous, Heath Ledger) Target entity description: The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (posthumous, Heath Ledger) honors Heath Ledger’s acclaimed, posthumously recognized performance as the Joker in the 2008 superhero film "The Dark Knight."
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A.
Academy Award for Best Actor (Joaquin Phoenix)
The Academy Award for Best Actor (Joaquin Phoenix) is the Oscar he received for his acclaimed leading performance in the 2019 film "Joker."
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B.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Birdman
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Birdman is the Oscar nomination recognizing Edward Norton's acclaimed supporting performance in the 2014 black comedy-drama film "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)."
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C.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Brad Pitt)
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Brad Pitt) recognizes Brad Pitt’s Oscar-winning performance as Cliff Booth in Quentin Tarantino’s film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."
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D.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash
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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E.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Manchester by the Sea
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Manchester by the Sea is the Oscar nomination recognizing an outstanding supporting performance in the 2016 drama film "Manchester by the Sea."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The Joker (The Dark Knight)
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portrayalAward
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (posthumous, Heath Ledger)
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The Joker in The Dark Knight
linked to: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (posthumous, Heath Ledger)