Academy Awards statuette

E131443

award statuette cultural icon

The Academy Awards statuette is the iconic gold-plated figure presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor outstanding achievements in the film industry.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Oscar statuette	24
Academy Award of Merit statuette	3
Academy Award statuette	2
Academy Awards statuette canonical	2
Academy Award for Best Costume Design statuette	1
Academy Award of Merit (Oscar statuette)	1
Academy Awards Oscar statuette	1
Oscar honorary statuette	1
Oscar-statuetten	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1115307 — 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: Academy Awards statuette
Context triple: [Oscar, alsoKnownAs, Academy Awards statuette]

A. Grammy Award statuette
The Grammy Award statuette is the iconic gold-plated gramophone trophy presented by the Recording Academy to honor outstanding achievements in the music industry.
B. César statuette
The César statuette is the iconic sculpted trophy presented at France’s premier national film awards, symbolizing excellence in French cinema.
C. Brit Awards statuette
The Brit Awards statuette is the iconic sculpted trophy presented to winners at the annual BRIT Awards, symbolizing achievement in the British music industry.
D. Golden Lion
The Golden Lion is the top prize awarded for the best film at the prestigious Venice Film Festival.
E. Golden Bear
The Golden Bear is the top prize awarded to the best film at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival, one of the world’s major annual film festivals.
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: Academy Awards statuette
Target entity description: The Academy Awards statuette is the iconic gold-plated figure presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor outstanding achievements in the film industry.

A. Grammy Award statuette
The Grammy Award statuette is the iconic gold-plated gramophone trophy presented by the Recording Academy to honor outstanding achievements in the music industry.
B. César statuette
The César statuette is the iconic sculpted trophy presented at France’s premier national film awards, symbolizing excellence in French cinema.
C. Brit Awards statuette
The Brit Awards statuette is the iconic sculpted trophy presented to winners at the annual BRIT Awards, symbolizing achievement in the British music industry.
D. Golden Lion
The Golden Lion is the top prize awarded for the best film at the prestigious Venice Film Festival.
E. Golden Bear
The Golden Bear is the top prize awarded to the best film at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival, one of the world’s major annual film festivals.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	award statuette ⓘ cultural icon ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Academy Award of Merit statuette ⓘ linked to: Academy Awards statuette Oscar statuette ⓘ linked to: Academy Awards statuette
associatedMedium	motion pictures ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Academy Awards ⓘ linked to: Academy Award
awardedFor	Best Actor ⓘ Best Actress ⓘ Best Director ⓘ Best Picture ⓘ linked to: Academy Award for Best Picture various Academy Award categories ⓘ
category	film award trophy ⓘ
ceremonyLocation	Los Angeles ⓘ
color	gold ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
culturalSignificance	one of the most recognized trophies in the world ⓘ symbol of cinematic excellence ⓘ
depicts	knight holding a crusader’s sword ⓘ
designer	Cedric Gibbons ⓘ
firstAwardedAt	1st Academy Awards ⓘ
firstAwardedYear	1929 ⓘ
hasBase	black metal base ⓘ
height	13.5 inches ⓘ about 34.3 centimeters ⓘ
inception	1929 ⓘ
legalOwner	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
manufacturer	Polich Tallix Fine Art Foundry ⓘ
material	britannia metal ⓘ
nicknamedAs	Oscar ⓘ
nicknamedBy	film industry ⓘ
originalFiveBranches	actors ⓘ directors ⓘ producers ⓘ technicians ⓘ writers ⓘ
plating	24-karat gold ⓘ
presentedBy	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
previousManufacturer	R.S. Owens & Company ⓘ
productionLocation	New York ⓘ
reelHas	five spokes ⓘ
resalePolicy	must be offered back to the Academy for 1 US dollar before sale ⓘ
sculptor	George Stanley ⓘ
standsOn	reel of film ⓘ
subjectTo	resale restrictions by the Academy ⓘ
symbolizes	original five branches of the Academy ⓘ
usedFor	Academy Awards ceremony ⓘ honoring achievements in film ⓘ
weight	8.5 pounds ⓘ about 3.9 kilograms ⓘ

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Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oscar → alsoKnownAs → Academy Awards statuette ⓘ

Academy Award for Best Actress → trophyName → Oscar statuette ⓘ

subject linked to: Best Actress