Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story

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Academy Award film award screenwriting award category

The Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story was a former Oscar category that honored the original story concept for a film, distinct from its screenplay.

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Label	Occurrences
Academy Award for Best Story	33
Academy Award for Best Original Story	32
Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story canonical	14
Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story	13
Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay	13
Academy Award for Best Motion Picture Story	5
Academy Award for Best Story and Screenplay	5
Academy Award for Best Writing	5
Academy Award for Best Writing Original Motion Picture Story	2
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay – Gods and Monsters (story) (if applicable)	1
Academy Award for Best Original Story (for A Star Is Born)	1
Academy Award for Best Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material	1
Academy Award for Best Story and Screenplay for Sunset Boulevard	1
Academy Award for Best Story for Viva Zapata!	1
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Story	1
Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story for "Marty"	1
Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story – Miracle on 34th Street	1
Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay	1
Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay nomination	1
Oscar for Best Motion Picture Story	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T173294 — 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 Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story
Context triple: [Come to the Stable, nominatedFor, Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story]

A. Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor the year’s most outstanding script written directly for the screen.
B. Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is a prestigious Oscar given annually to honor the most outstanding screenplay adapted from previously existing material, such as novels, plays, or other films.
C. 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.
D. Academy Award for Best Director
The Academy Award for Best Director is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor outstanding achievement in film directing.
E. Golden Globe Award for Best Director
The Golden Globe Award for Best Director is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievement in film directing.
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 Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story
Target entity description: The Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story was a former Oscar category that honored the original story concept for a film, distinct from its screenplay.

A. Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor the year’s most outstanding script written directly for the screen.
B. Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is a prestigious Oscar given annually to honor the most outstanding screenplay adapted from previously existing material, such as novels, plays, or other films.
C. 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.
D. Academy Award for Best Director
The Academy Award for Best Director is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor outstanding achievement in film directing.
E. Golden Globe Award for Best Director
The Golden Globe Award for Best Director is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievement in film directing.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Academy Award ⓘ film award ⓘ screenwriting award category ⓘ
abolished	1957 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Oscar for Best Motion Picture Story ⓘ linked to: Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story
awardedTo	individual writers ⓘ
awardFor	motion picture story distinct from the screenplay ⓘ original story concept for a motion picture ⓘ
awardLevel	international prestige ⓘ
awardName	Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story ⓘ
categoryType	writing category ⓘ
ceremonyLocationTypical	Los Angeles ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
distinctFrom	Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Story and Screenplay ⓘ linked to: Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story
era	early Academy Awards era ⓘ
field	film writing ⓘ screenwriting ⓘ
firstAwardedForFilmYear	1927–1928 ⓘ
firstCeremonyName	1st Academy Awards ⓘ
firstCeremonyNumber	1 ⓘ
inception	1928 ⓘ
industry	film industry ⓘ
isPartOf	Academy Awards ⓘ linked to: Academy Award Oscars ⓘ linked to: Academy Award
languageRequirement	no explicit language restriction but primarily English-language films ⓘ
lastAwardedForFilmYear	1956 ⓘ
lastCeremonyName	29th Academy Awards ⓘ
lastCeremonyNumber	29 ⓘ
medium	feature films ⓘ
notableWinnerExample	Citizen Kane ⓘ The Great McGinty ⓘ
organizer	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
presentedBy	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
reasonForDiscontinuation	overlap with other writing categories ⓘ
relatedCategory	Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Story and Screenplay ⓘ linked to: Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story
scope	original narrative idea rather than full script ⓘ
selectionProcess	voted on by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
separateFrom	Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
status	discontinued ⓘ
timePeriod	1920s ⓘ 1930s ⓘ 1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ

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