Tony Award statuette

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award statuette symbol of the Tony Awards trophy

The Tony Award statuette is the iconic medallion-on-a-black-base trophy presented annually to honor excellence in live Broadway theatre.

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Label	Occurrences
Tony Award statuette canonical	2
Tony Award medallion	1
Tony Award trophy	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3202247 — 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: Tony Award statuette
Context triple: [Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, hasTrophy, Tony Award statuette]

A. Emmy statuette
The Emmy statuette is the iconic winged woman holding an atom that serves as the prestigious trophy awarded for excellence in the television industry.
B. Golden Globe statuette
The Golden Globe statuette is the iconic gold-plated trophy, featuring a globe atop a pedestal, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to honor excellence in film and television.
C. SAG Award statuette
The SAG Award statuette is the iconic bronze figure presented at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, depicting a nude male actor holding both a comedy mask and a tragedy mask to symbolize the craft of performance.
D. Academy Awards statuette
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.
E. 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.
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: Tony Award statuette
Target entity description: The Tony Award statuette is the iconic medallion-on-a-black-base trophy presented annually to honor excellence in live Broadway theatre.

A. Emmy statuette
The Emmy statuette is the iconic winged woman holding an atom that serves as the prestigious trophy awarded for excellence in the television industry.
B. Golden Globe statuette
The Golden Globe statuette is the iconic gold-plated trophy, featuring a globe atop a pedestal, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to honor excellence in film and television.
C. SAG Award statuette
The SAG Award statuette is the iconic bronze figure presented at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, depicting a nude male actor holding both a comedy mask and a tragedy mask to symbolize the craft of performance.
D. Academy Awards statuette
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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	award statuette ⓘ symbol of the Tony Awards ⓘ trophy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Tony Award medallion ⓘ linked to: Tony Award statuette
associatedWith	American Theatre Wing logo ⓘ Broadway ⓘ New York theatre ⓘ linked to: New York theatre community
awardedFor	acting in Broadway theatre ⓘ design in Broadway theatre ⓘ directing in Broadway theatre ⓘ musical theatre achievements ⓘ production in Broadway theatre ⓘ
awardedSince	1947 ⓘ
awardFor	excellence in Broadway theatre ⓘ
awardingBody	Tony Awards Administration Committee ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
depicts	comedy and tragedy masks ⓘ profile of Antoinette Perry ⓘ
genre	theatre award ⓘ
hasColor	black base ⓘ silver-colored medallion ⓘ
hasFeature	spinning medallion ⓘ
hasMeasurement	approximately 3 inches diameter medallion ⓘ approximately 5 inches tall base ⓘ
hasPart	black pedestal base ⓘ circular medallion ⓘ
inception	1947 ⓘ
locationOfUse	Broadway theatres in New York City ⓘ linked to: Broadway in New York City
materialUsed	black lacquered base ⓘ bronze ⓘ nickel silver ⓘ
namedAfter	Antoinette Perry ⓘ
officialName	Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre statuette ⓘ
partOf	Tony Awards ⓘ linked to: Tony Award
presentedAt	annual Tony Awards ceremony ⓘ
presentedBy	American Theatre Wing ⓘ The Broadway League ⓘ
productionMethod	cast metal ⓘ
shape	medallion on a black base ⓘ
symbolizes	prestige in American theatre ⓘ professional achievement in Broadway theatre ⓘ
usedFor	honoring excellence in live Broadway theatre ⓘ
usedIn	Tony Award categories for musicals ⓘ Tony Award categories for plays ⓘ linked to: Tony Awards for creative achievement Tony Award special honors ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play → hasTrophy → Tony Award statuette ⓘ

Emmy statuette → comparedTo → Tony Award trophy ⓘ

linked to: Tony Award statuette

Tony Award statuette → alsoKnownAs → Tony Award medallion ⓘ

linked to: Tony Award statuette

Tony Award for Best Lighting Design → hasTrophy → Tony Award statuette ⓘ

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