Tony Award for Best Original Score
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The Tony Award for Best Original Score is a prestigious Broadway theater honor recognizing the composers and lyricists of the most outstanding new musical score in an eligible play or musical each season.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tony Award for Best Original Score Context triple: [Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, relatedTo, Tony Award for Best Original Score]
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A.
Tony Award for Best Musical
The Tony Award for Best Musical is Broadway's highest honor recognizing the most outstanding new musical production of the theater season.
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B.
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in staging and directing a musical production.
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C.
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
The Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album is a prestigious music industry honor recognizing outstanding cast recordings of musical theater productions.
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D.
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
The Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score is a prestigious film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievement in motion picture music composition.
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E.
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in directing a stage play.
- 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: Tony Award for Best Original Score Target entity description: The Tony Award for Best Original Score is a prestigious Broadway theater honor recognizing the composers and lyricists of the most outstanding new musical score in an eligible play or musical each season.
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A.
Tony Award for Best Musical
The Tony Award for Best Musical is Broadway's highest honor recognizing the most outstanding new musical production of the theater season.
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B.
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in staging and directing a musical production.
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C.
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
The Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album is a prestigious music industry honor recognizing outstanding cast recordings of musical theater productions.
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D.
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
The Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score is a prestigious film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievement in motion picture music composition.
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E.
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in directing a stage play.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tony Award
ⓘ
music award ⓘ theatre award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tony Award for Best Original Score
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surface form:
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Tony Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
surface form:
Tony Award for Best Score
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| awardFor |
best original score
ⓘ
outstanding new musical score ⓘ |
| categoryType |
creative award
ⓘ
writing award ⓘ |
| ceremonyLanguage | English ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| eligibilityCriterion |
new score in a season
ⓘ
original music and/or lyrics ⓘ |
| eligibleWorks |
Broadway musicals
ⓘ
Broadway plays ⓘ |
| field |
Broadway theater
ⓘ
surface form:
Broadway theatre
musical theatre ⓘ |
| firstAwardedFor | 1947 Broadway season ⓘ |
| focus |
music composition
ⓘ
song lyrics ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
nominees list each season
ⓘ
single winner each season ⓘ |
| hasSubcriterion |
score must be substantially original
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score must be written specifically for the theatre ⓘ |
| honours |
composer
ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ |
| inception | 1947 ⓘ |
| industry | Broadway ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| medium | live theatre ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Antoinette Perry ⓘ |
| organisedBy | Tony Awards Administration Committee ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tony Award
ⓘ
surface form:
Tony Awards
|
| presentedAt |
Tony Awards telecasts
ⓘ
surface form:
Tony Awards ceremony
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| presentedBy |
American Theatre Wing
ⓘ
The Broadway League ⓘ |
| region |
Broadway Theatre District
ⓘ
surface form:
Broadway in Manhattan
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| relatedTo |
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Musical ⓘ Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical ⓘ Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ |
| scope | commercial Broadway productions ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | voted on by Tony Awards voters ⓘ |
| significance | one of the major creative Tony categories ⓘ |
| typicalAnnouncementTime | late spring ⓘ |
| website | https://www.tonyawards.com ⓘ |
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Subject: Tony Award for Best Original Score Description of subject: The Tony Award for Best Original Score is a prestigious Broadway theater honor recognizing the composers and lyricists of the most outstanding new musical score in an eligible play or musical each season.
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