Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
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The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award is an honorary Oscar given to individuals in the film industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the motion picture arts and sciences.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award canonical | 33 |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (namesake honor) | 1 |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Oscar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T120336 — 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)
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Target entity: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Context triple: [Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, awardsPresented, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award]
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A.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award is a special Academy honor given to film producers whose consistently high-quality body of work reflects outstanding achievement in motion picture production.
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B.
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by male actors in dramatic films.
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C.
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture is a major film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding supporting performances by male actors in motion pictures.
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D.
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture is a major film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding supporting performances by actresses in motion pictures.
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E.
Academy Award for Best Actor
The Academy Award for Best Actor is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor an outstanding leading performance by a male actor in a film.
- 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: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Target entity description: The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award is an honorary Oscar given to individuals in the film industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the motion picture arts and sciences.
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A.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award is a special Academy honor given to film producers whose consistently high-quality body of work reflects outstanding achievement in motion picture production.
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B.
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by male actors in dramatic films.
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C.
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture is a major film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding supporting performances by male actors in motion pictures.
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D.
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture is a major film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding supporting performances by actresses in motion pictures.
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E.
Academy Award for Best Actor
The Academy Award for Best Actor is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor an outstanding leading performance by a male actor in a film.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Academy Honorary Award
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humanitarian award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
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surface form:
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Oscar
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| associatedWith | motion picture arts and sciences ⓘ |
| awardFor |
humanitarian efforts that bring credit to the motion picture industry
ⓘ
outstanding humanitarian efforts ⓘ |
| categoryOf | special Academy Award ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| eligibleRecipients | individuals in the motion picture industry ⓘ |
| field | film industry ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 1957 ⓘ |
| frequency | not necessarily awarded every year ⓘ |
| hasGenderRestriction | no ⓘ |
| inception | 1956 ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jean Hersholt ⓘ |
| namedAfterOccupation | actor ⓘ |
| namedAfterRole | former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
Angelina Jolie
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Audrey Hepburn ⓘ Danny Kaye ⓘ Elizabeth Taylor ⓘ Gregory Peck ⓘ Harry Belafonte ⓘ Jerry Lewis ⓘ Oprah Winfrey ⓘ Quincy Jones ⓘ |
| officialWebsite | https://www.oscars.org/governors-awards ⓘ |
| partOf |
Academy Award
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surface form:
Academy Awards
|
| presentedAt |
Academy Awards ceremony
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surface form:
Academy Awards ceremonies
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| presentedBy | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | voted on by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| trophyForm |
Academy Awards statuette
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surface form:
Oscar statuette
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| typeOfRecognition | lifetime achievement in humanitarian work ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Description of subject: The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award is an honorary Oscar given to individuals in the film industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the motion picture arts and sciences.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Oscar
subject surface form:
Eldred Gregory Peck
this entity surface form:
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (namesake honor)
subject surface form:
Mary Frances Reynolds
subject surface form:
Jerry Lewis