Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special

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Primetime Emmy Award category television award

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special is a major television accolade honoring the year’s best stand-alone documentary or nonfiction program broadcast in primetime.

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Label	Occurrences
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special canonical	6
Emmy Award for Best Documentary (news and documentary)	1
Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series or Special	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Special	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
Context triple: [13th, awardReceived, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special]

A. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Series is a major American television accolade honoring excellence in documentary and nonfiction series programming.
B. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Special Class)
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Special Class) is a television accolade recognizing exceptional non-fiction programming that does not fit traditional documentary or informational categories, often honoring innovative or reality-based series and specials.
C. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Nonfiction Program
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Nonfiction Program is a major television accolade honoring exceptional direction in documentary and other nonfiction programming.
D. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program is a major television industry honor recognizing exceptional camera work and visual storytelling in documentary and other nonfiction TV productions.
E. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program is a major television industry honor recognizing exceptional editing work in documentary and other nonfiction programming.
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: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
Target entity description: The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special is a major television accolade honoring the year’s best stand-alone documentary or nonfiction program broadcast in primetime.

A. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Series is a major American television accolade honoring excellence in documentary and nonfiction series programming.
B. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Special Class)
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Special Class) is a television accolade recognizing exceptional non-fiction programming that does not fit traditional documentary or informational categories, often honoring innovative or reality-based series and specials.
C. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Nonfiction Program
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Nonfiction Program is a major television accolade honoring exceptional direction in documentary and other nonfiction programming.
D. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program is a major television industry honor recognizing exceptional camera work and visual storytelling in documentary and other nonfiction TV productions.
E. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program is a major television industry honor recognizing exceptional editing work in documentary and other nonfiction programming.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Primetime Emmy Award category ⓘ television award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special ⓘ
associatedOrganization	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ⓘ surface form: Television Academy
awardFor	outstanding documentary or nonfiction special ⓘ stand-alone documentary program ⓘ stand-alone nonfiction program ⓘ
awardLevel	major television accolade ⓘ
broadcastScope	primetime ⓘ
categoryType	program award ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
eligibility	documentary special ⓘ nonfiction special ⓘ stand-alone program ⓘ
genre	documentary ⓘ nonfiction television ⓘ
hasCategoryGroup	documentary and nonfiction programming categories ⓘ
industry	television industry ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
medium	television ⓘ
notAwardedFor	documentary or nonfiction series ⓘ
partOf	Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ
presentedBy	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ⓘ
presentedFor	best stand-alone documentary or nonfiction program broadcast in primetime ⓘ
recognizes	creative teams behind documentary or nonfiction specials ⓘ producers of documentary or nonfiction specials ⓘ
scope	national (United States) television programming ⓘ
selectionBasis	artistic excellence ⓘ creative achievement in documentary or nonfiction programming ⓘ
status	active award category ⓘ

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documentary film 13th → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special ⓘ

subject surface form: 13th

Taxi to the Dark Side → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emmy Award for Best Documentary (news and documentary)

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Series → relatedTo → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special ⓘ

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special ⓘ

this entity surface form: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Special

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Special Class) → relatedTo → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special ⓘ

Lucie Arnaz → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Nonfiction Program → relatedTo → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special ⓘ

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley → notableAwardNomination → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special ⓘ

Zero Days → nominatedFor → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special ⓘ

Leah Remini → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special ⓘ

this entity surface form: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series or Special

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