Tony Award for Best Scenic Design
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The Tony Award for Best Scenic Design is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in stage set and production design.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tony Award for Best Scenic Design canonical | 20 |
| Tony Award for Scenic Design | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4864016 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design Context triple: [Barnum (1980 Broadway production), awardReceived, Tony Award for Best Scenic Design]
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A.
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the visual and environmental design of a play’s production.
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B.
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the visual and environmental design of a musical production.
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C.
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play is a prestigious annual honor recognizing outstanding achievement in lighting design for Broadway plays.
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D.
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in lighting design for musical productions.
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E.
Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in costume design for non-musical stage productions.
- 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 for Best Scenic Design Target entity description: The Tony Award for Best Scenic Design is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in stage set and production design.
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A.
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the visual and environmental design of a play’s production.
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B.
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the visual and environmental design of a musical production.
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C.
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play is a prestigious annual honor recognizing outstanding achievement in lighting design for Broadway plays.
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D.
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in lighting design for musical productions.
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E.
Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in costume design for non-musical stage productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tony Award category
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theatre award ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Tony Awards Administration Committee ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tony Award for Scenic Design
ⓘ
linked to:
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design
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| associatedWith | Broadway theatre industry ⓘ |
| awardedForSeason | Broadway season ⓘ |
| awardFor |
production design in theatre
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scenic design ⓘ stage set design ⓘ |
| ceremonyLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| domain |
performing arts
ⓘ
stagecraft ⓘ |
| field |
Broadway theatre
ⓘ
linked to:
Broadway theater
scenic design ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasCategorySplit |
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Musical
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Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Play ⓘ
linked to:
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play
|
| hasMedium | live theatre ⓘ |
| inception | 1947 ⓘ |
| languageOfAward | English ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Antoinette Perry ⓘ |
| organizer |
American Theatre Wing
ⓘ
The Broadway League ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tony Awards
ⓘ
linked to:
Tony Award
|
| presentedBy |
American Theatre Wing
ⓘ
The Broadway League ⓘ |
| recognizes | outstanding achievement in scenic design ⓘ |
| scope | Broadway productions ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | voted on by Tony Awards voters ⓘ |
| typeOf | competitive award ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design Description of subject: The Tony Award for Best Scenic Design is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in stage set and production design.
Referenced by (21)
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linked to: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design