Gold Dagger
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The Gold Dagger is a prestigious annual award presented by the Crime Writers' Association for the best crime novel of the year.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3456607 — 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: Gold Dagger Context triple: [The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, awarded, Gold Dagger]
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A.
Edgar Award
The Edgar Award is a prestigious American literary prize presented by the Mystery Writers of America to honor outstanding works in mystery and crime fiction and nonfiction.
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Whitbread Book Award
The Whitbread Book Award, now known as the Costa Book Award, was a major British literary prize recognizing outstanding books by authors based in the UK and Ireland across several categories.
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Whitbread Book of the Year
The Whitbread Book of the Year is a major British literary prize, now known as the Costa Book of the Year, awarded annually to an outstanding book across multiple categories.
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Whitbread Novel Award
The Whitbread Novel Award was a major British literary prize, later renamed the Costa Book Award for Novel, recognizing outstanding works of fiction by authors based in the UK and Ireland.
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E.
Somerset Maugham Award
The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given to young writers of fiction, non-fiction, or poetry, often early in their careers.
- 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: Gold Dagger Target entity description: The Gold Dagger is a prestigious annual award presented by the Crime Writers' Association for the best crime novel of the year.
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A.
Edgar Award
The Edgar Award is a prestigious American literary prize presented by the Mystery Writers of America to honor outstanding works in mystery and crime fiction and nonfiction.
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B.
Whitbread Book Award
The Whitbread Book Award, now known as the Costa Book Award, was a major British literary prize recognizing outstanding books by authors based in the UK and Ireland across several categories.
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C.
Whitbread Book of the Year
The Whitbread Book of the Year is a major British literary prize, now known as the Costa Book of the Year, awarded annually to an outstanding book across multiple categories.
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D.
Whitbread Novel Award
The Whitbread Novel Award was a major British literary prize, later renamed the Costa Book Award for Novel, recognizing outstanding works of fiction by authors based in the UK and Ireland.
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E.
Somerset Maugham Award
The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given to young writers of fiction, non-fiction, or poetry, often early in their careers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime fiction award
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literary award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
CWA Gold Dagger
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linked to:
Gold Dagger
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| associatedOrganisation | The CWA ⓘ |
| awardFor | best crime novel of the year ⓘ |
| awardType | book award ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| eligibility | crime novels first published in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| field |
crime writing
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| formerName | Crossed Red Herring Award ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | crime fiction ⓘ |
| hasCategory | crime novel ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://thecwa.co.uk/awards-and-competitions/the-daggers ⓘ |
| inception | 1955 ⓘ |
| languageOfEligibleWorks | English ⓘ |
| location | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| notableFor | prestige in crime fiction community ⓘ |
| organisedBy | Crime Writers' Association ⓘ |
| partOf | Crime Writers' Association Dagger awards ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Crime Writers' Association ⓘ |
| relativeImportance | one of the most important awards in crime fiction ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | judged by panel appointed by Crime Writers' Association ⓘ |
| symbol | dagger ⓘ |
| typicalAnnouncementTime | annually in the second half of the year ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gold Dagger Description of subject: The Gold Dagger is a prestigious annual award presented by the Crime Writers' Association for the best crime novel of the year.
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