The Mildenhall Treasure
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The Mildenhall Treasure is a Roald Dahl short story recounting the discovery and morally fraught acquisition of a magnificent hoard of Roman silver tableware unearthed in the English countryside.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Mildenhall Treasure canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21090774 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mildenhall Treasure Context triple: [The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More, containsWork, The Mildenhall Treasure]
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Sutton Hoo treasure
The Sutton Hoo treasure is a renowned early medieval Anglo-Saxon burial hoard, famous for its richly furnished ship burial and iconic helmet, which has greatly illuminated our understanding of early English history and craftsmanship.
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Broighter Hoard
The Broighter Hoard is a famous Iron Age treasure of exquisite gold artifacts, including a miniature boat, discovered in County Derry, Northern Ireland.
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Snettisham Hoard
The Snettisham Hoard is a major Iron Age treasure find from Norfolk, England, renowned for its large collection of intricately crafted gold and silver torcs and other precious metal objects associated with the ancient Iceni tribe.
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D.
Vale of York Hoard
The Vale of York Hoard is a major Viking-age treasure find from North Yorkshire, consisting of hundreds of silver coins, ingots, and jewelry that illuminate early medieval trade and culture.
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E.
Nibelung hoard
The Nibelung hoard is a legendary treasure of immense wealth and cursed power that drives much of the conflict and tragedy in Richard Wagner’s operatic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen.
- 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: The Mildenhall Treasure Target entity description: The Mildenhall Treasure is a Roald Dahl short story recounting the discovery and morally fraught acquisition of a magnificent hoard of Roman silver tableware unearthed in the English countryside.
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A.
Sutton Hoo treasure
The Sutton Hoo treasure is a renowned early medieval Anglo-Saxon burial hoard, famous for its richly furnished ship burial and iconic helmet, which has greatly illuminated our understanding of early English history and craftsmanship.
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B.
Broighter Hoard
The Broighter Hoard is a famous Iron Age treasure of exquisite gold artifacts, including a miniature boat, discovered in County Derry, Northern Ireland.
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C.
Snettisham Hoard
The Snettisham Hoard is a major Iron Age treasure find from Norfolk, England, renowned for its large collection of intricately crafted gold and silver torcs and other precious metal objects associated with the ancient Iceni tribe.
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D.
Vale of York Hoard
The Vale of York Hoard is a major Viking-age treasure find from North Yorkshire, consisting of hundreds of silver coins, ingots, and jewelry that illuminate early medieval trade and culture.
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E.
Nibelung hoard
The Nibelung hoard is a legendary treasure of immense wealth and cursed power that drives much of the conflict and tragedy in Richard Wagner’s operatic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.