Crime Writers' Association
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The Crime Writers' Association is a UK-based professional organization that promotes and recognizes excellence in crime writing, best known for administering prestigious awards such as the Gold Dagger.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crime Writers' Association canonical | 8 |
| Crime Writers’ Association | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3456608 — 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: Crime Writers' Association Context triple: [The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, awardedBy, Crime Writers' Association]
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A.
Mystery Writers of America
Mystery Writers of America is a professional organization dedicated to promoting and recognizing excellence in the mystery and crime writing genre.
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B.
Royal Society of Literature
The Royal Society of Literature is a prestigious UK literary organization dedicated to promoting and celebrating excellence in writing and literature.
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C.
Horror Writers Association
The Horror Writers Association is a professional organization dedicated to promoting and supporting creators of horror and dark fiction worldwide.
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D.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association is a professional organization of speculative fiction authors best known for promoting the interests of writers in the genre and administering major awards such as the Nebula Awards.
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E.
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.
- 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: Crime Writers' Association Target entity description: The Crime Writers' Association is a UK-based professional organization that promotes and recognizes excellence in crime writing, best known for administering prestigious awards such as the Gold Dagger.
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A.
Mystery Writers of America
Mystery Writers of America is a professional organization dedicated to promoting and recognizing excellence in the mystery and crime writing genre.
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B.
Royal Society of Literature
The Royal Society of Literature is a prestigious UK literary organization dedicated to promoting and celebrating excellence in writing and literature.
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C.
Horror Writers Association
The Horror Writers Association is a professional organization dedicated to promoting and supporting creators of horror and dark fiction worldwide.
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D.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association is a professional organization of speculative fiction authors best known for promoting the interests of writers in the genre and administering major awards such as the Nebula Awards.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary organization
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professional association ⓘ writers' organization ⓘ |
| also known as |
The CWA
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surface form:
CWA (Crime Writers' Association)
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| award administered |
CWA Dagger in the Library
ⓘ
CWA Daggers Committee ⓘ
surface form:
CWA Daggers
CWA Diamond Dagger ⓘ Gold Dagger ⓘ
surface form:
CWA Gold Dagger
CWA Historical Dagger ⓘ CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger ⓘ CWA International Dagger ⓘ CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger ⓘ CWA Non-Fiction Dagger ⓘ CWA Short Story Dagger ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| field |
crime writing
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| focuses on |
networking for crime writers
ⓘ
professional support for crime writers ⓘ public recognition of crime writing ⓘ |
| founder | John Creasey ⓘ |
| genre focus |
crime fiction
ⓘ
mystery ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| has motto | Crime writing is the new rock ’n’ roll ⓘ |
| has part |
CWA Daggers Committee
ⓘ
CWA regional chapters ⓘ |
| headquarters location |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| inception | 1953 ⓘ |
| language of work or name | English ⓘ |
| membership |
agents
ⓘ
crime writers ⓘ publishers ⓘ |
| notable award |
CWA Diamond Dagger
ⓘ
Gold Dagger ⓘ
surface form:
CWA Gold Dagger
|
| official website | https://thecwa.co.uk ⓘ |
| organizes |
CWA Dagger awards ceremony
ⓘ
events for crime writers ⓘ panels and talks on crime writing ⓘ |
| publication | Red Herrings ⓘ |
| purpose |
promotion of crime writing
ⓘ
recognition of excellence in crime writing ⓘ |
| region served | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| sector |
arts and culture
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| short name |
The CWA
ⓘ
surface form:
CWA
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Crime Writers' Association Description of subject: The Crime Writers' Association is a UK-based professional organization that promotes and recognizes excellence in crime writing, best known for administering prestigious awards such as the Gold Dagger.
Referenced by (13)
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Crime Writers’ Association Ellis Peters Historical Dagger
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Crime Writers’ Association Ellis Peters Historical Dagger
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