forty thieves
E418774
The forty thieves are a band of robbers from the Middle Eastern folk tale "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," known for their secret treasure cave opened with the phrase "Open, Sesame."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Forty Thieves | 2 |
| forty thieves canonical | 2 |
| Welcome to the Forty Thieves | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4176962 — 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.
Target entity: forty thieves Context triple: [Ali Baba, associatedWithGroup, forty thieves]
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The Good Thief
The Good Thief is a 2002 crime drama film directed by Neil Jordan that follows an aging gambler and thief attempting one last elaborate heist on the French Riviera.
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B.
Once a Thief
Once a Thief is a 1965 American crime drama film directed by Ralph Nelson, centered on an ex-convict struggling to go straight while being pulled back into the criminal underworld.
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C.
Four Tempters
The Four Tempters are allegorical figures in T.S. Eliot’s play "Murder in the Cathedral" who successively tempt Archbishop Thomas Becket with power, safety, and spiritual pride, revealing the moral and spiritual conflicts at the heart of the drama.
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D.
The Thief and the Dogs
The Thief and the Dogs is a 1961 existential and psychological novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that follows a recently released thief seeking revenge in post-revolutionary Cairo.
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E.
The Holy Thief
The Holy Thief is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century Shrewsbury and centered on the theft of a saint’s reliquary.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: forty thieves Target entity description: The forty thieves are a band of robbers from the Middle Eastern folk tale "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," known for their secret treasure cave opened with the phrase "Open, Sesame."
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A.
The Good Thief
The Good Thief is a 2002 crime drama film directed by Neil Jordan that follows an aging gambler and thief attempting one last elaborate heist on the French Riviera.
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B.
Once a Thief
Once a Thief is a 1965 American crime drama film directed by Ralph Nelson, centered on an ex-convict struggling to go straight while being pulled back into the criminal underworld.
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C.
Four Tempters
The Four Tempters are allegorical figures in T.S. Eliot’s play "Murder in the Cathedral" who successively tempt Archbishop Thomas Becket with power, safety, and spiritual pride, revealing the moral and spiritual conflicts at the heart of the drama.
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D.
The Thief and the Dogs
The Thief and the Dogs is a 1961 existential and psychological novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that follows a recently released thief seeking revenge in post-revolutionary Cairo.
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E.
The Holy Thief
The Holy Thief is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century Shrewsbury and centered on the theft of a saint’s reliquary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional criminal gang
ⓘ
group of robbers ⓘ literary character group ⓘ |
| antagonistOf |
Ali Baba
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Morgiana ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
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One Thousand and One Nights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
banditry
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magic phrase ⓘ secret cave ⓘ |
| commits |
murder attempts
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robbery ⓘ theft ⓘ |
| defeatedBy | Morgiana ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
armed robbers
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mounted bandits ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
inspiration for adaptations in theater
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inspiration for children’s books ⓘ inspiration for film adaptations ⓘ popularization of the phrase Open, Sesame ⓘ |
| hasGenre | folk tale characters ⓘ |
| hasLeader | captain of the Forty Thieves ⓘ |
| hasLocation | secret treasure cave ⓘ |
| hasMemberCount | 40 ⓘ |
| hasMotive |
accumulation of wealth
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greed ⓘ |
| hasOrigin |
Arabic literature tradition
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Middle Eastern folklore ⓘ |
| hasPasswordFunction |
closes cave
ⓘ
opens cave ⓘ |
| hasSetting | pre-modern Middle Eastern town ⓘ |
| hasTreasure |
gold
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jewels ⓘ riches ⓘ |
| influences | later bandit stereotypes in fiction ⓘ |
| killedBy | Morgiana ⓘ |
| languageOfPassword | Arabic ⓘ |
| medium |
oral tradition
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written literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | to test Ali Baba's cleverness and virtue ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | antagonists ⓘ |
| operatesIn | Middle East ⓘ |
| partOf | Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Arabian Nights tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| threatens |
Ali Baba
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Ali Baba's family ⓘ |
| usesPassword | Open, Sesame ⓘ |
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Subject: forty thieves Description of subject: The forty thieves are a band of robbers from the Middle Eastern folk tale "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," known for their secret treasure cave opened with the phrase "Open, Sesame."
Referenced by (5)
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