The Silver Key
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"The Silver Key" is a fantasy short story by H. P. Lovecraft that follows Randolph Carter’s mystical attempt to reclaim the lost wonders of his childhood dreams.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Silver Key canonical | 1 |
| Through the Gates of the Silver Key | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8791599 — 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: The Silver Key Context triple: [The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, relatedWork, The Silver Key]
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A.
The Silver Tree
The Silver Tree is a solo album by Australian musician and Dead Can Dance vocalist Lisa Gerrard, showcasing her ethereal voice and atmospheric, world-fusion soundscapes.
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B.
The Silver Cord
The Silver Cord is a 1926 stage play by American dramatist Sidney Howard, best known as a darkly comic family drama about a domineering mother and her adult sons.
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C.
The Golden Threshold
The Golden Threshold is a celebrated early 20th-century poetry collection by Indian poet Sarojini Naidu, noted for its lyrical style and evocation of Indian life and landscapes.
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D.
The Jewel That Was Ours
The Jewel That Was Ours is a crime novel in Colin Dexter’s Inspector Morse series, featuring a complex murder investigation intertwined with the theft of a valuable historical artifact in Oxford.
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E.
The Key
"The Key" is a song by British rock musician Ian Hunter, known for its introspective lyrics and melodic rock style.
- 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 Silver Key Target entity description: "The Silver Key" is a fantasy short story by H. P. Lovecraft that follows Randolph Carter’s mystical attempt to reclaim the lost wonders of his childhood dreams.
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A.
The Silver Tree
The Silver Tree is a solo album by Australian musician and Dead Can Dance vocalist Lisa Gerrard, showcasing her ethereal voice and atmospheric, world-fusion soundscapes.
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B.
The Silver Cord
The Silver Cord is a 1926 stage play by American dramatist Sidney Howard, best known as a darkly comic family drama about a domineering mother and her adult sons.
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C.
The Golden Threshold
The Golden Threshold is a celebrated early 20th-century poetry collection by Indian poet Sarojini Naidu, noted for its lyrical style and evocation of Indian life and landscapes.
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D.
The Jewel That Was Ours
The Jewel That Was Ours is a crime novel in Colin Dexter’s Inspector Morse series, featuring a complex murder investigation intertwined with the theft of a valuable historical artifact in Oxford.
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E.
The Key
"The Key" is a song by British rock musician Ian Hunter, known for its introspective lyrics and melodic rock style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralMotif |
magic key
ⓘ
regression to childhood ⓘ time travel ⓘ |
| characterOccupation | Randolph Carter: writer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Randolph Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalLocationFeatured |
Arkham, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New England countryside ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Weird Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Through the Gates of the Silver Key NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dream cycle fiction
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse |
Cthulhu Mythos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lovecraft Dreamlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasObjectInTitle | silver key ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Through the Gates of the Silver Key NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
childhood dreams
ⓘ
metaphysical exploration ⓘ philosophical reflection on reality ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | weird fiction movement ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Randolph Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| partOf | Lovecraft Dream Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Cthulhu Mythos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Randolph Carter stories ⓘ |
| protagonistAge | middle-aged ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1929 ⓘ |
| publisher | Weird Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Statement of Randolph Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ Through the Gates of the Silver Key NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Arkham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New England NERFINISHED ⓘ dreamlands ⓘ |
| theme |
dreams versus reality
ⓘ
escape from modernity ⓘ loss of childhood wonder ⓘ mystical journey ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Silver Key Description of subject: "The Silver Key" is a fantasy short story by H. P. Lovecraft that follows Randolph Carter’s mystical attempt to reclaim the lost wonders of his childhood dreams.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Through the Gates of the Silver Key