Rooney crime family
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The Rooney crime family is a fictional Irish-American organized crime syndicate featured in the film and graphic novel "Road to Perdition."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rooney crime family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12893882 — 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: Rooney crime family Context triple: [Michael Sullivan, affiliation, Rooney crime family]
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Shelby crime family
The Shelby crime family is a fictional Birmingham-based gangster clan at the center of the British television series "Peaky Blinders," led by the ambitious and ruthless Thomas Shelby.
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B.
Bufalino crime family
The Bufalino crime family was a Pennsylvania-based Italian-American Mafia organization known for its influence over labor unions, trucking, and organized crime activities in the mid-20th century United States.
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C.
DiMeo crime family
The DiMeo crime family is the fictional New Jersey-based Italian-American Mafia organization at the center of the television series "The Sopranos."
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D.
Luciano crime family
The Luciano crime family, later known as the Genovese crime family, is one of New York City's most powerful and historically influential Italian-American Mafia organizations.
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E.
Cody crime family
The Cody crime family is a fictional Melbourne-based criminal clan featured in the Australian film and TV series "Animal Kingdom," known for its violent, tightly knit, and dysfunctional members.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rooney crime family Target entity description: The Rooney crime family is a fictional Irish-American organized crime syndicate featured in the film and graphic novel "Road to Perdition."
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A.
Shelby crime family
The Shelby crime family is a fictional Birmingham-based gangster clan at the center of the British television series "Peaky Blinders," led by the ambitious and ruthless Thomas Shelby.
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B.
Bufalino crime family
The Bufalino crime family was a Pennsylvania-based Italian-American Mafia organization known for its influence over labor unions, trucking, and organized crime activities in the mid-20th century United States.
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C.
DiMeo crime family
The DiMeo crime family is the fictional New Jersey-based Italian-American Mafia organization at the center of the television series "The Sopranos."
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D.
Luciano crime family
The Luciano crime family, later known as the Genovese crime family, is one of New York City's most powerful and historically influential Italian-American Mafia organizations.
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E.
Cody crime family
The Cody crime family is a fictional Melbourne-based criminal clan featured in the Australian film and TV series "Animal Kingdom," known for its violent, tightly knit, and dysfunctional members.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish-American crime family
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fictional criminal organization ⓘ organized crime syndicate ⓘ |
| adaptedBy | Sam Mendes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | Chicago Outfit (fictional depiction) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Road to Perdition (film)
NERFINISHED
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Road to Perdition (graphic novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Rooney crime family (graphic novel version) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdBy |
Max Allan Collins
NERFINISHED
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Richard Piers Rayner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criminalActivity |
bootlegging
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enforcement for organized crime ⓘ extortion ⓘ murder ⓘ racketeering ⓘ |
| employs | Michael Sullivan as enforcer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicBackground | Irish-American ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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noir ⓘ |
| hasLeader | John Rooney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Connor Rooney
NERFINISHED
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Finn McGovern NERFINISHED ⓘ John Rooney NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ various unnamed Irish-American gangsters ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium |
feature film
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graphic novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central antagonistic organization in Road to Perdition ⓘ |
| notableConflict | internal conflict between Connor Rooney and Michael Sullivan ⓘ |
| operatesInFictionalLocation |
Illinois
NERFINISHED
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Midwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse | Road to Perdition universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodFictionalSetting |
Great Depression era
NERFINISHED
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early 1930s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rooney crime family Description of subject: The Rooney crime family is a fictional Irish-American organized crime syndicate featured in the film and graphic novel "Road to Perdition."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.