Road to Purgatory
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Road to Purgatory is a crime novel by Max Allan Collins that continues the story begun in Road to Perdition, following Michael O’Sullivan Jr.’s quest for vengeance in post–World War II America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Road to Purgatory canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12893995 — 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: Road to Purgatory Context triple: [Max Allan Collins, notableWork, Road to Purgatory]
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A.
Purgi
Purgi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Kargil region of Ladakh in northern India.
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B.
Ante-Purgatory
Ante-Purgatory is the outer region of Purgatory in Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy where the souls of the excommunicated, the late-repentant, and the negligent must wait before ascending to the main terraces of purification.
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C.
The Repentance
The Repentance is an alternative English title used for a work whose primary name is "Repentance."
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D.
Between Heaven and Hell
Between Heaven and Hell is a 1956 American World War II drama film that explores the psychological toll of combat on a privileged Southern soldier in the Pacific theater.
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E.
Rite of Penance
Rite of Penance is the official liturgical book of the Catholic Church that sets out the prayers, rites, and norms for the sacrament of reconciliation.
- 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: Road to Purgatory Target entity description: Road to Purgatory is a crime novel by Max Allan Collins that continues the story begun in Road to Perdition, following Michael O’Sullivan Jr.’s quest for vengeance in post–World War II America.
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A.
Purgi
Purgi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Kargil region of Ladakh in northern India.
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B.
Ante-Purgatory
Ante-Purgatory is the outer region of Purgatory in Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy where the souls of the excommunicated, the late-repentant, and the negligent must wait before ascending to the main terraces of purification.
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C.
The Repentance
The Repentance is an alternative English title used for a work whose primary name is "Repentance."
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D.
Between Heaven and Hell
Between Heaven and Hell is a 1956 American World War II drama film that explores the psychological toll of combat on a privileged Southern soldier in the Pacific theater.
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E.
Rite of Penance
Rite of Penance is the official liturgical book of the Catholic Church that sets out the prayers, rites, and norms for the sacrament of reconciliation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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novel ⓘ work of fiction ⓘ |
| adaptationRelation | prose continuation of the graphic novel Road to Perdition ⓘ |
| author | Max Allan Collins ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| basedOn | characters from Road to Perdition ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
family legacy
ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ vengeance ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| follows | Road to Perdition ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
noir fiction ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Road to Paradise ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | historical crime novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Michael O’Sullivan Jr.
ⓘ
linked to:
Michael O'Sullivan
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| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Michael O’Sullivan Jr.’s quest for vengeance ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| partOf |
Road to Perdition trilogy
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linked to:
Road to Perdition
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| protagonistRelation | son of Michael O’Sullivan Sr. ⓘ |
| series |
Road to Perdition series
ⓘ
linked to:
Road to Perdition
|
| settingCountry |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| settingPeriod | post–World War II ⓘ |
| subject |
American mob
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hitmen ⓘ postwar America ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Road to Purgatory Description of subject: Road to Purgatory is a crime novel by Max Allan Collins that continues the story begun in Road to Perdition, following Michael O’Sullivan Jr.’s quest for vengeance in post–World War II America.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
graphic novel Road to Perdition
subject linked to:
graphic novel Road to Perdition