The Safe Man
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The Safe Man is a short story by crime novelist Michael Connelly that blends elements of mystery and supernatural suspense around a locksmith hired to open a dangerous old safe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Safe Man canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3682203 — 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: The Safe Man Context triple: [Michael Connelly, notableWork, The Safe Man]
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A.
A Better Man
A Better Man is a country song by American singer-songwriter Clint Black that became one of his early breakthrough hits.
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B.
The Man on the Box
The Man on the Box is a 1925 American silent comedy film, based on Harold MacGrath’s novel, about a mischievous young man who disguises himself as a servant to pursue a romantic interest.
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C.
The Other Man
The Other Man is a 2008 psychological thriller film about a husband who becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth about his wife's secret lover.
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D.
Better Man
"Better Man" is one of Pearl Jam's most popular and enduring rock ballads, known for its emotional lyrics about a troubled relationship and frequent inclusion in the band's live performances.
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E.
The Girl in His House
The Girl in His House is a silent-era American film best known today for featuring actor Cullen Landis in a prominent role.
- 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 Safe Man Target entity description: The Safe Man is a short story by crime novelist Michael Connelly that blends elements of mystery and supernatural suspense around a locksmith hired to open a dangerous old safe.
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A.
A Better Man
A Better Man is a country song by American singer-songwriter Clint Black that became one of his early breakthrough hits.
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B.
The Man on the Box
The Man on the Box is a 1925 American silent comedy film, based on Harold MacGrath’s novel, about a mischievous young man who disguises himself as a servant to pursue a romantic interest.
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C.
The Other Man
The Other Man is a 2008 psychological thriller film about a husband who becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth about his wife's secret lover.
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D.
Better Man
"Better Man" is one of Pearl Jam's most popular and enduring rock ballads, known for its emotional lyrics about a troubled relationship and frequent inclusion in the band's live performances.
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E.
The Girl in His House
The Girl in His House is a silent-era American film best known today for featuring actor Cullen Landis in a prominent role.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short story
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work of fiction ⓘ |
| author | Michael Connelly ⓘ |
| centralObject | old safe ⓘ |
| contains |
moral warning about tampering with unknown forces
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supernatural twist ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
crime fiction
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mystery fiction ⓘ supernatural fiction ⓘ suspense fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorProfession | crime novelist ⓘ |
| hasElement |
crime-related setting
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mystery ⓘ supernatural suspense ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | short prose narrative ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | locksmith ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorBibliography | works by Michael Connelly ⓘ |
| plotFocus | opening a dangerous old safe ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | locksmith hired to open a safe ⓘ |
| setting | contemporary United States ⓘ |
| theme |
curiosity and its consequences
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greed ⓘ supernatural danger ⓘ |
| tone |
dark
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suspenseful ⓘ |
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: The Safe Man Description of subject: The Safe Man is a short story by crime novelist Michael Connelly that blends elements of mystery and supernatural suspense around a locksmith hired to open a dangerous old safe.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.