Grace Marks
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Grace Marks is the enigmatic Irish-Canadian servant and convicted murderess at the center of Margaret Atwood’s historical novel "Alias Grace."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Grace Marks canonical | 7 |
| Grace Marks (historical person) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T912760 — 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: Grace Marks Context triple: [Alias Grace, mainCharacter, Grace Marks]
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A.
Mary Corey
Mary Corey was a woman from colonial Salem, Massachusetts, remembered primarily as one of the victims associated with the Salem witch trials era.
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B.
Christine Grady
Christine Grady is an American nurse-bioethicist who heads the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and is known for her work on clinical research ethics.
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C.
Molly Bloom
Molly Bloom is a central character in James Joyce's novel "Ulysses," best known for her stream-of-consciousness final monologue that explores themes of sexuality, memory, and identity.
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D.
Lauren Mara
Lauren Mara is a member of the Mara family, known for its long-standing ownership and leadership of the New York Giants NFL franchise.
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E.
Lisa Fontaine
Lisa Fontaine was the wife of German field marshal Wilhelm Keitel, a senior military leader in Nazi Germany during World War II.
- 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: Grace Marks Target entity description: Grace Marks is the enigmatic Irish-Canadian servant and convicted murderess at the center of Margaret Atwood’s historical novel "Alias Grace."
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A.
Mary Corey
Mary Corey was a woman from colonial Salem, Massachusetts, remembered primarily as one of the victims associated with the Salem witch trials era.
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B.
Christine Grady
Christine Grady is an American nurse-bioethicist who heads the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and is known for her work on clinical research ethics.
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C.
Molly Bloom
Molly Bloom is a central character in James Joyce's novel "Ulysses," best known for her stream-of-consciousness final monologue that explores themes of sexuality, memory, and identity.
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D.
Lauren Mara
Lauren Mara is a member of the Mara family, known for its long-standing ownership and leadership of the New York Giants NFL franchise.
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E.
Lisa Fontaine
Lisa Fontaine was the wife of German field marshal Wilhelm Keitel, a senior military leader in Nazi Germany during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
Alias Grace
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surface form:
Alias Grace (2017 television miniseries)
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| appearsIn | novel Alias Grace ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dr. Simon Jordan
ⓘ
James McDermott ⓘ Nancy Montgomery ⓘ Thomas Kinnear ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Grace Marks
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Grace Marks (historical person)
|
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| creator | Margaret Atwood ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Irish ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | convicted murderess ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Alias Grace ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | historical fiction character ⓘ |
| languageOfCharacter | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | prisoner ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
exploration of ambiguity of guilt
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representation of women in Victorian-era crime narratives ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person account ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| nationality | Irish-Canadian ⓘ |
| notableWork | Alias Grace ⓘ |
| occupation | servant ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Sarah Gadon ⓘ |
| setting |
Canada West
ⓘ
Kingston Penitentiary ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
class and servitude
ⓘ
gender and power ⓘ memory and trauma ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Grace Marks Description of subject: Grace Marks is the enigmatic Irish-Canadian servant and convicted murderess at the center of Margaret Atwood’s historical novel "Alias Grace."
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Grace Marks (historical person)