The Sinner

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crime drama television series psychological thriller television series television series

The Sinner is a psychological crime drama television series that follows Detective Harry Ambrose as he investigates disturbing, seemingly inexplicable crimes, each unfolding over a season-long mystery.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
The Sinner canonical	13
The Sinner (TV series)	5
The Sinner (novel)	1
The Sinner season 1	1
The Sinner season 2	1
The Sinner season 3	1
The Sinner season 4	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3147542 — 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 Sinner
Context triple: [USA Network, notableOriginalProgram, The Sinner]

A. The Undoing
The Undoing is a psychological thriller miniseries starring Nicole Kidman as a successful therapist whose life unravels after a violent death and shocking revelations about her husband.
B. The Confession
The Confession is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that explores themes of wrongful conviction, capital punishment, and moral responsibility in the American justice system.
C. The Closer
The Closer is a 2021 Netflix stand-up comedy special by Dave Chappelle that sparked widespread controversy and debate over its jokes about gender identity and the LGBTQ+ community.
D. The Closer
The Closer is an American crime drama television series centered on a brilliant but tough female deputy police chief who specializes in interrogations and securing confessions.
E. The Killing
The Killing is a 1956 film noir crime thriller directed by Stanley Kubrick about a meticulously planned racetrack heist that begins to unravel.
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 Sinner
Target entity description: The Sinner is a psychological crime drama television series that follows Detective Harry Ambrose as he investigates disturbing, seemingly inexplicable crimes, each unfolding over a season-long mystery.

A. The Undoing
The Undoing is a psychological thriller miniseries starring Nicole Kidman as a successful therapist whose life unravels after a violent death and shocking revelations about her husband.
B. The Confession
The Confession is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that explores themes of wrongful conviction, capital punishment, and moral responsibility in the American justice system.
C. The Closer
The Closer is a 2021 Netflix stand-up comedy special by Dave Chappelle that sparked widespread controversy and debate over its jokes about gender identity and the LGBTQ+ community.
D. The Closer
The Closer is an American crime drama television series centered on a brilliant but tough female deputy police chief who specializes in interrogations and securing confessions.
E. The Killing
The Killing is a 1956 film noir crime thriller directed by Stanley Kubrick about a meticulously planned racetrack heist that begins to unravel.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	crime drama television series ⓘ psychological thriller television series ⓘ television series ⓘ
adaptationOf	German novel The Sinner ⓘ
authorOfSourceMaterial	Petra Hammesfahr ⓘ
basedOn	The Sinner self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Sinner (novel)
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Derek Simonds ⓘ
distributor	Netflix, Inc. ⓘ surface form: Netflix (international)
executiveProducer	Derek Simonds ⓘ Jessica Biel ⓘ Michelle Purple ⓘ
finalAired	2021-12-01 ⓘ
firstAired	2017-08-02 ⓘ
format	anthology series ⓘ
genre	crime drama ⓘ mystery ⓘ psychological thriller ⓘ
hasSeason	The Sinner self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Sinner season 1 The Sinner self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Sinner season 2 The Sinner self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Sinner season 3 The Sinner self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Sinner season 4
mainCharacter	Detective Harry Ambrose ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes	32 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons	4 ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalNetwork	USA Network ⓘ
portraysCharacter	Bill Pullman as Harry Ambrose ⓘ
productionCompany	Universal Cable Productions ⓘ surface form: Universal Content Productions
recurringCharacter	Harry Ambrose ⓘ
seasonStructure	each season follows a different crime ⓘ
setting	Dorchester (fictional town) ⓘ upstate New York ⓘ
starring	Bill Pullman ⓘ Carrie Coon ⓘ Carrie Coon as Vera Walker ⓘ Chris Messina ⓘ Elisha Henig ⓘ Frances Fisher ⓘ Hannah Gross ⓘ Jessica Biel ⓘ Jessica Biel as Cora Tannetti ⓘ Jessica Hecht ⓘ Matt Bomer ⓘ Matt Bomer ⓘ surface form: Matt Bomer as Jamie Burns Natalie Paul ⓘ Tracy Letts ⓘ
theme	family secrets ⓘ guilt ⓘ memory repression ⓘ psychological trauma ⓘ

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Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

USA Network → notableOriginalProgram → The Sinner ⓘ

Bill Pullman → notableWork → The Sinner ⓘ

Bill Pullman → portrayedIn → The Sinner ⓘ

Jessica Biel → notableWork → The Sinner ⓘ