Sara Howard in The Alienist
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Sara Howard in *The Alienist* is an ambitious and pioneering young woman who becomes one of the first female employees at the New York City Police Department, assisting in complex criminal investigations in the late 19th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sara Howard in The Alienist canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3549721 — 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: Sara Howard in The Alienist Context triple: [Dakota Fanning, portrayedCharacter, Sara Howard in The Alienist]
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A.
Christina Hendricks
Christina Hendricks is an American actress best known for her Emmy-nominated role as Joan Holloway on the television series "Mad Men."
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B.
Delphine Lasalle in Atomic Blonde
Delphine Lasalle in *Atomic Blonde* is a young French intelligence agent and Lorraine Broughton’s enigmatic ally and lover, whose vulnerability and inexperience contrast sharply with the film’s brutal espionage world.
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C.
Sara Sedgwick
Sara Sedgwick was an American woman from a prominent New England literary family who became the wife of William Erasmus Darwin, the eldest son of naturalist Charles Darwin.
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D.
Sara Samuels
Sara Samuels is the central character in the "Black Mirror" episode "Arkangel," a young girl whose life is tightly controlled and surveilled through experimental parental technology.
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E.
Lorraine Broughton in Atomic Blonde
Lorraine Broughton in Atomic Blonde is a highly skilled, brutally efficient MI6 spy navigating Cold War Berlin in the stylish, action-packed thriller "Atomic Blonde."
- 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: Sara Howard in The Alienist Target entity description: Sara Howard in *The Alienist* is an ambitious and pioneering young woman who becomes one of the first female employees at the New York City Police Department, assisting in complex criminal investigations in the late 19th century.
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A.
Christina Hendricks
Christina Hendricks is an American actress best known for her Emmy-nominated role as Joan Holloway on the television series "Mad Men."
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B.
Delphine Lasalle in Atomic Blonde
Delphine Lasalle in *Atomic Blonde* is a young French intelligence agent and Lorraine Broughton’s enigmatic ally and lover, whose vulnerability and inexperience contrast sharply with the film’s brutal espionage world.
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C.
Sara Sedgwick
Sara Sedgwick was an American woman from a prominent New England literary family who became the wife of William Erasmus Darwin, the eldest son of naturalist Charles Darwin.
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D.
Sara Samuels
Sara Samuels is the central character in the "Black Mirror" episode "Arkangel," a young girl whose life is tightly controlled and surveilled through experimental parental technology.
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E.
Lorraine Broughton in Atomic Blonde
Lorraine Broughton in Atomic Blonde is a highly skilled, brutally efficient MI6 spy navigating Cold War Berlin in the stylish, action-packed thriller "Atomic Blonde."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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novel character ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| adaptedFor | TNT television series The Alienist ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Alienist
ⓘ
TNT television series The Alienist ⓘ
surface form:
The Alienist television series
The Alienist ⓘ
surface form:
The Alienist: Angel of Darkness
|
| assists |
Dr. Laszlo Kreizler
ⓘ
John Schuyler Moore ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
New York City Police Department
ⓘ
Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ |
| basedOn | character created by Caleb Carr ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
ambitious
ⓘ
determined ⓘ pioneering ⓘ |
| createdBy | Caleb Carr ⓘ |
| employer | New York City Police Department ⓘ |
| era | late 19th century ⓘ |
| familyBackground | comes from a socially prominent New York family ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Alienist universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
TNT television series The Alienist
ⓘ
surface form:
The Alienist (TV series, 2018)
The Alienist ⓘ
surface form:
The Alienist (novel)
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
historical crime fiction
ⓘ
psychological thriller ⓘ |
| investigates | serial child murders in New York City ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium |
novel
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | represents early female participation in criminal justice ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the first female employees of the NYPD in the story ⓘ |
| occupation |
private detective
ⓘ
secretary ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Dakota Fanning ⓘ |
| position | secretary to Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ |
| roleInPlot | assists in complex criminal investigations ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| socialStatus | middle to upper middle class ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
gender barriers in law enforcement
ⓘ
women’s struggle for professional recognition ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1890s ⓘ |
| worksAs | private investigator in The Alienist: Angel of Darkness ⓘ |
| worksWith | the Isaacson brothers ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sara Howard in The Alienist Description of subject: Sara Howard in *The Alienist* is an ambitious and pioneering young woman who becomes one of the first female employees at the New York City Police Department, assisting in complex criminal investigations in the late 19th century.
Referenced by (1)
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