Grace Marks

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fictional character literary character protagonist

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Grace Marks canonical	12
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]

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.
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.
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.
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.
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."

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.
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.
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.
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.
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 (2017 television miniseries) ⓘ linked to: Alias Grace
appearsIn	novel Alias Grace ⓘ
associatedWith	Dr. Simon Jordan ⓘ James McDermott ⓘ Nancy Montgomery ⓘ Thomas Kinnear ⓘ
basedOn	Grace Marks (historical person) ⓘ linked to: Grace Marks
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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ