Alias Grace
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Alias Grace is a historical fiction novel by Margaret Atwood that reimagines the life and notorious 19th-century murder trial of Canadian domestic servant Grace Marks.
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How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alias Grace Context triple: [Margaret Atwood, notableWork, Alias Grace]
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Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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Shirley
Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
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The Devil’s Backbone
The Devil’s Backbone is a 2001 Spanish gothic horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro that blends ghost story elements with the trauma of the Spanish Civil War.
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The Backbone of Night
"The Backbone of Night" is an episode of the science documentary series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" in which Carl Sagan explores humanity’s evolving understanding of the Milky Way and our place in the universe.
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The Hedges
The Hedges is a historic Adirondack Great Camp on Blue Mountain Lake in New York, known for its rustic architecture and role as a classic North Country wilderness retreat.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alias Grace Target entity description: Alias Grace is a historical fiction novel by Margaret Atwood that reimagines the life and notorious 19th-century murder trial of Canadian domestic servant Grace Marks.
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A.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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B.
Shirley
Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
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C.
The Devil’s Backbone
The Devil’s Backbone is a 2001 Spanish gothic horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro that blends ghost story elements with the trauma of the Spanish Civil War.
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D.
The Backbone of Night
"The Backbone of Night" is an episode of the science documentary series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" in which Carl Sagan explores humanity’s evolving understanding of the Milky Way and our place in the universe.
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E.
The Hedges
The Hedges is a historic Adirondack Great Camp on Blue Mountain Lake in New York, known for its rustic architecture and role as a classic North Country wilderness retreat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical fiction novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationDistributor |
Netflix
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linked to:
Netflix, Inc.
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| adaptationFormat | television miniseries ⓘ |
| adaptationNetwork | CBC Television ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
Alias Grace (television miniseries)
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linked to:
Alias Grace
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| author | Margaret Atwood ⓘ |
| awarded | Giller Prize ⓘ |
| basedOn | Grace Marks ⓘ |
| basedOnEvent | 1843 murders of Thomas Kinnear and Nancy Montgomery ⓘ |
| containsElement |
epistolary sections
ⓘ
multiple perspectives ⓘ unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Dr. Simon Jordan
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James McDermott ⓘ Nancy Montgomery ⓘ Thomas Kinnear ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-7710-0813-0 ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | PR9199.3.A8 A79 1996 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary Canadian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Grace Marks ⓘ |
| narrativeForm |
first-person narrative
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frame narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
feminist re-reading of historical crime
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reinterpretation of a real 19th-century murder case ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | about 470 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing
ⓘ
McClelland & Stewart ⓘ
linked to:
McClelland and Stewart
|
| setInCountry | Canada ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| setInYear | 1843 ⓘ |
| settingCity | Toronto ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Upper Canada ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor |
Booker Prize
ⓘ
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction ⓘ |
| theme |
class and social inequality
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gender and power ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ truth and unreliability ⓘ |
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Subject: Alias Grace Description of subject: Alias Grace is a historical fiction novel by Margaret Atwood that reimagines the life and notorious 19th-century murder trial of Canadian domestic servant Grace Marks.
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subject linked to:
Atwood
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subject linked to:
Thomas Kinnear (historical murder victim)
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Thomas Kinnear (historical murder victim)
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subject linked to:
Thomas Kinnear (historical murder victim)
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subject linked to:
Thomas Kinnear (historical murder victim)
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