Selma Hacker – Selma Diamond
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Selma Diamond was a Canadian-born American comedic actress and writer best known for her role as the sharp-tongued bailiff Selma Hacker on the sitcom "Night Court."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Selma Hacker – Selma Diamond canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18220744 — 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: Selma Hacker – Selma Diamond Context triple: [Night Court, portrayedBy, Selma Hacker – Selma Diamond]
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A.
Barbara Diamond
Barbara Diamond is best known as the wife of acclaimed Romanian-American screenwriter I. A. L. Diamond, who co-wrote many classic films with director Billy Wilder.
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B.
Donna Diamond
Donna Diamond is an American illustrator best known for creating evocative cover art for classic children's and young adult novels.
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C.
Margie Wright Diamond
Margie Wright Diamond is a collegiate softball stadium in Fresno, California, serving as the home field for Fresno State University's softball program.
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D.
Bathsheba Zylberman
Bathsheba Zylberman was the mother of Nobel Prize–winning Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer and a formative influence from his traditional Jewish family background.
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E.
Shulamith
Shulamith is an experimental electronic pop album by Poliça, noted for its atmospheric production and politically charged themes.
- 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: Selma Hacker – Selma Diamond Target entity description: Selma Diamond was a Canadian-born American comedic actress and writer best known for her role as the sharp-tongued bailiff Selma Hacker on the sitcom "Night Court."
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A.
Barbara Diamond
Barbara Diamond is best known as the wife of acclaimed Romanian-American screenwriter I. A. L. Diamond, who co-wrote many classic films with director Billy Wilder.
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B.
Donna Diamond
Donna Diamond is an American illustrator best known for creating evocative cover art for classic children's and young adult novels.
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C.
Margie Wright Diamond
Margie Wright Diamond is a collegiate softball stadium in Fresno, California, serving as the home field for Fresno State University's softball program.
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D.
Bathsheba Zylberman
Bathsheba Zylberman was the mother of Nobel Prize–winning Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer and a formative influence from his traditional Jewish family background.
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E.
Shulamith
Shulamith is an experimental electronic pop album by Poliça, noted for its atmospheric production and politically charged themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.