Ilsa Lund
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Ilsa Lund is the enigmatic former lover of Rick Blaine and the central female protagonist in the classic 1942 film "Casablanca," portrayed by Ingrid Bergman.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T379705 — 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: Ilsa Lund Context triple: [Casablanca, character, Ilsa Lund]
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A.
Malena Ernman
Malena Ernman is a Swedish opera singer and environmental activist known both for her acclaimed mezzo-soprano career and as the mother of climate activist Greta Thunberg.
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B.
Linda Christian
Linda Christian was a Mexican-born Hollywood actress best known as the first on-screen "Bond girl" in the 1954 television adaptation of Casino Royale.
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C.
Cyd Charisse
Cyd Charisse was an American dancer and actress renowned for her dazzling, technically precise performances in classic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and 1950s.
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D.
Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth was a celebrated American film actress and dancer of Hollywood’s Golden Age, famed for her glamorous screen presence and iconic roles in 1940s musicals and dramas.
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E.
Veronica Lake
Veronica Lake was a popular American film actress of the 1940s, famed for her roles in film noir and her iconic peek-a-boo hairstyle.
- 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: Ilsa Lund Target entity description: Ilsa Lund is the enigmatic former lover of Rick Blaine and the central female protagonist in the classic 1942 film "Casablanca," portrayed by Ingrid Bergman.
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A.
Malena Ernman
Malena Ernman is a Swedish opera singer and environmental activist known both for her acclaimed mezzo-soprano career and as the mother of climate activist Greta Thunberg.
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B.
Linda Christian
Linda Christian was a Mexican-born Hollywood actress best known as the first on-screen "Bond girl" in the 1954 television adaptation of Casino Royale.
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C.
Cyd Charisse
Cyd Charisse was an American dancer and actress renowned for her dazzling, technically precise performances in classic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and 1950s.
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D.
Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth was a celebrated American film actress and dancer of Hollywood’s Golden Age, famed for her glamorous screen presence and iconic roles in 1940s musicals and dramas.
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E.
Veronica Lake
Veronica Lake was a popular American film actress of the 1940s, famed for her roles in film noir and her iconic peek-a-boo hairstyle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Casablanca ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
La Marseillaise scene in Casablanca
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airport farewell scene in Casablanca ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
duty versus desire
ⓘ
lost love ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| basedOn | character from the unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's ⓘ |
| countryOfWorkOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator |
Howard Koch
ⓘ
Julius J. Epstein ⓘ Philip G. Epstein ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | iconic romantic heroine in classic Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| familyName | Lund ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | alive at end of film ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Casablanca universe ⓘ |
| filmDirectorOfWork | Michael Curtiz ⓘ |
| filmGenreContext |
romantic drama
ⓘ
war film ⓘ |
| filmStudioOfWork |
Warner Bros.
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linked to:
Warner Bros. Pictures
|
| firstAppearance | Casablanca ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| fullName | Ilsa Lund ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName |
Ilsa
ⓘ
linked to:
Ilsa Lund
|
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central female protagonist
ⓘ
love interest of Rick Blaine ⓘ wife of resistance leader Victor Laszlo ⓘ |
| nationality | Norwegian ⓘ |
| notableQuoteContext |
involved in the line "Here's looking at you, kid"
ⓘ
involved in the line "We'll always have Paris" ⓘ |
| occupation | resistance sympathizer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Ingrid Bergman ⓘ |
| portrayedInMedium | feature film ⓘ |
| romanticPartner | Rick Blaine ⓘ |
| screenTimeContext | one of the two main leads of Casablanca ⓘ |
| setDuring | World War II ⓘ |
| setIn | Casablanca ⓘ |
| setInCountry | French Morocco ⓘ |
| spouse | Victor Laszlo ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | early 1940s ⓘ |
| workReleaseYear | 1942 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ilsa Lund Description of subject: Ilsa Lund is the enigmatic former lover of Rick Blaine and the central female protagonist in the classic 1942 film "Casablanca," portrayed by Ingrid Bergman.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Here's looking at you, kid.
subject linked to:
Here's looking at you, kid.
subject linked to:
Sam in Casablanca
subject linked to:
Sam in Casablanca