Kathy Selden
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Kathy Selden is the aspiring actress and love interest in the classic Hollywood musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kathy Selden canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T529634 — 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: Kathy Selden Context triple: [Singin' in the Rain, mainCharacter, Kathy Selden]
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A.
Kate Starbird
Kate Starbird is a former American basketball star and All-American guard who led Stanford University to multiple deep NCAA Tournament runs in the 1990s before playing professionally and later becoming an academic researcher.
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B.
Colleen Sostorics
Colleen Sostorics is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman and three-time Olympic gold medallist who starred with the national women’s team.
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C.
Joanne Schieble
Joanne Schieble is an American woman best known as the biological mother of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
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D.
Rebecca Lobo
Rebecca Lobo is a former American basketball star and Hall of Famer who led UConn to an undefeated national championship season and became one of the early standout players in the WNBA before transitioning into a prominent broadcasting career.
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E.
Mary Jo Kopechne
Mary Jo Kopechne was a young political campaign worker and former aide to Senator Robert F. Kennedy whose death in 1969 at Chappaquiddick Island became the center of a major political scandal involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
- 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: Kathy Selden Target entity description: Kathy Selden is the aspiring actress and love interest in the classic Hollywood musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
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A.
Kate Starbird
Kate Starbird is a former American basketball star and All-American guard who led Stanford University to multiple deep NCAA Tournament runs in the 1990s before playing professionally and later becoming an academic researcher.
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B.
Colleen Sostorics
Colleen Sostorics is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman and three-time Olympic gold medallist who starred with the national women’s team.
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C.
Joanne Schieble
Joanne Schieble is an American woman best known as the biological mother of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
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D.
Rebecca Lobo
Rebecca Lobo is a former American basketball star and Hall of Famer who led UConn to an undefeated national championship season and became one of the early standout players in the WNBA before transitioning into a prominent broadcasting career.
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E.
Mary Jo Kopechne
Mary Jo Kopechne was a young political campaign worker and former aide to Senator Robert F. Kennedy whose death in 1969 at Chappaquiddick Island became the center of a major political scandal involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ musical film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Singin' in the Rain ⓘ |
| aspiration | to become a serious actress ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Monumental Pictures ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
hard‑working
ⓘ
independent ⓘ talented singer ⓘ witty ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy |
Adolph Green
ⓘ
Betty Comden ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Singin' in the Rain universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Singin' in the Rain
|
| firstAppearance |
Singin' in the Rain (1952 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Singin' in the Rain
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
musical
ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hairColor | brown (as portrayed in film) ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| loveInterestOf | Don Lockwood ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
protagonist
ⓘ
romantic lead ⓘ |
| notableScene | emerges from behind curtain to reveal she dubbed Lina Lamont's voice ⓘ |
| occupation |
aspiring actress
ⓘ
stage performer ⓘ |
| partOf |
Singin' in the Rain (franchise)
ⓘ
linked to:
Singin' in the Rain
|
| plotFunction | provides speaking and singing voice for Lina Lamont ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Debbie Reynolds ⓘ |
| professionInStory | chorus girl ⓘ |
| relationship | friend of Cosmo Brown ⓘ |
| romanticArc | initially clashes with Don Lockwood before falling in love ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late 1920s Hollywood ⓘ |
| setting | Hollywood ⓘ |
| singsSong |
Good Morning
ⓘ
Would You ⓘ You Are My Lucky Star ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement | transition from silent films to talkies ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 1952 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kathy Selden Description of subject: Kathy Selden is the aspiring actress and love interest in the classic Hollywood musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
"Good Morning" musical number
subject linked to:
studio head R.F. Simpson in Singin' in the Rain