Linda Schell
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Linda Schell is a central character in Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," portrayed as the emotionally reserved yet deeply caring mother of the young protagonist, Oskar.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Linda Schell canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12170428 — 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: Linda Schell Context triple: [Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, character, Linda Schell]
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A.
Linda Wallem
Linda Wallem is an American television writer, producer, and actress best known for co-creating the acclaimed medical dramedy series "Nurse Jackie."
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B.
Linda Staab
Linda Staab is an American actress best known as the longtime wife of actor Robert Vaughn.
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C.
Linda Gunderson
Linda Gunderson is a kind-hearted Minnesota bookshop owner who becomes the human protagonist and caretaker of the rare macaw Blu in the animated film "Rio."
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D.
Linda Gottlieb
Linda Gottlieb is an American film and television producer best known for producing the iconic 1987 romantic drama film "Dirty Dancing."
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E.
Linda Kramer
Linda Kramer is best known as the wife of Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer.
- 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: Linda Schell Target entity description: Linda Schell is a central character in Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," portrayed as the emotionally reserved yet deeply caring mother of the young protagonist, Oskar.
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A.
Linda Wallem
Linda Wallem is an American television writer, producer, and actress best known for co-creating the acclaimed medical dramedy series "Nurse Jackie."
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B.
Linda Staab
Linda Staab is an American actress best known as the longtime wife of actor Robert Vaughn.
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C.
Linda Gunderson
Linda Gunderson is a kind-hearted Minnesota bookshop owner who becomes the human protagonist and caretaker of the rare macaw Blu in the animated film "Rio."
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D.
Linda Gottlieb
Linda Gottlieb is an American film and television producer best known for producing the iconic 1987 romantic drama film "Dirty Dancing."
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E.
Linda Kramer
Linda Kramer is best known as the wife of Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.