Kate Cold
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Kate Cold is a tough, eccentric elderly journalist and explorer who serves as a key mentor and adventurer in Isabel Allende’s young adult novel "City of the Beasts."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kate Cold canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5367259 — 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: Kate Cold Context triple: [City of the Beasts, mainCharacter, Kate Cold]
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A.
Volga Hayworth
Volga Hayworth was the mother of Hollywood actress Rita Hayworth and part of the family background that shaped the star's early life.
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B.
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.
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C.
Kate Reed
Kate Reed is the sharp, idealistic former lawyer turned mediator at the center of the legal dramedy series "Fairly Legal."
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D.
Claire de Loone
Claire de Loone is a prim, intellectual anthropologist and one of the three main female leads in the classic Broadway musical "On the Town."
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E.
Madge Sinclair
Madge Sinclair was a Jamaican-born actress best known for her commanding supporting roles in film and television, including notable performances in works like "Roots" and "The Lion King."
- 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: Kate Cold Target entity description: Kate Cold is a tough, eccentric elderly journalist and explorer who serves as a key mentor and adventurer in Isabel Allende’s young adult novel "City of the Beasts."
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A.
Volga Hayworth
Volga Hayworth was the mother of Hollywood actress Rita Hayworth and part of the family background that shaped the star's early life.
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B.
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.
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C.
Kate Reed
Kate Reed is the sharp, idealistic former lawyer turned mediator at the center of the legal dramedy series "Fairly Legal."
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D.
Claire de Loone
Claire de Loone is a prim, intellectual anthropologist and one of the three main female leads in the classic Broadway musical "On the Town."
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E.
Madge Sinclair
Madge Sinclair was a Jamaican-born actress best known for her commanding supporting roles in film and television, including notable performances in works like "Roots" and "The Lion King."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
explorer
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ journalist ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| ageCharacteristic | elderly ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
City of the Beasts
ⓘ
Forest of the Pygmies ⓘ Kingdom of the Golden Dragon ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries | Eagle and Jaguar trilogy ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Eagle and Jaguar ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| createdBy | Isabel Allende ⓘ |
| drinks | whiskey ⓘ |
| employer |
International Geographic
ⓘ
linked to:
International Geographic magazine
|
| fictionalUniverse |
Eagle and Jaguar universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Eagle and Jaguar trilogy
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkContext |
fantasy adventure
ⓘ
young adult fiction ⓘ |
| guides | Nadia Santos ⓘ |
| hasPet | cat ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
blunt
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courageous ⓘ independent ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mentorOf | Alexander Cold ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | adult guide in coming-of-age story ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableActivity |
leads expedition to search for the Beast in the Amazon
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organizes expedition to the Kingdom of the Golden Dragon ⓘ participates in mission in Forest of the Pygmies ⓘ |
| notableFor | mentoring young protagonists on dangerous expeditions ⓘ |
| occupation |
explorer
ⓘ
journalist ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
eccentric
ⓘ
tough ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWith Alexander Cold | grandmother ⓘ |
| relative | Alexander Cold ⓘ |
| role | mentor ⓘ |
| seriesRole | central supporting character ⓘ |
| smokes | cigarettes ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
adventure reporting
ⓘ
expedition coverage ⓘ |
| travelsTo |
African savanna
ⓘ
Amazon rainforest ⓘ Himalayas ⓘ |
| worksAs | field reporter ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kate Cold Description of subject: Kate Cold is a tough, eccentric elderly journalist and explorer who serves as a key mentor and adventurer in Isabel Allende’s young adult novel "City of the Beasts."
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.