Paula McFadden
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Paula McFadden is the single-mother protagonist of Neil Simon’s romantic comedy "The Goodbye Girl," known for her sharp wit, vulnerability, and evolving relationship with an eccentric actor who becomes her unexpected roommate.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paula McFadden canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5303378 — 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: Paula McFadden Context triple: [The Goodbye Girl, leadCharacter, Paula McFadden]
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A.
Renée Asherson
Renée Asherson was a British stage and film actress known for her delicate, expressive performances in mid-20th-century British cinema and theatre.
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B.
Anita Radcliffe
Anita Radcliffe is a kind-hearted, elegant young woman in Disney's "One Hundred and One Dalmatians," known as the human owner of Perdita and wife of Roger.
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C.
Lisa McDowell
Lisa McDowell is the intelligent, independent love interest of Prince Akeem in the 1988 comedy film "Coming to America," known for challenging social expectations and valuing character over wealth.
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D.
Annette Kaye
Annette Kaye is known as one of Larry King's former wives, with whom he reportedly had a brief marriage and a son.
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E.
Joanna Pettet
Joanna Pettet is a British actress best known for her film and television work in the 1960s and 1970s, including prominent roles in movies like "Casino Royale" and various popular TV series.
- 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: Paula McFadden Target entity description: Paula McFadden is the single-mother protagonist of Neil Simon’s romantic comedy "The Goodbye Girl," known for her sharp wit, vulnerability, and evolving relationship with an eccentric actor who becomes her unexpected roommate.
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A.
Renée Asherson
Renée Asherson was a British stage and film actress known for her delicate, expressive performances in mid-20th-century British cinema and theatre.
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B.
Anita Radcliffe
Anita Radcliffe is a kind-hearted, elegant young woman in Disney's "One Hundred and One Dalmatians," known as the human owner of Perdita and wife of Roger.
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C.
Lisa McDowell
Lisa McDowell is the intelligent, independent love interest of Prince Akeem in the 1988 comedy film "Coming to America," known for challenging social expectations and valuing character over wealth.
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D.
Annette Kaye
Annette Kaye is known as one of Larry King's former wives, with whom he reportedly had a brief marriage and a son.
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E.
Joanna Pettet
Joanna Pettet is a British actress best known for her film and television work in the 1960s and 1970s, including prominent roles in movies like "Casino Royale" and various popular TV series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Goodbye Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | romantic comedy ⓘ |
| associatedWorkWriter | Neil Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
abandonment by her boyfriend
ⓘ
forced to share her apartment with an eccentric actor ⓘ |
| characterArc |
learns to trust again
ⓘ
opens herself to a new relationship ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
cynical
ⓘ
protective ⓘ romantic ⓘ vulnerable ⓘ witty ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Neil Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Goodbye Girl universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYearOfFirstAppearance | 1977 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Goodbye Girl (1977 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| hasChild | Lucy McFadden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialogueStyle | sharp wit ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | McFadden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Paula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRoommate | Elliot Garfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isProtagonistOf | The Goodbye Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| mainLoveInterest | Elliot Garfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | single mother ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | single mother navigating love and career ⓘ |
| occupation |
dancer
ⓘ
former Broadway dancer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Marsha Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protectiveOf | Lucy McFadden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipWithElliotGarfield |
eventually romantic
ⓘ
initially antagonistic ⓘ |
| residence |
Manhattan apartment
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Paula McFadden Description of subject: Paula McFadden is the single-mother protagonist of Neil Simon’s romantic comedy "The Goodbye Girl," known for her sharp wit, vulnerability, and evolving relationship with an eccentric actor who becomes her unexpected roommate.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Elliot Garfield
subject surface form:
Elliot Garfield