Irena Dubrovna
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Irena Dubrovna is the troubled, feline-obsessed Serbian woman whose fear of transforming into a panther drives the psychological horror at the center of the 1942 film "Cat People."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Irena Dubrovna canonical | 2 |
| Irena | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5528341 — 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: Irena Dubrovna Context triple: [Cat People (1942 film), character, Irena Dubrovna]
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A.
Olga Prekrasa
Olga Prekrasa, better known as Olga of Kiev, was a 10th-century regent of Kievan Rus' renowned for her dramatic vengeance against the Drevlians and later venerated as a saint for her early adoption and promotion of Christianity in the region.
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B.
Olgivanna Lazović
Olgivanna Lazović was a Montenegrin-born dancer and writer best known as the third wife of architect Frank Lloyd Wright and a key organizer of his Taliesin Fellowship.
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C.
Nadežda Petrović
Nadežda Petrović was a pioneering Serbian modernist painter and war nurse, regarded as one of the most important figures in early 20th-century Serbian art.
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D.
Aurelia Jadrny
Aurelia Jadrny is the mother of former California governor and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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E.
Olivera Despina
Olivera Despina was a Serbian princess of the Lazarević dynasty who became an Ottoman sultana through her marriage to Sultan Bayezid I.
- 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: Irena Dubrovna Target entity description: Irena Dubrovna is the troubled, feline-obsessed Serbian woman whose fear of transforming into a panther drives the psychological horror at the center of the 1942 film "Cat People."
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A.
Olga Prekrasa
Olga Prekrasa, better known as Olga of Kiev, was a 10th-century regent of Kievan Rus' renowned for her dramatic vengeance against the Drevlians and later venerated as a saint for her early adoption and promotion of Christianity in the region.
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B.
Olgivanna Lazović
Olgivanna Lazović was a Montenegrin-born dancer and writer best known as the third wife of architect Frank Lloyd Wright and a key organizer of his Taliesin Fellowship.
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C.
Nadežda Petrović
Nadežda Petrović was a pioneering Serbian modernist painter and war nurse, regarded as one of the most important figures in early 20th-century Serbian art.
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D.
Aurelia Jadrny
Aurelia Jadrny is the mother of former California governor and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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E.
Olivera Despina
Olivera Despina was a Serbian princess of the Lazarević dynasty who became an Ottoman sultana through her marriage to Sultan Bayezid I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Cat People NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm | Cat People (1942 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
cats
ⓘ
panthers ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | impalement by zoo fence ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy |
DeWitt Bodeen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jacques Tourneur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diesIn | Cat People (1942 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmStudioContext | RKO Radio Pictures horror cycle ⓘ |
| finalSceneInvolves | panther cage at the zoo ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genreContext | psychological horror ⓘ |
| hasBelief | descended from a cursed line of cat people ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | iconic figure in classic horror cinema ⓘ |
| hasFear |
sexual intimacy
ⓘ
transforming into a panther ⓘ |
| hasRival | Alice Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Oliver Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
feline-obsessed
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introverted ⓘ melancholic ⓘ troubled ⓘ |
| inspired | later depictions of cursed shapeshifters in horror ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Serbian ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Oliver Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central figure of psychological horror ⓘ |
| nationality | Serbian ⓘ |
| occupation | fashion designer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Simone Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| storyTheme |
identity and transformation
ⓘ
repression ⓘ sexual anxiety ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Irena Dubrovna Description of subject: Irena Dubrovna is the troubled, feline-obsessed Serbian woman whose fear of transforming into a panther drives the psychological horror at the center of the 1942 film "Cat People."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Irena