Without context... 選んだこと would either mean

>   1. The thing I chose
>   2. The event of choosing
>

If the verb is intransitive, it will yield the 2nd meaning. Also the "thing"
here is something intangible and abstract.

So I would like to have some tips in distinguishing both.

A : 昨日のパーティは楽しかった

B : 選んだことは面白くなかったのに

Does B imply that "choosing the party was not interesting" or "the event that
(I) chose was not interesting"?
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(Verb + こと) = "The thing I did" vs "Doing"
It is close to B.

However 選んだこと implies it happened sometime in a while ago, which we can
classify as Experience. Just as Have + P.P in English.

So I may consider it as follows :

>   3. The event of having chosen.
>

p.s. Even if your sentence is correct in grammar, conversation itself is not
natural as a whole to my eyes, in other words, not usual colloquial for
Japanese natives.
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