Maxson
E1016090
Maxson is the surname of Cory Maxson, a character from August Wilson’s play "Fences," and is associated with his family in the story.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maxson canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13003557 — 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: Maxson Context triple: [Cory Maxson, familyName, Maxson]
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A.
Matteson
Matteson is an English-language surname borne by various notable individuals, including American politician Joel Aldrich Matteson.
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B.
Mathieson
Mathieson is a surname of Scottish origin, typically regarded as a variant of Matheson and derived from a patronymic meaning “son of Matthew.”
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C.
Ben Mason
Ben Mason is a personal name that may refer to multiple individuals across different fields, such as sports, academia, or the arts, rather than a single widely recognized public figure.
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D.
Ben Mason
Ben Mason was a member of the 2nd Massachusetts Militia Regiment, a state military unit associated with Massachusetts' citizen-soldier forces.
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E.
Ben Mason
Ben Mason is a central teenage resistance fighter in the science fiction television series "Falling Skies," known for his complex struggle with alien influence and loyalty to his family.
- 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: Maxson Target entity description: Maxson is the surname of Cory Maxson, a character from August Wilson’s play "Fences," and is associated with his family in the story.
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A.
Matteson
Matteson is an English-language surname borne by various notable individuals, including American politician Joel Aldrich Matteson.
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B.
Mathieson
Mathieson is a surname of Scottish origin, typically regarded as a variant of Matheson and derived from a patronymic meaning “son of Matthew.”
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C.
Ben Mason
Ben Mason is a personal name that may refer to multiple individuals across different fields, such as sports, academia, or the arts, rather than a single widely recognized public figure.
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D.
Ben Mason
Ben Mason was a member of the 2nd Massachusetts Militia Regiment, a state military unit associated with Massachusetts' citizen-soldier forces.
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E.
Ben Mason
Ben Mason is a central teenage resistance fighter in the science fiction television series "Falling Skies," known for his complex struggle with alien influence and loyalty to his family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fictional surname ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Fences
ⓘ
linked to:
Fences (1985 play)
|
| associatedTheme |
family relationships
ⓘ
father–son conflict ⓘ marital strain ⓘ race and discrimination in mid-20th-century America ⓘ |
| associatedWithAwardWinningWork |
Fences (Pulitzer Prize for Drama)
ⓘ
linked to:
Fences (1985 play)
|
| createdBy | August Wilson ⓘ |
| familyNameOf |
Cory Maxson
ⓘ
Gabriel Maxson ⓘ Lyons Maxson ⓘ Rose Maxson ⓘ Troy Maxson ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| notableWorkContext |
Fences (play)
ⓘ
linked to:
Fences (1985 play)
|
| portrayedInFilmAdaptationBy |
Denzel Washington as Troy Maxson
ⓘ
linked to:
Troy Maxson
Jovan Adepo as Cory Maxson ⓘ
linked to:
Jovan Adepo
Viola Davis as Rose Maxson ⓘ |
| setInContext | African-American family in 1950s Pittsburgh ⓘ |
| usedByCharacter |
Cory Maxson
ⓘ
Gabriel Maxson ⓘ Lyons Maxson ⓘ Rose Maxson ⓘ Troy Maxson ⓘ |
| usedInGenre | drama ⓘ |
| usedInMedium | stage play ⓘ |
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: Maxson Description of subject: Maxson is the surname of Cory Maxson, a character from August Wilson’s play "Fences," and is associated with his family in the story.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.