Alexander Larsson
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application sandboxing system
free software developer
person
software distribution system
software engineer
software framework
Alexander Larsson is a Swedish software engineer best known for creating and leading the development of the Flatpak application sandboxing and distribution system for Linux.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alexander Larsson canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8609209 — 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: Alexander Larsson Context triple: [Flatpak, developer, Alexander Larsson]
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A.
Christian Johansson
Christian Johansson is a lesser-known member of the Johansson family, recognized primarily as the brother of acclaimed actress Scarlett Johansson.
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B.
Johan Anders Larsson
Johan Anders Larsson was the father of the renowned Swedish painter and illustrator Carl Larsson.
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C.
Daniel Nannskog
Daniel Nannskog is a retired Swedish striker best known for his prolific goal-scoring spell at Norwegian club Stabæk Fotball and later work as a football pundit.
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D.
Kristian Lundin
Kristian Lundin is a Swedish songwriter and producer known for crafting late-1990s and early-2000s pop hits for artists such as Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, and Celine Dion.
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E.
Christoffer Lundquist
Christoffer Lundquist is a Swedish music producer, musician, and songwriter known for his work with Roxette and numerous other Scandinavian pop and rock artists.
- 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: Alexander Larsson Target entity description: Alexander Larsson is a Swedish software engineer best known for creating and leading the development of the Flatpak application sandboxing and distribution system for Linux.
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A.
Christian Johansson
Christian Johansson is a lesser-known member of the Johansson family, recognized primarily as the brother of acclaimed actress Scarlett Johansson.
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B.
Johan Anders Larsson
Johan Anders Larsson was the father of the renowned Swedish painter and illustrator Carl Larsson.
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C.
Daniel Nannskog
Daniel Nannskog is a retired Swedish striker best known for his prolific goal-scoring spell at Norwegian club Stabæk Fotball and later work as a football pundit.
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D.
Kristian Lundin
Kristian Lundin is a Swedish songwriter and producer known for crafting late-1990s and early-2000s pop hits for artists such as Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, and Celine Dion.
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E.
Christoffer Lundquist
Christoffer Lundquist is a Swedish music producer, musician, and songwriter known for his work with Roxette and numerous other Scandinavian pop and rock artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
application sandboxing system
ⓘ
free software developer ⓘ person ⓘ software distribution system ⓘ software engineer ⓘ software framework ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
GNOME project
ⓘ
linked to:
GNOME desktop environment
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Sweden ⓘ |
| developed | Flatpak ⓘ |
| developer | Alexander Larsson ⓘ |
| employer | Red Hat ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
free and open-source software
ⓘ
software engineering ⓘ |
| genre | package management system ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Flatpak
ⓘ
Linux desktop technologies ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ |
| license | free and open-source software license ⓘ |
| name | Alexander Larsson ⓘ |
| nationality | Swedish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Flatpak application sandboxing and distribution system
ⓘ
linked to:
Flatpak
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| operatingSystem | Linux ⓘ |
| operatingSystemTarget | Linux ⓘ |
| programmingParadigm | sandboxed application deployment ⓘ |
| role |
creator of Flatpak
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lead developer of Flatpak ⓘ |
| use |
application sandboxing
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desktop application distribution ⓘ |
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: Alexander Larsson Description of subject: Alexander Larsson is a Swedish software engineer best known for creating and leading the development of the Flatpak application sandboxing and distribution system for Linux.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Alexander Larsson