Cory Maxson
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Cory Maxson is the teenage son of Troy Maxson in the film "Fences" (2016), whose aspirations for a football career bring him into conflict with his father's rigid expectations and past disappointments.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cory Maxson canonical | 9 |
| Cory Maxson (stage play character) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3051222 — 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: Cory Maxson Context triple: [Fences (2016 film), mainCharacter, Cory Maxson]
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A.
Cedric Maxwell
Cedric Maxwell is a former NBA forward best known for his key role in the Boston Celtics’ 1981 and 1984 championship teams and for earning the 1981 NBA Finals MVP award.
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B.
Alec Hardison
Alec Hardison is a brilliant, pop-culture-savvy hacker and tech expert who handles all things digital and logistical for the Leverage crew.
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C.
Demond Wilson
Demond Wilson is an American actor and author best known for his role as Lamont Sanford on the 1970s sitcom "Sanford and Son."
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D.
Cleveland Brown
Cleveland Brown is a mild-mannered, soft-spoken neighbor and friend of Peter Griffin who later became the star of the spin-off animated sitcom "The Cleveland Show."
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E.
Cleveland Brown Jr.
Cleveland Brown Jr. is a fictional character from the animated sitcom universe of Family Guy, known as Cleveland Brown's soft-spoken, overweight teenage son who becomes a central figure in The Cleveland Show.
- 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: Cory Maxson Target entity description: Cory Maxson is the teenage son of Troy Maxson in the film "Fences" (2016), whose aspirations for a football career bring him into conflict with his father's rigid expectations and past disappointments.
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A.
Cedric Maxwell
Cedric Maxwell is a former NBA forward best known for his key role in the Boston Celtics’ 1981 and 1984 championship teams and for earning the 1981 NBA Finals MVP award.
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B.
Alec Hardison
Alec Hardison is a brilliant, pop-culture-savvy hacker and tech expert who handles all things digital and logistical for the Leverage crew.
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C.
Demond Wilson
Demond Wilson is an American actor and author best known for his role as Lamont Sanford on the 1970s sitcom "Sanford and Son."
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D.
Cleveland Brown
Cleveland Brown is a mild-mannered, soft-spoken neighbor and friend of Peter Griffin who later became the star of the spin-off animated sitcom "The Cleveland Show."
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E.
Cleveland Brown Jr.
Cleveland Brown Jr. is a fictional character from the animated sitcom universe of Family Guy, known as Cleveland Brown's soft-spoken, overweight teenage son who becomes a central figure in The Cleveland Show.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| adaptedFrom |
Fences (play)
ⓘ
linked to:
Fences (2016 film)
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| appearsIn |
Fences
ⓘ
linked to:
Fences (2016 film)
Fences (2016 film) ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | drama film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Cory Maxson (stage play character)
ⓘ
linked to:
Cory Maxson
|
| conflictCause |
Troy Maxson's past disappointments in sports
ⓘ
Troy Maxson's rigid expectations ⓘ his desire to play football ⓘ |
| conflictsWith | Troy Maxson ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | August Wilson ⓘ |
| familyName | Maxson ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Cory ⓘ |
| hasFather | Troy Maxson ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
to play college football
ⓘ
to pursue a football career ⓘ |
| hasHalfBrother | Lyons Maxson ⓘ |
| hasMother | Rose Maxson ⓘ |
| hasUncle | Gabriel Maxson ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mediumOfAppearance | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
Troy Maxson's teenage son
ⓘ
source of generational conflict ⓘ |
| occupation | high school student ⓘ |
| partOf |
Fences (franchise)
ⓘ
linked to:
Fences (2016 film)
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| portrayedBy | Jovan Adepo ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1950s Pittsburgh ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
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: Cory Maxson Description of subject: Cory Maxson is the teenage son of Troy Maxson in the film "Fences" (2016), whose aspirations for a football career bring him into conflict with his father's rigid expectations and past disappointments.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.