Lassaw
E947398
Lassaw is the surname of Ibram Lassaw, a prominent American abstract sculptor associated with the New York School.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lassaw canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11808402 — 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: Lassaw Context triple: [Ibram Lassaw, familyName, Lassaw]
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A.
Nakasero
Nakasero is a central and upscale neighborhood in Kampala, Uganda, known for its government offices, embassies, hotels, and commercial centers.
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B.
Mangarei
Mangarei is a small settlement on the island of Mitiaro in the Cook Islands, known for its rural character and proximity to the island’s limestone caves and wetlands.
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C.
Atimonan
Atimonan is a coastal municipality in the province of Quezon in the Philippines, known for its fishing industry, scenic seaside views, and proximity to the Quezon Protected Landscape.
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D.
Talagante
Talagante is a commune and town in central Chile, located southwest of Santiago within the Santiago Metropolitan Region.
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E.
Ilanon
Ilanon is an alternate name for the Iranun language, an Austronesian language spoken by the Iranun people of the southern Philippines and parts of Malaysia.
- 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: Lassaw Target entity description: Lassaw is the surname of Ibram Lassaw, a prominent American abstract sculptor associated with the New York School.
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A.
Nakasero
Nakasero is a central and upscale neighborhood in Kampala, Uganda, known for its government offices, embassies, hotels, and commercial centers.
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B.
Mangarei
Mangarei is a small settlement on the island of Mitiaro in the Cook Islands, known for its rural character and proximity to the island’s limestone caves and wetlands.
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C.
Atimonan
Atimonan is a coastal municipality in the province of Quezon in the Philippines, known for its fishing industry, scenic seaside views, and proximity to the Quezon Protected Landscape.
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D.
Talagante
Talagante is a commune and town in central Chile, located southwest of Santiago within the Santiago Metropolitan Region.
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E.
Ilanon
Ilanon is an alternate name for the Iranun language, an Austronesian language spoken by the Iranun people of the southern Philippines and parts of Malaysia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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surname ⓘ |
| artisticMedium |
bronze
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metal ⓘ steel ⓘ welded metal ⓘ |
| associatedWith | New York School ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Lassaw ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | sculpture ⓘ |
| genre | abstract art ⓘ |
| givenName | Ibram ⓘ |
| hasSurname | Lassaw ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | unknown ⓘ |
| movement |
Abstract expressionism
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New York School ⓘ |
| nameType | family name ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
participation in the New York School of abstract expressionism
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pioneering abstract sculpture in the United States ⓘ |
| notableWork |
abstract welded metal sculptures
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non-objective sculpture ⓘ openwork metal constructions ⓘ |
| occupation |
abstract sculptor
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sculptor ⓘ |
| style |
abstract sculpture
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non-objective art ⓘ |
| usedBy | Ibram Lassaw ⓘ |
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: Lassaw Description of subject: Lassaw is the surname of Ibram Lassaw, a prominent American abstract sculptor associated with the New York School.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.