Westlawn Cemetery, Norridge, Illinois
E1027954
Westlawn Cemetery in Norridge, Illinois is a large Jewish cemetery in the Chicago area known as the final resting place of numerous notable figures, including influential music executive Leonard Chess.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Westlawn Cemetery, Norridge, Illinois canonical | 1 |
| Westlawn Cemetery, Norridge, Illinois, United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13222734 — 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: Westlawn Cemetery, Norridge, Illinois Context triple: [Leonard Chess, burialPlace, Westlawn Cemetery, Norridge, Illinois]
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Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago
Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago is a historic burial ground known for being the final resting place of numerous notable figures, including prominent politicians, athletes, and cultural leaders.
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B.
Woodlawn Cemetery (Forest Park, Illinois)
Woodlawn Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois is a historic burial ground noted for its grand mausoleums, notable burials, and role in the area’s long-standing cemetery district.
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C.
Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois, is a historic 19th-century burial ground known for its notable interments, grand Victorian funerary architecture, and landscaped grounds.
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D.
Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago
Mount Hope Cemetery in Chicago is a historic burial ground on the city's South Side known for its expansive grounds and notable interments.
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E.
Evergreen Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois, United States
Evergreen Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois, is a suburban Chicago burial ground known, among other interments, as the final resting place of civil rights leader Fred Hampton.
- 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: Westlawn Cemetery, Norridge, Illinois Target entity description: Westlawn Cemetery in Norridge, Illinois is a large Jewish cemetery in the Chicago area known as the final resting place of numerous notable figures, including influential music executive Leonard Chess.
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A.
Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago
Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago is a historic burial ground known for being the final resting place of numerous notable figures, including prominent politicians, athletes, and cultural leaders.
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B.
Woodlawn Cemetery (Forest Park, Illinois)
Woodlawn Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois is a historic burial ground noted for its grand mausoleums, notable burials, and role in the area’s long-standing cemetery district.
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C.
Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois, is a historic 19th-century burial ground known for its notable interments, grand Victorian funerary architecture, and landscaped grounds.
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D.
Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago
Mount Hope Cemetery in Chicago is a historic burial ground on the city's South Side known for its expansive grounds and notable interments.
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E.
Evergreen Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois, United States
Evergreen Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois, is a suburban Chicago burial ground known, among other interments, as the final resting place of civil rights leader Fred Hampton.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish cemetery
ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| denomination | Jewish ⓘ |
| followsBurialTradition | Jewish burial customs ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | Jewish history in Chicago ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Hebrew inscriptions on monuments
ⓘ
Jewish religious symbols on headstones ⓘ family plots ⓘ mausoleums ⓘ memorial monuments ⓘ |
| hasGraveOrientation | traditional Jewish east-facing orientation (many graves) ⓘ |
| hasGraveType | in-ground burials ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOnMonuments |
English
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasNotableAssociation | Chess Records through Leonard Chess ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSection | Jewish-only burial sections ⓘ |
| hasSection | multiple Jewish congregational sections ⓘ |
| hasType | non-military cemetery ⓘ |
| hasUse |
Jewish funerary rites
ⓘ
burial ⓘ commemoration of the dead ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Jewish cemeteries in Illinois
ⓘ
Jewish cemeteries in the United States ⓘ |
| isPublicCemetery | yes ⓘ |
| isTouristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a large Jewish cemetery in the Chicago area
ⓘ
being the final resting place of notable Jewish figures ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chicago metropolitan area
ⓘ
Cook County, Illinois ⓘ Illinois ⓘ Norridge, Illinois ⓘ |
| near |
Chicago, Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago
|
| notableBurial |
Jack Ruby’s parents
ⓘ
Leonard Chess ⓘ Morris Levy ⓘ Phil Chess ⓘ various Chicago-area rabbis ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Chicago area
ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago metropolitan area
|
| religiousAffiliation | Judaism ⓘ |
| servesCommunity |
Jewish community of Chicago
ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago Jewish community
|
| visitedFor |
genealogical research
ⓘ
historic interest ⓘ memorial visits ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Westlawn Cemetery, Norridge, Illinois Description of subject: Westlawn Cemetery in Norridge, Illinois is a large Jewish cemetery in the Chicago area known as the final resting place of numerous notable figures, including influential music executive Leonard Chess.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Westlawn Cemetery, Norridge, Illinois